El Niño Content

The Mystery of El Niño

Malia Reiss — December 15, 2023 - 9:46pm

An El Niño explainer, and what �ٺ��Ƶ experts think California can expect this winter.

Atmospheric Rivers and El Niño Experts

Malia Reiss — November 13, 2023 - 8:30am

Atmospheric river and El Niño experts from �ٺ��Ƶ available to talk about the weather with reporters.

How El Niño and Drought Affected the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Katherine E Kerlin — February 10, 2022 - 9:00am

El Niño, an oceanic phenomenon that affects worldwide weather patterns, significantly affected the number of enslaved Africans transported from West Africa to the Americas between the mid-1600s and mid-1800s, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

If El Niños Happen Twice as Often in the Future, What Happens to Seabirds?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 07, 2018 - 4:29pm

Doubling the frequency of El Niños unexpectedly resulted in higher population numbers and a lower chance of extinction for Brandt’s cormorants, a recent �ٺ��Ƶ study found. Does that mean climate change could actually be good for seabirds? Not so fast.

Bring on the rain: Campus ready for El Niño

IET WebDev — December 07, 2015 - 12:00am

To weather the big rains and high winds of what is anticipated to be a strong El Niño, �ٺ��Ƶ is preparing — from removing dead tree branches to clearing sediment from drainpipes.

And the campus needs your help, too.

"We need help on campus with eyes," said Cynthia Kranc, director of maintenance services in Facilities Management. "We can't be everywhere. We rely on our campus associates to let us know where there are problems."