Climate change may make El Niño and La Niña less predictable
It could be harder to prep for some droughts, floods and other extreme weather in the future
![a map showing El Niño over the Pacific Ocean](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/082019_mt_el-nino_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Brother-and-sister weather disturbances in the Pacific, known as El Niño (pictured) and La Niña, may soon lose touch with their cousins in the Atlantic.
Climate.gov/NNVL