El Niг±o (2016) -

Mateo stood on the sun-baked docks of Paita, Peru, watching the Pacific Ocean. For generations, his family of fishermen had lived by the rhythms of the sea. But by the early months of 2016, those rhythms had been entirely shattered.

The impacts of the 2015/2016 El Niño on California's sandy beaches El niГ±o (2016)

The ocean looked an eerie, beautiful shade of turquoise, but it was completely barren. The fish had fled south or dived into the depths to escape the stifling heat, leaving Mateo’s nets empty and his community on the brink of financial ruin. A Planet Out of Balance Mateo stood on the sun-baked docks of Paita,

Thousands of miles away, the massive shift in ocean temperatures was playing puppet master with the global atmosphere, altering the jet streams that circle the Earth. The impacts of the 2015/2016 El Niño on