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.
Weather
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.
Trees Capture Fog — So Why Can’t We?
Dozens of experimental fogcatchers stand poised like sentinels across coastal cliffs and fields along the Central Coast, awaiting the marine layer to enshroud them.
Warm El Niño Water Meets a North Pacific Already Disrupted By The Blob
Scientists still aren't sure what to make of what's happened in the Pacific Ocean this year.
‘Unprecedented’ Toxin Spread That Delayed Crab Season Shines Light on Mysterious Algae
Marine ecologists have long been alarmed at the potentially dangerous summertime growth of the single-celled algae Pseudo-nitzschia -- but there are still significant blind spots in our knowledge and research funding has been scarce.
El Niño Update: It’s Going to Rain (Almost Certainly, Probably)
The forecaster mood and message is upbeat these days, with less hedging and more agreement that, yes, this El Niño winter could be a wet one.
