El Niño Warning

Scientists tracking the progress of El Niño in the tropical Pacific are becoming convinced that the ocean-warming phenomenon is about to trigger a season of severe weather, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. "It's got us on the edge of our seats," said Daniel Cayan, a climatologist with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Scientists tracking the progress of El Niño in the tropical Pacific are becoming convinced that the ocean-warming phenomenon is about to trigger a season of severe weather, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. "It's got us on the edge of our seats," said Daniel Cayan, a climatologist with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.