El Niño and La Niña periods often last nine to 12 months, but can go on for years and don’t occur on a regular schedule.

The U.S. is largely self-sufficient in agricultural food production, supported by a well-developed storage and interstate trade system. However, extreme weather events put increasing pressure on ...

With the polar vortex catching all the buzz in recent weeks, federal forecasters say our old friend La Niña is still a major ...

The climate phenomenon is expected to “continue for the next month or two,” national forecasters said in an update Thursday.

Combining artificial intelligence with a conventional climate model can predict heatwaves faster than the standard model ...