Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean for changes that signal El Niño or La Niña, major global climate patterns that affect hurricane season outlooks. On ...

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First predicted to form last summer, climate troublemaker La Niña has developed at last, federal climate scientists announced ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Scientists have updated the classification of El Niño and La Niña due to climate change effects, anticipating more La Niña events as global temperatures rise.

After months of hearing about the possibility of the world entering a La Niña climate pattern, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that water temperatures in critical parts of ...

Changes in the Atlantic Ocean's mixed layer are the primary force behind the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV). The churning of the upper ocean in the tropics of Atlantic Ocean plays a crucial ...

Climate change has had a notable impact on our planet’s weather, from prompting an increase in tropical storms to spurring melting ice caps. Those issues may seem far from Cleveland, but our region ...