A positive Indian Ocean Dipole is joining El Niño. Here’s how the two patterns could shape the U.S. winter and Florida’s ...

A new review published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on one of climate science's enduring puzzles: how the patterns of tropical ocean warming influence the behavior of tropical ...

A strengthening El Niño and emerging Indian Ocean Dipole could bring Florida a stormier, wetter winter with occasional blasts ...

Subtropical oceans across the planet, including regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, have surged to record levels of warmth, and that may be having the counterintuitive effect: fewer ...

Most people are familiar with El Niño, a climate pattern caused by unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. A strong El Niño can influence weather ...

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Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

A major climate pattern is developing in the Indian Ocean just as a powerful El Niño strengthens in the Pacific — and the combination could help shape the weather Florida sees this winter. The pattern ...