//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/el_nino_and_la_nina/ Learn how El Nino and La Nina can contribute to severe weather leading to heavy storms in some regions and droughts in others. Read about the causes and effects of El Nino and La Nina. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:43 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:43 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/el_nino_and_la_nina/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227132619.htm Scientists reveal that a warming world is increasing human-wildlife conflicts globally. They show that climate shifts can drive conflicts by altering animal habitats, the timing of events, wildlife behaviors and resource availability. It also showed that people are changing their behaviors and locations in response to climate change in ways that increase conflicts. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:26:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227132619.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221018220428.htm A new article adds a new chapter to the story of how some animals may respond to the warming oceans. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:04:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221018220428.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220324184714.htm Tropical peatlands are one of the most efficient carbon sinks. The flipside is that they can become massive emitters of carbon if they are damaged, for instance by land use change, degradation or fire. This can lead to faster climate warming. Researchers now show how peatland in the coastal areas in Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia developed over thousands of years and how climate and sea level influenced their dynamics throughout. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:47:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220324184714.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220113230132.htm Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and NOAA. Collectively, the past eight years are the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:01:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220113230132.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210909124226.htm A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:42:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210909124226.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210405075853.htm A new study shows a correlation between the end of solar cycles and a switch from El Nino to La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean, suggesting that solar variability can drive seasonal weather variability on Earth. Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:58:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210405075853.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210305080129.htm 比以前更多的南极融水浮出水面viously known, modifying the climate, preventing sea ice from forming and boosting marine productivity- according to new research. For the first time, researchers have been able to obtain full-depth glacial meltwater observations in winter, using instruments attached to the heads of seals living near the Pine Island Glacier, in the remote Amundsen Sea in the west of Antarctica. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:01:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210305080129.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210127122418.htm By parsing data on weather, deer populations and deer-vehicle collisions in Wisconsin, investigators show spatial synchrony could be driving population cycles, rather than the reverse. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:24:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210127122418.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210115103020.htm Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:30:20 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210115103020.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201230094229.htm The SUTD study will be crucial for assessing future climatic changes and making more informed water management decisions. Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:42:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201230094229.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200810103322.htm Scientists describe a previously unknown phylum of aquatic Archaea that are likely dependent on partner organisms for growth while potentially being able to conserve some energy by fermentation. Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:33:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200810103322.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200309130018.htm Soon, ecologists thinks we'll be able to pull off the same forecasting feat for bird migrations and wildlife populations as for climate forecasts. That's because just as those recurring changes in climate have predictable consequences for humans, they also have predictable effects on plants and animals. Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:00:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200309130018.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190729123857.htm A new study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017 and provided better characterization on the spatio-temporal dynamics of forest area, loss and gain in this region. The Amazon basin has the largest tropical forests in the world. Rapid changes in land use, climate and other human activities have resulted in substantial deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the past several decades. Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:38:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190729123857.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190708112439.htm 研究人员表明,大气波originating from convection over the Indian Ocean had a dramatic impact on climate conditions over South America and South Atlantic, leading to drought and marine heatwaves. Importantly, these conditions are not a one-off and are likely to happen again. Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:24:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190708112439.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190312075904.htm A new study documents an unprecedented number of southern marine species moving northward into California and as far north as Oregon during the 2014-2016 marine heatwave. Of 67 rare, warm-water species sightings observed, 37 had never been documented so far north before. Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:59:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190312075904.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/12/181217101759.htm Climate change could have devastating effects on vulnerable residents in the Andes mountains and the Tibetan plateau, according to researchers who have been studying glaciers in those areas for decades. Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:17:59 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/12/181217101759.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181108164318.htm A new study has uncovered the history of bleaching on a reef in the epicenter of El Nino, revealing how some corals have been able to return after facing extreme conditions. Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:43:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181108164318.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181010105613.htm Pioneering new research has given a new perspective on the crucial role that 'natural factors' play in global warming. Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:56:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181010105613.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180813113500.htm Melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to new research. Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:35:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180813113500.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180726085803.htm A new study isolates key mechanisms that cause El Niño events to differ. Researchers found that the complexity and irregular occurrence of El Niño and La Niña events can be traced back to the co-existence of two coupled atmosphere-ocean oscillations, with different spatial characteristics and different frequencies. Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:58:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180726085803.