A research expedition in the Tonga Trench filmed a Pacific sleeper shark, a slow-moving, opportunistic predator rarely seen ...
The NOAA and Old Farmer's Almanac use different methods of forecasting, but both organizations issue seasonal predictions.
Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...
Urban ash from the California wildfires that has settled across the state has now been found more than 100 miles offshore.
The month of January was a cold month, and while we received snow on 11 days of the month, we only managed to pick up 5.3 ...
A recent rainstorm broke a long dry streak, but warm and dry weather trends are expected to continue into spring.
La Niña occurs when the ocean's surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific reach a specific cooler-than-average level, as circled below. In addition, the response of ...
The last El Niño, the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters, finished in June 2024. NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an ...
A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as usual, meteorologists said Thursday.
Puget Sound might be sheltered from feeling many strong winds directly, but it’s not immune to their ripple effects. For ...
NOAA Says La Nina Ocean Cooling Has Finally Arrived, but It's Weak and May Cause Fewer Problems A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is ...