Web Seminar

Join us on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about El Niño.

As of June 2026, NOAA officially announced that an El Niño has formed in the Pacific Ocean and it is predicted to be a strong one. What is an El Niño? How does El Niño impact weather in the U.S. and across the globe? What is a Super El Niño? We’ll learn how scientists monitor and predict these events as well as the weather outlook for the rest of the year as El Niño continues to develop.

Please join us for an insightful session with NCAR scientist, Dr. Clara Deser, senior scientist and former head of the Climate Analysis Section  at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

Dr. Deser has spent her career studying global climate variability and change in observations and Earth System models, with an emphasis on interactions among the atmosphere, oceans and cryosphere. Recent projects include the role of internal variability in regional climate trends, the effects of projected Arctic sea ice loss on global climate, the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, and modes of decadal-multidecadal climate variability in the Atlantic and Pacific. 

After Q&A with Clara, learn about free online classroom resources for your students from the UCAR Center for Science Education Center related to today’s webinar.

All individuals receive a certificate of participation and 100 NSTA activity points for attending the live seminar and completing the end-of-program survey. A certificate of participation is not awarded for watching the recorded version of the program.

We invite you to register for upcoming web seminars at NSTA.