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180410164134.htm We know heatwaves over land have been increasing, but now new research reveals globally marine heatwaves have also been increasing in length, number and intensity over the past century. More intriguing still, this trend has accelerated markedly since 1982. Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:41:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180410164134.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180404114800.htm A major hurricane struck the islands of Hawai'i and Maui on Aug. 9, 1871, and wrought widespread destruction from Hilo to Lahaina. A recent study revealed how historical Hawaiian-language newspapers expand knowledge of this and other natural disasters of the past. Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:48:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180404114800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180309170647.htm Ocean conditions off most of the US West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat wave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current Ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their traditional range, according to a new report from NOAA Fisheries' two marine laboratories on the West Coast. Some warm waters remain off the Pacific Northwest, however. Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:06:47 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180309170647.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180108121618.htm A new study reveals that strong El Nino events can cause significant ice loss in some Antarctic ice shelves while the opposite may occur during strong La Nina events. Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:16:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180108121618.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/12/171213104938.htm Researchers have addressed an international environmental problem by developing a model that can predict how certain chemicals amplify the effects of pesticides and other chemical compounds. Pesticide expert hopes that it will make environmental legislation easier. Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:49:38 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/12/171213104938.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171108102233.htm The 2016 mass bleaching event on Western Australia's coastline is the most severe global bleaching event to ever be recorded. New research records the impact of this event to the rugged reefs of Western Australia. Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:33 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171108102233.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171107140803.htm 2017年10月24日,第一批9库拉n (Asiatic wild ass) was released into an acclimatization enclosure on the edge of the Altyn Dala protected area in central Kazakhstan. The animals had been transported 1200 km by helicopter from Altyn Emel National Park in the southeast of the country. They will be released in early spring. This is the first step in a multi-year project that aims to restore the full range of large herbivores to this unique area of steppe habitat. Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:08:03 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171107140803.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170831092650.htm The sudden, unexpected nosedive in Antarctic sea ice last year was due to a unique one-two punch from atmospheric conditions both in the tropical Pacific Ocean and around the South Pole. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:26:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170831092650.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170706071927.htm Under business-as-usual greenhouse gas emissions, climate models predict California will get warmer during the rest of the century and most also predict the state will get drier. But, new research published in Nature Communications predicts California will actually get wetter. The scientists from the University of California, Riverside predict the state will get an average of 12 percent more precipitation through the end of this century, compared to the last 20 years of last century. Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:19:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170706071927.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170703121105.htm Researchers say unprecedented oceanographic conditions in 2016 produced the perfect storm of factors that lead to a mass coral bleaching. Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:11:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170703121105.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170619125822.htm Scientists believe they have discovered the reason behind mysterious changes to the climate that saw temperatures fluctuate by up to 15°C within just a few decades during the ice age periods. Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:58:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170619125822.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170615084601.htm An area of West Antarctica more than twice the size of California partially melted in 2016 when warm winds forced by an especially strong El Nino blew over the continent. Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:46:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170615084601.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170502112528.htm A new study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting to warming ocean waters -- potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm temperatures in 2016. Tue, 02 May 2017 11:25:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170502112528.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170314111254.htm Massive coastal flooding in northern Europe that now occurs once every century could happen every year if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to a new study. Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:12:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170314111254.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170313160839.htm Scientists have found the seasonal 'fingerprints' of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena in a new study that probes the global interactions between weather and climate. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:08:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170313160839.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170113155611.htm A new study provides important details on the extent of sea ice, which can protect ice shelves from the impacts of ocean storms, in the Antarctic Peninsula. Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:56:11 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170113155611.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170110120653.htm Hazardous levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin that accumulates in shellfish, have been linked to warmer ocean conditions in waters off Oregon and Washington for the first time, report scientists. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:06:53 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/01/170110120653.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161028113828.htm Researchers employed computer simulations and climatic data to help them explore the travels that led to the settlement of islands in Remote Oceania. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:38:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161028113828.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161025084714.htm Analysis of cyclone tracks and precyclogenesis flow conditions show that El Niño can shift the preferred cyclogenesis position over the Gulf Stream which influences the cyclone’s track across the North Atlantic, report researchers. Tue, 25 Oct 2016 08:47:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161025084714.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161023155113.htm Forecasters are saying that La Nina is expected to influence winter conditions this year. The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch this month, predicting the climate phenomenon is likely to develop in late fall or early winter. La Nina favors drier, warmer winters in the southern U.S and wetter, cooler conditions in the northern U.S. If La Nina conditions materialize, forecasters say it should be weak and potentially short-lived. Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:51:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161023155113.