World Meteorological Organization (Press Release: 1 June 2021) - WMO’s El Niño/La Niña Update

Title:

WMO’s El Niño/La Niña Update

 

Published:

World Meteorological Organization, Press Release, 1 June 2021

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/la-ni%C3%B1a-ends

 

From the press release: 

Geneva, 1st June 2021 (WMO) - The 2020-2021 La Niña event has ended and neutral conditions (neither El Niño or La Niña) are likely to dominate the tropical Pacific in the next few months, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Air temperatures are expected to be above average between June and August, especially in the northern hemisphere.  

 

There is a 78% chance of neutral conditions in the tropical Pacific until July, decreasing to 55% by August-October, and with more uncertainty for the rest of the calendar year, according to WMO’s El Niño/La Niña Update.

Rice University and Georgia Tech research - Coral tells own tale about El Nino's past

Title:
Coral tells own tale about El Nino's past

Author:
Mike Williams, Rice University

Published:
Phys.org, 26 March 2020

From the article:
"A study in Science led by Rice University and Georgia Tech researchers parses the record archived by ancient tropical Pacific coral over the past millennium. That record could help scientists refine their models of how changing conditions in the Pacific, particularly from volcanic eruptions, influence the occurrence of El Niño events, which are major drivers of global climate."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-coral-tale-el-nino.html

The scholarly article:
Dee, S.G. [et al.]. (27 March 2020). No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium. Science, 367(6485), pp. 1477-1481.
Available: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6485/1477