The wild and woolly Pacific basin – fueled by a powerful El Niño – continues to spew forth tropical cyclones of all shapes and sizes.

El Niño is a natural cycle that occurs every few years, changing precipitation and temperature patterns around the globe. It occurs when the Pacific Ocean heats up near the Equator and the prevailing winds there relax, even reverse, allowing the warmer waters to move east.

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the Panthalassic Ocean, which was once Earth's only ocean. This world ...

A strengthening El Niño is stirring up a dangerous mix of typhoons and hurricanes across the Pacific, fueling storms that have killed hundreds, disrupted

Between 2014 and 2015, a marine heatwave known as “The Blob” warmed an area of the Pacific Ocean larger than the United States and Mexico combined. The massive event fueled toxic algae blooms, collapsed fisheries,

Weather forecasters are saying this fall and winter could produce one of the strongest El Niños, or warm water pools in the eastern Pacific Ocean, since record keeping started. Just what that means

In March and April 2023, some Earth scientists began to point out that average sea surface temperatures had surpassed the highest levels seen in a key data record maintained by NOAA. Months later, they remain at record levels, with global sea surface ...

A strengthening hurricane in the Pacific Ocean is set to bring more humid and uncharacteristic weather straight toward Southern California. Just weeks after Hurricane Marie battered the state with coastal flooding and high tides,