El Niños

La Niña ( lə NEEN-yə, Spanish: [la ˈniɲa]; lit. 'The Girl') is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern.

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El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal

Daily briefing: Thousand years of coral show El Niños are getting stronger

El Niños more intense over last 40 years than previous 1,000, according to U-M study

Climate change is supercharging El Niños, coral records show

Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El Niños

Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common

Ice Age plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common

Mega El Niños Could Have Inflamed Earth's Most Devastating Extinction

Strong El Niños primed Earth for mass extinction