A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

Three-ocean interactions and climate variability: a review and perspective

C Wang - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Interactions among the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans through ocean–
atmosphere coupling can initiate and/or modulate climate variability. The Pacific Ocean is …

Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tip** course

RM Van Westen, M Kliphuis, HA Dijkstra - Science advances, 2024 - science.org
One of the most prominent climate tip** elements is the Atlantic meridional overturning
circulation (AMOC), which can potentially collapse because of the input of fresh water in the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

W Steffen, J Rockström, K Richardson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push the Earth System toward a
planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate at intermediate …

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 …

Drivers and mechanisms of ocean deoxygenation

A Oschlies, P Brandt, L Stramma, S Schmidtko - Nature geoscience, 2018 - nature.com
Direct observations indicate that the global ocean oxygen inventory is decreasing. Climate
models consistently confirm this decline and predict continuing and accelerating ocean …

Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

LG Crozier, MM McClure, T Beechie, SJ Bograd… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Major ecological realignments are already occurring in response to climate change. To be
successful, conservation strategies now need to account for geographical patterns in traits …

Interacting tip** elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming

N Wunderling, JF Donges, J Kurths… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
There exists a range of subsystems in the climate system exhibiting threshold behaviour
which could be triggered under global warming within this century resulting in severe …