Climate ‘teleconnections’ may link droughts and fires across continents
New research could help countries forecast and collaborate to deal with dry spells and fires
![An opaque photo of a wildfire overtop an opaque satellite image of Africa.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/020323_no_climate-teleconnections_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The El Niño climate pattern across the equatorial Pacific Ocean typically causes rainfall to decrease and wildfires to become more frequent in tropical Africa (shown).
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center