Teleconnections

Teleconnections are large-scale climate patterns that connect weather and temperature changes across distant parts of the world. For example, when an atmospheric pattern shifts over the Pacific Ocean, it can influence weather in North America, Asia, or Africa weeks or months later. These connections happen through atmospheric and oceanic processes that link different regions, helping scientists understand and predict long-term climate variability and extreme weather events by recognizing patterns in one part of the world that impact others far away.