How to Use Southern Oscillation in a Sentence

Southern Oscillation

noun

• The researchers discovered that there's a connection between the locked weather patterns and the El Niño Southern Oscillation.
  — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• El Niño is one phase in a recurring global cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, with its counterpart being La Niña.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
• El Niño is the climate system’s biggest player and one side of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO.
  — Dillon Amaya, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
• This pattern, just like ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation), swings between cold and warm phases every few years.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 July 2026
• The most influential one is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
• The milder weather pattern reflects a neutral phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, which occurs in the equatorial waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
  — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 22 Aug. 2025
• That activity has been the primary force reshaping our climate, but other sources of natural variability, like the El Niño Southern Oscillation, can also have an impact.
  — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
• The most influential one that forecasters look at is the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  — Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
• La Niña is the cool phase of a natural, recurring climate cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
• That’s because of the global climate phenomenon called the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which scientists say is highly likely to shift into its El Niño phase within the next couple of months.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 June 2026
• That activity has been the principal force reshaping our climate, but other sources of natural variability, like the El Niño Southern Oscillation, can also impact patterns.
  — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
• Zuber pointed to La Niña, which is a phase of the climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, that can impact our weather.
  — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
• La Niña is a part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
• La Niña is a part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, what scientists call ENSO.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
• La Niña is part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
• What To Know La Niña is the cool phase of a natural, recurring climate cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 8 June 2026
• Physical oceanic processes like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the Pacific Ocean basin and the Gulf Stream current in the Atlantic can influence climate worldwide.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
• Also not yet fully understood are the interactions with naturally occurring planetary waves and atmospheric cycles such as the Arctic Oscillation and the El Niño Southern Oscillation.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
• Most people are familiar with El Niño and La Niña, which occur in the Pacific Ocean and are part of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 22 July 2026
• Klotzbach said spring can be a difficult time to predict what the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which includes El Niño and La Niña, will do because seasonal shifts can give mixed signals.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
• Short for El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO is the recurring climate pattern that involves the change of temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 June 2026
• For example, studies have shown conditions in the Pacific during the previous winter can sometimes have lingering effects on the Atlantic hurricane season during times of transition between the changing patterns known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
• La Niña will hold on through the Northern Hemisphere winter, with a 61% chance of transitioning to El Niño Southern Oscillation-neutral conditions between January and March 2026.
  — Newsroom Meteorologists, Austin American Statesman, 20 Nov. 2025
• The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural cycle that causes water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the Equator to fluctuate every two to seven years.
  — David Yeomans, CBS News, 19 May 2026
• El Nino refers to the warmer-than-average phase of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural cycle where sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific rise and fall.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• This year, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation -- a natural variation of warmer, neutral and cooler waters along the equatorial waters of the eastern Pacific -- has been in the cooler pattern, or La Niña, since September and is expected to continue for much of winter.
  — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2025
• El Niño refers to the warmer-than-average phase of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural cycle where sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean rise and fall.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
• El Nino refers to the warmer-than-average phase of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural cycle where sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean rise and fall.
  — Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026