(NEXSTAR) – As we await the arrival of La Niña in the Pacific, there may be one already brewing in the Atlantic.
Researchers still need to collect temperature data throughout August to determine if a La Niña has in fact formed over the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, but this summer has already been unusual, said Franz Philip Tuchen, a postdoctoral associate with the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies.
The year started with record high sea surface temperatures...