A ‘Super’ El Niño Is Here. What Does It Mean for the Bay Area?
Experts are bracing for big storm surges and king tides, flooding, and a host of impacts on wildlife and ecosystems. But more rainfall isn’t guaranteed, actually.
Category: El Niño
Explore what this Pacific Ocean phenomenon means — and doesn’t — for the Bay Area and Northern California.
Life in Hot Water
As another strong El Niño exits the Pacific, researchers look to marine life to tell us what’s happening.
As Whale Populations Grow, Dungeness Crabbers Foresee Their Own Demise
For decades, whale migration and crabbing operated as a tag team. But now, the whales are coming sooner—widening the window for exposure to fishing gear.
Meet the Tropical Weather Phenomenon With a Big Influence on California Rain and Snow
In a famous experiment in the early 1960s, the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz was running computer simulations of weather patterns, trying to see how they changed when he changed variables like wind or temperature at the start. One day, … Read more
The 2015-2016 El Niño Erased Hundreds of Feet of California’s Beaches
A report from the US Geological Survey shows how the powerful 2016-2016 El Niño reshaped the California coast.
El Niño’s Gone, But Some Unusual Southern Visitors Remain on the North Coast
Biologists found 19 live pelagic red crabs in Bodega Bay in January, a first.
Lessons From An El Niño That Didn’t Go As Planned
What can we learn from last winter's El Niño not behaving as expected?
What Lurks Beneath
A small research team sets out in the search for a potential ocean killer. But in this unusual year, nature is not cooperating with her interrogators.
El Niño Means It’s Warmer Than Usual. Take Away the El Niño? That’s Warmer Than Usual, Too.
The focus on 2015's record heat conceals a larger truth: cool years are increasingly unlikely.
It Hasn’t Been A Textbook El Niño Winter So Far — But That Could Change
The forecast for rain for 2015-2016 followed El Niño convention. But the pattern broke the rules.
