El Nino in Antarctica
Science / Oceans and Atmosphere
Wednesday October 28, 2015
If the weather at the bottom of the world seems a little out of whack this year, blame El Nino. Every few years, the ocean around the eastern and central Pacific warms a few degrees, disrupting weather patterns across the ocean from Alaska to Antarctica. Scientists at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting that this year's El Nino will be a particularly strong one.