NOVA Online | Tracking El Niño

Mark attempting to transmit, via laptop and satphone, from deck of Orca

Dispatches

In the winter of 1998, correspondent Mark Hoover took to the road to report on the effects of El Niño for a NOVA/PBS Online Adventure. Click on any dispatch below to find out what he discovered.

March 7: Hot Times Ahead
March 4: California Gets Hit
March 3: Capitalizing on El Niño Rains
February 26: Sanctuary from the Perfect Storm
February 23 (18): In the Core of El Niño
February 21: Knocked off our Airborne Feet
February 20 (17): A Slow Poach
February 19: Transmitting from a Fish Bucket
February 16: The Eye of the Storm
February 14: Arrival in Ecuador
February 13: Heading to Ground Zero
February 11: The Greatest Catastrophe that Never Happened
February 9: No More El Yawño
February 6: The Storm Pipe
February 4: Rising Winds
February 2: The Heart of a Storm
January 31: Midnight Express
January 29: The Pineapple Express
January 28: A Winter Soaker
January 27: Extreme Science