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ArticleNature communications2025

Volcanic eruptions disrupt ENSO teleconnections with land summer temperature.

Xu Zhang, Jinbao Li, Shang-Ping Xie, Fei Liu, Feng Shi, Cong Gao, Han Zhang, Qianjin Dong

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xu ZhangDepartment of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-3636
Jinbao LiDepartment of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. jinbao@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8919-4715
Shang-Ping XieScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3676-1325
Fei LiuSchool of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-0011
Feng ShiState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-1822
Cong GaoDepartment of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3066-813X
Han ZhangDepartment of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Qianjin DongState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52261145744National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52279024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a key ocean-atmospheric mode that affects global weather and climate through atmospheric teleconnections. It remains unclear how robust and stable ENSO teleconnection patterns are under external perturbations. Here, we use observations to demonstrate that volcanic eruptions disrupt ENSO teleconnections with land surface air temperature in boreal summer across the globe. During eruption years, correlations are found to shift in 62.27% of regions where temperature is significantly connected to ENSO during non-eruption years. State-of-the-art Earth System Models fail to capture this disruptive effect, highlighting challenges in simulating the patterns of climate anomalies and extremes under external perturbations. The disruptive effect identified here raises questions about the stationarity assumption in ENSO reconstructions based upon temperature-sensitive proxy records. Our findings call for an improved characterization of regional climate impacts following volcanic eruptions.

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