A long anticipated El Nino has finally arrived. But for drought-struck California, it's too little, too late, meteorologists say.
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Mar 5, 2015
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Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2009
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The number of birds migrating south from chilly North America to warmer South America this time of year has dropped sharply compared to 2014, probably because of climate change, an environmental group said Friday.
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Nov 20, 2015
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Even without an El Nino warming the world's waters, Earth in February sizzled to its second hottest temperature on record, behind only last year.
Environment
Mar 17, 2017
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Here's a softer side to the disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino: an enormous blanket of colorful flowers has carpeted Chile's Atacama desert, the most arid in the world.
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Oct 30, 2015
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Global warming could impact the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), altering the cycles of El Niño and La Niña events that bring extreme drought and flooding to Australia and many other Pacific-rim countries.
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2013
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The hiatus of global warming in the Northern Hemisphere during the mid-20th century may have been due to an abrupt cooling event centered over the North Atlantic around 1970, rather than the cooling effects of tropospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010
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In the first study of its kind, researchers have linked a natural global climate cycle to periodic increases in warfare. The arrival of El Niño, which every three to seven years boosts temperatures and cuts rainfall, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2011
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The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report a US agency released Thursday, the latest data underscoring the global climate crisis.
Environment
Jan 15, 2022
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Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange.
Environment
May 29, 2015
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