U.S. issues alert for El Niño watch
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 21:00
in Earth & Climate
Forecasters detect ocean warming and say there is a 50% chance of an El Niño by summer or fall, which would bring wetter weather to California next winter. U.S. government forecasters say odds are increasing that El Niño, an ocean-warming pattern that alters weather across the globe, will develop later this year.