El Niño - Southern Oscillation

Earth Observatory
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) / Jason-2
Sea Surface Topography
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
TOPEX / Poseidon (ocean TOPography EXperiment)
A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year’s El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.
Posted October 23, 2026
Earth
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]
Posted October 15, 2026
Earth Observatory
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Life on Earth
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Satellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026.
Posted August 10, 2026
Earth Observatory
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sea Surface Topography
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
Posted June 18, 2026
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