An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence

SC Sherwood, MJ Webb, JD Annan… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We assess evidence relevant to Earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity per doubling of
atmospheric CO2, characterized by an effective sensitivity S. This evidence includes …

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

CN Waters, J Zalasiewicz, C Summerhayes… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Humans are altering the planet, including long-term global geologic
processes, at an increasing rate. Any formal recognition of an Anthropocene epoch in the …

Changing state of the climate system

SK Gulev, PW Thorne, J Ahn, FJ Dentener… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
2 Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate
indicators and 3 principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

Acycle: Time-series analysis software for paleoclimate research and education

M Li, L Hinnov, L Kump - Computers & Geosciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Recognition and interpretation of paleoclimate signals in sedimentary proxy datasets are
time consuming and subjective. Acycle is a comprehensive and easy-to-use software …

Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

M Gutjahr, A Ridgwell, PF Sexton, E Anagnostou… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum,(PETM) was a global warming event
that occurred about 56 million years ago, and is commonly thought to have been driven …

Spatial patterns of climate change across the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

JE Tierney, J Zhu, M Li, A Ridgwell… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; 56 Ma) is one of our best geological
analogs for understanding climate dynamics in a “greenhouse” world. However, proxy data …

Ocean systems

HO Pörtner, DM Karl, PW Boyd, W Cheung… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - epic.awi.de
Ocean ecosystems have responded and will continue to respond to climate changes of
different rates, magnitudes, and durations (virtually certain). Human societies depend on …

The geological record of ocean acidification

B Hönisch, A Ridgwell, DN Schmidt, E Thomas… - science, 2012 - science.org
Ocean acidification may have severe consequences for marine ecosystems; however,
assessing its future impact is difficult because laboratory experiments and field observations …

[图书][B] Climate shock: the economic consequences of a hotter planet

G Wagner, ML Weitzman - 2016 - degruyter.com
If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary
precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd …