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The 2020–2023 La Niña event was a rare three-year, triple-dip La Niña. [1] The impact of the event led to numerous natural disasters that were either sparked or fueled by La Niña. La Niña refers to the reduction in the temperature of the ocean surface across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, accompanied by notable changes in the ...
[10]: 23 Future trends in ENSO due to climate change are uncertain, [11] although climate change exacerbates the effects of droughts and floods. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report summarized the scientific knowledge in 2021 for the future of ENSO as follows: "In the long term, it is very likely that the precipitation variance related to El Niño ...
La Niña was last in place from 2020 to 2023 — a period of time that included California's driest three years on record. ... — both for drought and for other extreme weather events that are ...
A schematic diagram of the quasi-equilibrium and La Niña phase of the southern oscillation. The Walker circulation is seen at the surface as easterly trade winds which move water and air warmed by the sun towards the west. The western side of the equatorial Pacific is characterized by warm, wet low pressure weather as the collected moisture is ...
Scientists anticipate cold waters in the Pacific could prompt a La Niña climate phenomenon this summer. Here's what South Carolinians can expect. Cool waters, the jet stream and La Niña: What ...
After three straight years of La Niña, Idahoans can expect a change from the norm in their weather over the coming months.
In July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization declared that El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in 7 years. [76] In September 2023, the Bureau of Meteorology formally declared an El Niño weather event, for the first time in 8 years, after hot and dry conditions prevailed over south-east Australia during ...
Climate change and an unusual third consecutive La Niña year could mean another warm, dry winter for southern Utah and the rest of the American West.