The ‘super’ El Niño is over, but La Niña looms
![graphic of difference in seawater temperature, May 2016](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/060916_ts_elnino_free.jpg?fit=860%2C461&ssl=1)
The warm eastern Pacific waters that powered the recent “super” El Niño have dissipated, experts say. The difference in seawater temperature from the long-term average is shown here as the event fizzled during May 2016.
NOAA