El Niño Should Be Near Its Peak : Image of the Day: Past events suggest the phenomenon winds down after December and January. But will this year follow the pattern?
Source: nasa.gov
2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record : Image of the Day: Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
Source: nasa.gov
The tropical steam-engine: how does El Niño warm the entire globe?: El Niño has a hugely pervasive effect on global temperatures - for every degree the tropical Pacific warms, land temperatures warm by 1.5 degrees. How? Because the tropical ocean is a very good heater.
Source: theconversation.com