Global sea surface temperatures are currently the fourth highest ever recorded for this time of year, raising renewed concerns among climate scientists as a developing El Niño event threatens to push ...

AFTER YEARS of praying for more rain, Californians unexpectedly found themselves wishing for less this week, when tropical storm Hilary blew in from Mexico on August 21st. Rainfall records were ...

Global temperatures are shattering records as El Niño and climate change compound. On July 3, the planet sweltered as the average global temperature reached 17.01° Celsius (62.62° Fahrenheit), the ...

This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Forecasters are predicting the formation of an El Niño later this summer, a ...

The latest El Niño global climate pattern is officially over, ending a year-long episode in which its planet-warming influence helped blast ocean and air temperatures far into record-setting territory ...

Seven years ago an exceptionally strong El Niño took hold in the Pacific Ocean, triggering a cascade of damaging changes to the world’s weather. Indonesia was plunged into a deep drought that fueled ...

Thanks to a combination of human-caused global warming and El Niño, global temperatures are expected to soar to record levels within the next five years, the United Nations' weather agency says. The ...

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The World Meteorological Organization reports increased odds that El Niño, the global weather pattern often tied to intense heat, will arrive by fall. By Elena Shao Forecasters from the World ...