The notion that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) can have more than
one stable equilibrium emerged in the 1980s as a powerful hypothesis to explain rapid …

The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene—an epoch of gradual cooling and
amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival …

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 …

During the last glacial period, the North Atlantic regionexperienced pronounced, millennial-
scale alternations between cold, stadial conditions and milder interstadial conditions …

Stochastic differential equations play an increasingly important role in modeling the
dynamics of a large variety of systems in the natural sciences, and in technological …

Intermediate glacial states were characterized by large temperature changes in Greenland
and the North Atlantic, referred to as Dansgaard–Oeschger (D–O) variability, with some …

This book introduces stochastic dynamical systems theory in order to synthesize our current
knowledge of climate variability. Nonlinear processes, such as advection, radiation and …

More than a decade ago, ice core records from Greenland revealed that the last glacial
period was characterized by abrupt climate changes that recurred on millennial time scales …

Randomness is ubiquitous in nature. Random drivers are generally considered a source of
disorder in environmental systems. However, the interaction between noise and nonlinear …

Abstract The Dansgaard-Oeschger events of the last ice age are among the best studied
abrupt climate changes, yet a comprehensive explanation is still lacking. They are most …