Was El Niño to blame for the above-average temperatures during November and December 2015? As always, the answer is not that simple.
Just how powerful is the current El Niño? There’s more to the story than the very warm equatorial Pacific.
Few places on Earth are more strongly affected by El Niño than the Galápagos Islands, which straddle the equator in the eastern tropical Pacific. Guest blogger Kris Karnauskas explains why these unique islands are so biologically productive—and what happens to that productivity during El Niño.