The Latest Breaking News from El Niño

Agency urges readiness as record-breaking ocean temps, El Niño effects increase worse-than-average hurricane risk

Since 2006, the amount of heat-trapping methane in Earth’s atmosphere has been rising fast and, unlike the rise in carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane’s recent increase seems to be driven by biological emissions, not the burning of fossil fuels. This might just be ordinary variability – a result of natural climate…

Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C

Bureau of Meterology says most of the country is likely to be warmer than average, but El Niño pattern is hard to predict with certainty

El Niño and wildfires threaten fall weather across U.S.

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the weather in 2023.

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek has declined to say if the federal government will use its power to buy back more water

El Niño is warming up the water in the Pacific Ocean. That extra heat affects the whole planet, and has helped drive record-breaking hot weather.

As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged