El Niño is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful − an atmospheric scientist explains what’s ahead for 2024

The strong El Niño that started in 2023 will still have big impacts at least through March. Here’s what to watch for next.

Paul Roundy, Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York • conversation
Feb. 8, 2024 ~7 min

What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don't all agree

An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long.

Aaron Levine, Atmospheric Research Scientist, CICOES, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~8 min


July was Earth's hottest month on record: 4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

The bad news: This extreme heat is probably going to stick around for a couple more years.

Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
July 27, 2023 ~10 min

4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

The bad news: This extreme heat is probably going to stick around for a couple more years.

Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
July 27, 2023 ~10 min

El Niño is back – that's good news or bad news, depending on where you live

The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric scientist explains.

Bob Leamon, Associate Research Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 9, 2023 ~8 min

Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash

Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.

Christina Patricola, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University • conversation
May 30, 2023 ~7 min

2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño

El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.

Nicholas Grondin, Recent PhD Graduate in Geography, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 25, 2023 ~9 min

2022's supercharged summer of climate extremes: How global warming and La Niña fueled disasters on top of disasters

A climate scientist explains the forces behind the summer’s extreme downpours and dangerous heat waves, and why new locations will be at risk in the coming year.

Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliated Faculty, University of Auckland • conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 ~11 min


The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so intense, it just ran out of storm names – and then two more storms formed

It's only happened twice since naming started in 1950, and there's an unusual twist to where many of the storms are forming this year.

Kimberly Wood, Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Mississippi State University • conversation
Sept. 18, 2020 ~6 min

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so intense, it just ran out of storm names

In an unusual twist, many of those storms have been forming closer to the US coast.

Kimberly Wood, Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Mississippi State University • conversation
Sept. 18, 2020 ~6 min

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