La Niña Has Developed In The Pacific Ocean And Will Likely Persist Through Early Spring, NOAA Says
A La Niña advisory is in effect. La Niña occurs when the ocean's surface temperatures in the central and east-central ...
The Pacific Ocean Officially Enters La Niña
After months of speculation, meteorologists say the Pacific Ocean has finally picked a side, and it’s going with La Niña. The news broke on January 9 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Newly discovered undersea structures stun scientists: ‘Is there a lost world beneath the Pacific Ocean?’
According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly not inside the borders of one of the biggest and best-prepared cities on the ...
An aerial view of the LA fires: Neighborhoods torched, communities look like war zones
Aerial view of LA fires shows devastation as communities try to bounce back from a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle ...
La Niña is finally here: What this weather event means for winter in the U.S.
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle is a recurring climate pattern pertaining to changes in the water temperatures ...
NOAA says La Niña ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it’s weak and may cause fewer problems
A long-awaited La Niña has finally appeared, but meteorologists say the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and ...
Yes, saltwater can be used to extinguish wildfires
Ocean water can be used in extreme cases to fight wildfires, but freshwater is preferred due to equipment corrosion, soil ...
Can firefighters use ocean water to douse wildfire blazes?
Footage of a firefighting plane picking up water from the Pacific Ocean to beat back the wildfires currently burning in Los Angeles has only added fuel to a debate taking place among onlookers on ...
Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week
The Storm Prediction Center, the agency of the National Weather Service tasked with issuing fire weather outlooks, says that ...
An earthquake registering 3.7 magnitude hits west of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean
An earthquake registering a magnitude of 3.7 shook part of the San Francisco Bay Area. People had reported feeling a quick jolt.
Firefighters battle Palisades wildfire with ocean water
Salt water from the ocean can cause rapid corrosion of firefighting equipment, and also raises environmental concerns.