Increased impacts on US West Coast

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0828-7

The Madden–Julian oscillation causes teleconnections that impact mid-latitudes. Now research predicts dramatic eastward shifts of these impacts in the Pacific–North America region as the climate warms, leading to higher winter rainfall variability along the US West Coast and California in particular.