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Department:September 22, 2016Because why go to the movies when you come to Climate.gov and watch the evolution of ENSO forecasts over the past two years?
Department:September 8, 2016The tropical Pacific has cooled since the end of El Niño this spring, but the pace of cooling had slowed as of August.
Department:August 25, 2016Understanding the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) as multiple layers of ice cream. And how is it related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation?
Department:August 10, 2016Climate experts are keeping their eyes on the tropical Pacific, watching a strip of cool water that may be one indicator that La Niña is brewing.
Department:August 2, 2016In the 2015 edition of the State of the Climate report, climate and biology experts wrote about some dramatic impacts of warming on life in the ocean.
Department:August 2, 2016A record-smashing hurricane season in the central North Pacific. Water rationing in Puerto Rico. The biggest one-year jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These and more of 2015's extreme events had one thing in common: El Niño.
Department:July 7, 2016With El Niño in the rearview mirror, the central tropical Pacific continued to cool in June 2016.
Department:June 23, 2016Crack out the popcorn, sit back, and marvel over the decay of El Niño.
Department:June 16, 2016For much of the country, summer temperatures are somewhat sensitive to late-spring precipitation. It turns out that summer afternoons are way, way more sensitive than summer nights.
Department:June 6, 2016This year's Atlantic hurricane outlook comes with relatively high uncertainty. One challenge: figuring out if the Atlantic Ocean climate pattern that favors active hurricane seasons has shifted gears.
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