Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tip** elements

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

Observations, inferences, and mechanisms of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review

MW Buckley, J Marshall - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This is a review about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its mean
structure, temporal variability, controlling mechanisms, and role in the coupled climate …

Interbasin and interhemispheric impacts of a collapsed Atlantic Overturning Circulation

B Orihuela-Pinto, MH England, AS Taschetto - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
Climate projections suggest a weakening or collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning
Circulation (AMOC) under global warming, with evidence that a slowdown is already …

Structure and performance of GFDL's CM4. 0 climate model

IM Held, H Guo, A Adcroft, JP Dunne… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We describe the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's CM4. 0 physical climate
model, with emphasis on those aspects that may be of particular importance to users of this …

The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

[HTML][HTML] A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and …

SO Rasmussen, M Bigler, SP Blockley, T Blunier… - Quaternary science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Due to their outstanding resolution and well-constrained chronologies, Greenland ice-core
records provide a master record of past climatic changes throughout the Last Interglacial …

Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics

H Cheng, H Zhang, C Spötl, J Baker, A Sinha… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
The Younger Dryas (YD), arguably the most widely studied millennial-scale extreme climate
event, was characterized by diverse hydroclimate shifts globally and severe cooling at high …

Migrations and dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone

T Schneider, T Bischoff, GH Haug - nature, 2014 - nature.com
Rainfall on Earth is most intense in the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), a narrow belt
of clouds centred on average around six degrees north of the Equator. The mean position of …

Response of the intertropical convergence zone to climate change: Location, width, and strength

MP Byrne, AG Pendergrass, AD Rapp… - Current climate change …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a planetary-scale
band of heavy precipitation close to the equator. Here, we consider the response of the ITCZ …

Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change

A Mamalakis, JT Randerson, JY Yu, MS Pritchard… - Nature climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Future changes in the position of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ; a narrow band of
heavy precipitation in the tropics) with climate change could affect the livelihood and food …