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Changes in Pacific Ocean temperature patterns during El Nino/La Nina cycles have far-reaching consequences in other ocean basins, and remote impacts on the Indian monsoon and water resources in the South Asia region. (Illustration by Natalie Renier)
© Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution
Pakistan's 'Ocean of Water' - what influenced devastating monsoon
The South Asian monsoon brings much-needed rain to the Indian subcontinent each summer. The monsoon typically lasts from mid-June to September.