Synopsis

A colossal, planet-spanning mechanism governs our daily weather and the shifting seasons. Only an event of truly immense scale can disturb such a powerful engine, a force exceeding the energy of a million nuclear detonations. Indications now suggest that just such an event is unfolding—El Niño. More than mere coastal storms along California's shores, El Niño exerts an influence on global weather second only to the turning of the seasons themselves. In a P-3 aircraft offshore, a team descends