El Niño

A NASA-generated image of ocean temperatures, with a dark red splotch indicating extremely hot temperatures covering much of the North Pacific. This unusual warming happened between 2013-2016.

NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

June 4, 2026

Overheating a Water Planet: Warmed Oceans Will Not Be Ignored

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

USAF/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg

April 21, 2026

Terrible Team: Super El Niño and Climate Change Could Lead to Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow