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The strong La Niña in 2010 and 2011 produced torrential rain that inundated many low-lying areas around the globe.

When Oceans Drop

Could La Niña or El Niño shrink the ocean?

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

A Bedouin shepherd tends his sheep amid a parched landscape in Syria. (Courtesy J. Werner)

Crisis in the Crescent

Drought turns the Fertile Crescent into a dust bowl.

Feature Article

Dec 27, 2020

Panoramic view of the Andes Mountains, Chile and Argentina, showing wisps of cirrus clouds

Stars, Clouds, Crops

For more than 400 years, Andean mountain people in Peru and Bolivia have forecasted the most auspicious time to plant potatoes by stargazing.

Feature Article

Jul 28, 2020

The image above shows the mouth of the Amazon River.

River Seasons

Amazon discharge is affected by periodic El Niño events.

Feature Article

Jul 28, 2020

The image above shows mean ocean temperatures in the Pacific (in degrees Celsius)

Questioning Convection

Scientists use ENSO as a test for a climate model examining the change in heat trapped by greenhouse gases.

Feature Article

Jul 28, 2020

Landsat captured this image of the region around Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1990.

Land Matters

Satellite data help the ISLSCP with storm predictions.

Feature Article

Jul 22, 2020

The image above shows Pacific Ocean temperatures at their peak on December 10, 1997.

Eye on the Ocean

TOPEX/Poseidon measured the gradual build-up of warm water in the easter equatorial Pacific.

Feature Article

Jul 22, 2020

The SSM/I image above shows the El Nino that occurred in 2014.

El Niño or Not?

An ocean general circulation model produces sea level and temperature responses to four separate events.

Feature Article

Jul 21, 2020

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