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
• 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
• La Niña is the cool phase of a natural, recurring climate cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
  — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 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, 26 Oct. 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, 17 Oct. 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 a part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, what scientists call ENSO.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 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, 9 Apr. 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
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 2 June 2026
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 May 2026
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
• The entire natural climate cycle is officially known as El Niño – Southern Oscillation, called ENSO by scientists.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Mar. 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
• 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