Variations in temperature, precipitation, and humidity can influence the spread of infectious diseases, including by altering the habitats of disease transmitters such as mosquitoes. Extreme weather ...

New research has revealed that the impact of one of the world's most influential global climate patterns is much more far-reaching than originally thought. Scientists at the U.K.'s Meteorological ...

It seems someone is always complaining about the weather; it is too wet or it is too dry—like right now for much of the High Plains. However, if we can understand the systems that cause our weather ...

Application of random sampling techniques to composite differences between 18 El Niño and 14 La Niña events observed since 1920 reveals considerable uncertainty in both the pattern and amplitude of ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. It may lead to extreme weather events ...

Scientists see a large amount of variability in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) when looking back at climate records from thousands of years ago. Without a clear understanding of what caused ...