2026-09-05 · Just In
🔮 Decades of research has deepened our understanding of how Pacific Ocean temperatures shape global weather, leaving countries better prepared than ever for potential impacts.
But questions remain over how El Niño, and its cooler counterpart La Niña, will behave in a warming world.
Fires linked to El Niño have blanketed Indonesia and Malaysia.
1983 El Niño record looms large
In autumn 1982, weather conditions across eastern Australia shifted dramatically and rainfall effectively ceased. assertive