The year 2015 was special for climate scientists, particularly for the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) research community, as a major El Niño finally materialized after a long …

Because of its relevance for the global climate the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
(AMOC) has been a major research focus for many years. Yet the question of which physical …

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 …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

A new ocean reanalysis that covers the period from 1871 to 2008 is used to explore the time‐
evolving characteristics of El Niño. The new reanalysis assimilates all available …

Recent studies suggest the existence of a global atmospheric teleconnection of extratropical
cooling to the tropical rainfall climate, mediated through the development of a thermal …

The frequency of large-scale heavy precipitation events in the European Alps is expected to
undergo substantial changes with current climate change. Hence, knowledge about the past …

The emerging interest in decadal climate prediction highlights the importance of
understanding the mechanisms of decadal to interdecadal climate variability. The purpose of …

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 …

The tropical cyclone genesis number (TCGN) in July–October (JASO) over the western
North Pacific (WNP) exhibits a robust interannual variation. It shows a longitudinally tri-pole …