Its "little girl" sister, La Nina, creates weather patterns ... AFP/Getty Images Meanwhile, the absence of warm water in the western Pacific can result in drought and extreme temperatures.

As our world warms, that creates more extreme weather patterns. More extreme heat waves, extreme cold, extreme floods and even more extreme fire activity. The research shows that these climate ...

2024 has put the focus on extreme weather patterns worldwide, hitting billions of people with persistent droughts, intense rainfall, and destructive storms. A recent paper led by an international ...