Warm pool ocean heat content regulates ocean–continent moisture transport

Z Jian, Y Wang, H Dang, M Mohtadi, Y Rosenthal… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) exerts a dominant role in global climate by
releasing huge amounts of water vapour and latent heat to the atmosphere and modulating …

Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene

MJ Cramwinckel, M Huber, IJ Kocken, C Agnini, PK Bijl… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Palaeoclimate reconstructions of periods with warm climates and high atmospheric CO2
concentrations are crucial for developing better projections of future climate change. Deep …

Arctic sea-ice decline weakens the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

F Sévellec, AV Fedorov, W Liu - Nature Climate Change, 2017 - nature.com
The ongoing decline of Arctic sea ice exposes the ocean to anomalous surface heat and
freshwater fluxes, resulting in positive buoyancy anomalies that can affect ocean circulation …

Atmospheric CO2 control of spontaneous millennial-scale ice age climate oscillations

G Vettoretti, P Ditlevsen, M Jochum… - Nature geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Last Glacial millennial-scale climate variability transitioned through distinct cold stadial and
warm interstadial states. Here we use Earth system model simulations to demonstrate that …

[HTML][HTML] The CCSM4 ocean component

G Danabasoglu, SC Bates, BP Briegleb… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
The ocean component of the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) is
described, and its solutions from the twentieth-century (20C) simulations are documented in …

Patterns and mechanisms of early Pliocene warmth

AV Fedorov, CM Brierley, KT Lawrence, Z Liu… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
About five to four million years ago, in the early Pliocene epoch, Earth had a warm,
temperate climate. The gradual cooling that followed led to the establishment of modern …

Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene

Z Zhang, G Ramstein, M Schuster, C Li, C Contoux… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
It is widely believed that the Sahara desert is no more than∼ 2–3 million years (Myr) old,
with geological evidence showing a remarkable aridification of north Africa at the onset of …

A high-resolution climate simulation dataset for the past 540 million years

X Li, Y Hu, J Guo, J Lan, Q Lin, X Bao, S Yuan, M Wei… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Phanerozoic Eon has witnessed considerable changes in the climate system
as well as abundant animals and plant life. Therefore, the evolution of the climate system in …

[HTML][HTML] Improved sea ice shortwave radiation physics in CCSM4: The impact of melt ponds and aerosols on Arctic sea ice

MM Holland, DA Bailey, BP Briegleb, B Light… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Community Climate System Model, version 4 has revisions across all
components. For sea ice, the most notable improvements are the incorporation of a new …

Simulating miocene warmth: insights from an opportunistic multi‐model ensemble (MioMIP1)

NJ Burls, CD Bradshaw, AM De Boer… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch, spanning 23.03–5.33 Ma, was a dynamic climate of sustained,
polar amplified warmth. Miocene atmospheric CO2 concentrations are typically …