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A major shift may be brewing in the Pacific Ocean: Forecasters say El Niño could develop later this year. If it does, it can ...

Forecasters might soon be able to predict El Niño events years in advance. The catch? Those events will pack a much harder punch. Research suggests that by the second half of this century, El Niño ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shown are sea-surface temperature anomalies across the world. Temps in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are below average, signaling ...

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before we’re even done with this current La Niña episode, we’re already seeing some signs of El Niño developing in a few months. La Niña is the cool phase of the climate pattern known ...