The Pacific is churning with hurricanes. The Atlantic is quiet. Blame El Niño

An exceptionally strong El Niño is currently driving an unusual increase in Pacific storms and hurricanes, while the Atlantic has not recorded a single full-blown hurricane. Scientists state that this natural climate shift could be one of the strongest on record. Furthermore, human-caused climate change is super-charging the strength of this pattern, which is making weather extremes significantly worse. This shift in the climate system is directly responsible for the current disparity in oceanic storm activity.