La Niña Is Here

Cool water has welled up in the tropical Pacific in winter 2024–2025. But it may not stick around for long.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025) processed by the European Space Agency and further processed by Josh Willis, and Kevin Marlis/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published February 7, 2025
Data acquired January 13, 2025

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich