The equator may sound like a foreign geography concept, but did you know it plays an outsized role in shaping Earth’s weather, climate and even ocean behavior? "The equator is basically just an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jens Buettner/dpa via AP From a sandstorm in Egypt to snow in Moscow, it has been another busy week of weather around the world.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP via Getty Images From frosts in Burgundy to flowers and trees blooming all around the Northern ...

Get ready to hear a lot more about El Niño during the next several months — and maybe even longer — as the infamous climate cycle returns again, developing and intensifying in the Pacific Ocean near ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, rainfall, and extreme weather around the world. Its impact ranges from heat ...

El Niño has officially begun, and it’s more likely than not that it will develop into a “super” El Niño. Either way, it will amplify temperatures and extreme weather around the world. El Niño is a ...

Global warming is causing extreme heat around the world. Now El Niño, a natural phenomenon that disrupts global weather patterns, is also at work. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. It’s ...