The evolution of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since 1980

LC Jackson, A Biastoch, MW Buckley… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component of the
climate through its transport of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. Decadal changes in the …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tipping elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Exceeding 1.5 C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points

DI Armstrong McKay, A Staal, JF Abrams… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Climate tipping points occur when change in a part of the climate system becomes self-
perpetuating beyond a warming threshold, leading to substantial Earth system impacts …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

[HTML][HTML] Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

P Ditlevsen, S Ditlevsen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a major tipping element in the
climate system and a future collapse would have severe impacts on the climate in the North …

Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

N Boers - Nature Climate Change, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major ocean current
system transporting warm surface waters toward the northern Atlantic, has been suggested …

Human influence on the climate system (Chapter 3)

V Eyring, NP Gillett, KM Achuta Rao, R Barimalala… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation

L Caesar, S Rahmstorf, A Robinson, G Feulner, V Saba - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)—a system of ocean currents in the
North Atlantic—has a major impact on climate, yet its evolution during the industrial era is …

Global environmental consequences of twenty-first-century ice-sheet melt

NR Golledge, ED Keller, N Gomez, KA Naughten… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Government policies currently commit us to surface warming of three to four degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels by 2100, which will lead to enhanced ice-sheet melt. Ice-sheet …