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NOAA
Noaa: Frequently Asked Questions About El Nino and La Nina.
Get an overview of El Nino and La Nina. Look up present conditions or find out the impact these weather phenomena have had in the past. This is a very comprehensive resource for any question you might have on these cyclical weather...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Short Term Climate Change Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about short-term climate changes, e.g., those caused by El Nino and El Nina. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
NOAA
Noaa: Pmel: Noaa: What Is La Nina?
At this site from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, you can find out the characteristics of La Nina. You can find out about the lastest La Nina and the places it effected. Links are provided for additional information.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Sort It Out: El Nino or La Nina
Sort pictures of El Nino and La Nina conditions based on sea-surface temperatures.
CNN
Cnn en Espanol: Week of 11 4 13: El Rostro Humano a Los Ataques Con Drones
In Spanish. Article covers the story of a 9-year-old Pakistani girl who traveled to Washington D.C. to tell her story of surviving a drone attack.
NOAA
Noaa: Pmel: Definitions of El Nino, La Nina and Enso
In defining the terms El Nino, La Nina and ENSO, this site describes the relationship between the trade winds and these conditions.
CNN
Cnn en Espanol: Week of 10 28 13: El Proximo Steve Jobs Es, Una Nina Mexicana
In Spanish. Article profiles a 12-year-old Mexican girl that Wired magazine has dubbed the next Steve Jobs.
NOAA
Noaa: Pmel: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: Tao/triton Data Display
Resource features real-time data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding, and prediction of El Nino and La Nina with diagrams.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Short Term Climate Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how El Nino and La Nina affect the climate.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Short Term Climate Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How El Nino and La Nina affect the climate.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: What Forces Affect Our Weather?
A great starting point for learning about the weather and for finding help starting your own investigation of what affects the weather. Site is organized into the following sections: "The Atmosphere," "The Water Cycle," "Powerful...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: The Ultimate Heating Season
This article talks discusses the climbing temperature and how it is affecting our lives here on earth. It examines El-Nina, global warming, and the greenhouse effect.
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Global Climate Change: Sea Level Viewer
This viewer allows you to see ocean heat storage from space. These images indicate sea surface heights. Learn more about El Nino and La Nina and how they have profound effects on world climate.
NASA
Nasa: Ocean Motion: Wind Driven Surface Currents: Upwelling and Downwelling
Explains what upwelling and downwelling of ocean currents are, and the impact of Ekman transport and the Coriolis effect on current movement as well as where they occur. The effects of upwelling and downwelling on water temperature and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: California Climate and the Atmosphere
In this 3-part lesson, students explore California climate and factors that are leading to changes within this climate system. Students begin by exploring California's climate and the state's topography. Next, they investigate coastal...
Other
Innovate Us: What Is Climate?
Climate is the first factor that is considered before visiting a particular destination for your holidays. We all know that climates all over the world are largely different from each other. The specific climate of a region is mainly...
Institute of Global Environment and Society
Iges: Homepage
This site allows you to access a great deal of information about the link between ocean and climate. Latest El Nino/La Nina predictions and maps are one of many data sets featured.
Other
Institute of Global Environment and Society: Climate Outlooks
Provides information for ten day and two-week outlooks on temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture conditions throughout the world. Offers information on climate topics including El Nino and La Nina.
NOAA
Noaa: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project
This site introduces you to one of the most ambitious projects now studying the influence of the ocean on climate. Links are available to related sites and to sources of real-time data.
Other
Niwa: Climate and Weather
Want to learn more about the climate and weather? This webpage contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about climate and weather. Topics include ozone, greenhouse gases, global warming, tornadoes,...
Texas A&M University
Ocean World: Bringing the Ocean to the Classroom
Online resource for students and teachers to see information on icebergs, fisheries, coral reefs, waves, currents and more. Provides teachers with learning activities. Has its own ask-an-expert site (Ask Dr. Bob), and provides real-time...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Human Impact
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how we can reduce our carbon footprint by using alternate energy sources.