For several reasons, what happens in the Pacific Ocean has influences on North and South America and the Atlantic Ocean that we probably don't yet fully understand.
Among these:
1). Oceans store a great deal of heat (and release it gradually).
2). The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceans.
3). Do we fully know the effects of the submarine volcanoes and rift zones in the Pacific Ocean, vis-à-vis El Niño/La Niña? Probably not.
4). All of the Jet Streams (Northern and Southern) "blow" from West to East.
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