The latest IPCC report on the Physical Science Basis of climate change covers pretty much everything you can think of, including ENSO. So what were its conclusions? Our ENSO Bloggers walk us through the reports conclusions and what they mean.
Neutral conditions remain across the Pacific but conditions look favorable enough for a return to La Niña this fall/winter that scientists have issued a La Niña watch.
New research weighs in on a popular debate about whether reduced Arctic sea ice is causing extreme mid-latitude winters. Their result? Blame the atmosphere, not the ice.
Is it possible for us to predict the strength of El Niño or La Nina in the same way we currently predict whether we are in El Niño or La Nina? Recent research from NOAA's ENSO forecasting team looks directly at this question.