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160930214143.htm Two scientists put the carbon dioxide record at Mauna Loa to music, and made a music video of climate change. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:41:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160930214143.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160823083315.htm An international team of researchers have shown that vulnerable coral populations in the eastern tropical Pacific have been completely isolated from the rest of the Pacific Ocean for at least the past two decades. Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:33:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160823083315.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160620191358.htm A new NOAA outlook shows that many coral reefs across around the world will likely be exposed to higher-than-normal sea temperatures for an unprecedented third year in a row, leading to increased bleaching - and with no signs of stopping. While the bleaching event is global, it will hit the US hard. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:13:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/06/160620191358.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160420111131.htm The Indian monsoon's yearly onset and withdrawal can now be forecasted significantly earlier than previously possible. A team of scientists developed a novel prediction method based on a network analysis of regional weather data. Future climate change will likely affect monsoon stability and hence makes accurate forecasting even more relevant. Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:11:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160420111131.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160404181022.htm El Nino years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and scientists are studying the relationship between the two. Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:10:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160404181022.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160321123553.htm Pioneering new research shows that existing studies have massively under-valued the risk that ongoing carbon dioxide emissions pose of triggering damaging tipping points. Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:35:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160321123553.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160225181644.htm This winter, areas across the globe experienced a shift in rain patterns due to the natural weather phenomenon known as El Nino. A new NASA visualization of rainfall data shows the various changes in the United States with wetter, wintery conditions in parts of California and across the East Coast. Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:16:44 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160225181644.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160225181633.htm 联合国一项新的美国宇航局可视化显示2015年的厄尔尼诺现象folding in the Pacific Ocean, as sea surface temperatures create different patterns than seen in the 1997-1998 El Nino. Computer models are just one tool that NASA scientists are using to study this large El Nino event, and compare it to other events in the past. Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:16:33 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160225181633.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/12/151202084232.htm Scientists have discovered that corals adapted to naturally high temperatures, such as those off the north west coast of Australia, are nonetheless highly susceptible to heat stress and bleaching. Wed, 02 Dec 2015 08:42:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/12/151202084232.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/11/151102184213.htm A team of researchers recently discovered that global climate change is causing general increases in both plant growth and potential drought risk. El Nino is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific with important consequences for weather around the globe. Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:42:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/11/151102184213.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/10/151021161032.htm A new study suggests that the weather patterns known as El Nino and La Nina could lead to at least a doubling of extreme droughts and floods in California later this century. Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:10:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/10/151021161032.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/09/150902135129.htm The longest and largest controlled burn experiment ever conducted in the Amazon rainforest has yielded new insight into the ways that tropical forests succumb to -- and bounce back from -- large-scale wildfires. Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:51:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/09/150902135129.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150821164154.htm Sumatra's burning again and the El Nino event that is occurring this year is partially to blame for the proliferation of the blazes. Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:41:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150821164154.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150803155009.htm What happens at the Equator, doesn't stay at the Equator. El Nino-associated changes in the ocean may be putting the biodiversity of two Northern Pacific salmon species at risk, according to a study. Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:50:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/08/150803155009.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150529101112.htm A stagnant upper-air pattern that spread numerous storms and heavy rains from central Texas up into Oklahoma has resulted in record flooding for parts of the Lone Star State. Fri, 29 May 2015 10:11:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150529101112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150528083635.htm Collaboration between ecologists and climate researchers has generated fascinating new insight into how seabirds are affected by climate change. Thu, 28 May 2015 08:36:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150528083635.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150317122807.htm Scientists in the Gulf of Mexico now have a better understanding of how naturally-occurring climate cycles -- as well as human activities -- can cause widespread ecosystem changes. These major shifts happen once every few decades in the Gulf, and can impact ecosystem components, including fisheries. Understanding how and why these shifts occur can help communities and industries alter management strategies in light of them. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:28:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150317122807.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150305152759.htm 期待已久的厄尔尼诺现象终于来了,according to forecasters with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. In their updated monthly outlook released today, forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory to declare the arrival of the ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean near the equator. Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:27:59 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/03/150305152759.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/02/150205095237.htm A recent study determined that heavy rainfall events have become more frequent over the last 50 years on Hawai'i Island. For instance, a rare storm with daily precipitation of nearly 12 inches, occurring once every 20 years by 1960, has become a rather common storm event on the Big Island of Hawai'i -- returning every 3-5 years by 2009. Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:52:37 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/02/150205095237.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141210171716.htm A 13-year decline in vegetation in the eastern and southeastern Amazon has been linked to a decade-long rainfall decline in the region. With global climate models projecting further drying over the Amazon in the future, the potential loss of vegetation and the associated loss of carbon storage may speed up global climate change. Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:17:16 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141210171716.htm