Reflecting on the science of climate tipping points to inform and assist policy making and address the risks they pose to society

TF Stocker, RG Jones, MI Hegglin, TM Lenton… - Surveys in …, 2024 - Springer
There is a diverging perception of climate tipping points, abrupt changes and surprises in
the scientific community and the public. While such dynamics have been observed in the …

[HTML][HTML] Overshooting the critical threshold for the Greenland ice sheet

N Bochow, A Poltronieri, A Robinson, M Montoya… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) in response to anthropogenic global warming
poses a severe threat in terms of global sea-level rise (SLR). Modelling and palaeoclimate …

Sea level variability and modeling in the Gulf of Guinea using supervised machine learning

AS Ayinde, H Yu, K Wu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The rising sea levels due to climate change are a significant concern, particularly for
vulnerable, low-lying coastal regions like the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). To effectively address …

A potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may stabilise eastern Amazonian rainforests

D Nian, S Bathiany, M Ben-Yami, LL Blaschke… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Observations and models suggest that the Amazon rainforest might transition to a savanna-
like state in response to anthropogenic climate and land use change. Here, we combine …

Simulating AMOC tipping driven by internal climate variability with a rare event algorithm

M Cini, G Zappa, F Ragone, S Corti - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigates the possibility of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
noise-induced tipping solely driven by internal climate variability without applying external …

Impacts of a weakened AMOC on precipitation over the Euro-Atlantic region in the EC-Earth3 climate model

K Bellomo, VL Meccia, R D'Agostino, F Fabiano… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Given paleoclimatic evidence that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
may affect the global climate system, we conduct model experiments with EC-Earth3, a state …

Atmospheric Δ14C in the northern and southern hemispheres over the past two millennia: Role of production rate, southern hemisphere westerly winds and ocean …

H Goosse, V Brovkin, KJ Meissner, L Menviel… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The variations of atmospheric Δ 14 C over the past two millennia are classically attributed to
changes in its production rate in the upper atmosphere, which in turn is related to changes in …

Extreme cold events in Europe under a reduced AMOC

VL Meccia, C Simolo, K Bellomo… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
There is a consensus that a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
decreases mean surface temperature in the Northern Hemisphere, both over the ocean and …

Controlling factors for the global meridional overturning circulation: A lesson from the Paleozoic

S Yuan, Y Liu, Y Hu, J Mei, J Han, X Bao, X Li, Q Lin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The global meridional overturning circulation (GMOC) is important for redistributing heat
and, thus, determining global climate, but what determines its strength over Earth's history …

Impacts of AMOC collapse on monsoon rainfall: A multi‐model comparison

M Ben‐Yami, P Good, LC Jackson, M Crucifix… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) would have substantial
impacts on global precipitation patterns, especially in the vulnerable tropical monsoon …