The risk of undersea landslides and their potential to cause tsunamis along New Zealand’s east coast is being investigated by scientists aboard the German research vessel RV Sonne as part of a ...

In February 2025, oceanic and atmospheric conditions remained broadly consistent with a weak La Niña. The ocean and the atmosphere in the tropical Pacific are not strongly nor consistently coupled, ...

The ocean and atmosphere are in a weak La Niña state that will likely be brief, primarily focused on the central Pacific (i.e., La Niña “Modoki”). There is a 35% chance that La Niña will continue ...