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El Niño officially returns in 2026: WMO warns climate event could strengthen between July and September, raising risk of heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfallA powerful El Niño event is officially underway, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of intensified global weather extremes....
European heatwave's unlikely accomplice: an ocean 'cold blob'Often called the "cold blob", this swath of water in the North Atlantic has bucked the global warming trend, cooling even as the planet's t...
Scientists found that ‘rivers in the sky’ are triggering ocean heatwaves in the North Pacific and North Atlantic, but their effect changes with the seasonsNew research reveals atmospheric rivers, powerful storms hitting the US West Coast, are a key factor in developing marine heatwaves. These ...
Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030: UNGlobal average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Na...
Nautapa returns: India braces for ‘nine burning days’ amid Super El Nino heatIndia braces for Nautapa, the peak of summer heat. Intense heatwaves are expected from May 25 to June 2. This period coincides with a stron...
Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...
The ocean near Panama quietly skipped a season and scientists are still trying to understand whyFor the first time in over 40 years, the Gulf of Panama experienced a complete break in its annual upwelling cycle. This vital process, dri...
What is a Super El Nino? How will it influence the global weather — Intensity and impactTalk of a ‘Super El Nino’ has sparked global concern, but scientists caution that while warming in the Pacific is likely, the intensity and...
Six reasons why global temperatures are spiking right nowThe world is experiencing record-breaking high temperatures due to several factors. One is the El Nino, which warms the surface ocean and r...
More multiyear La Nina events to occur under global warming, new research saysMore multiyear La Nina events are expected under continued global warming, new research published in the journal Nature said. Multiyear La ...
Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
2022 fifth warmest year for India since 1901: IMDRainfall over the country in 2022 as a whole was 108 per cent of its Long Period Average value based on the period 1971-2020. The previous ...
Earth's surface heating up, Nasa study confirms
January 2017 third warmest on recordLast month's temperature was 0.20 degrees Celsius cooler than the warmest January in 2016. However, it was 0.92 degrees Celsius warmer than...
2016 may be warmest year on record: StudyThe year 2016 was warmest in the 38-year satellite temperature record, edging out 1998 by a mere 0.02 degrees Celsius.
Sea surface temperatures to predict rainfallA team from IITM and IISER, Pune used historical meteorological data and modern modelling techniques to predict monsoon pattern.
No El Nino, yet 2013 fourth warmest year: US climate agencyLast year, 2013, was tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year since records began in 1880, according to the US government's National Ocean...
- El Nino likely by July-end, says US climate agency
A gradual half degree centigrade rise in eastern Pacific sea surface temperatures by the end of June and a 1.5 degree rise in the region ad...
- Arctic sea ice melting faster: Study
Arctic sea ice melted 50% faster than the average rate during May 2010, with combined global land and ocean surface temperature being the w...
So far, 2010 is warmest ever in recorded historyThe combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for the period between January and April were the warmest on record, and April was ...