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What causes the spread of model projections of sea level change in response to greenhouse gas forcing?
Sea levels of different atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) respond to climate change forcing in different ways, …
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Resolving and Parameterising the Ocean Mesoscale in Earth System Models
Although the choice of ocean resolution in Earth System models will always be limited by computational considerations, for the …
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The causes of sea-level rise since 1900
The rate of global-mean sea-level rise since 1900 has varied over time, but the contributing factors are still poorly understood1. …
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Heat and carbon coupling reveals ocean warming due to circulation changes
Anthropogenic global surface warming is proportional to cumulative carbon emissions1,2,3; this relationship is partly determined by the …
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Radiative effects of clouds and water vapor on the monsoon
Monsoons are summertime circulations shaping climates and societies across the tropics and subtropics. Here the radiative effects …
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Data-Driven Equation Discovery of Ocean Mesoscale Closures
The resolution of climate models is limited by computational cost. Therefore, we must rely on parameterizations to represent processes …
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Ocean-Only FAFMIP: Understanding Regional Patterns of Ocean Heat Content and Dynamic Sea Level Change
There is large uncertainty in the future regional sea level change under anthropogenic climate change. Our study presents and uses a …
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Response of Storm-Related Extreme Sea Level along the U.S. Atlantic Coast to Combined Weather and Climate Forcing
Storm surge and coastal flooding caused by tropical cyclones (hurricanes) and extratropical cyclones (nor’easters) pose a threat to …
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Identifying a human signal in the North Atlantic warming hole
North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have large climate impacts affecting the weather of the Northern Hemisphere. In addition to a …
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Surface constraints on the depth of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Southern Ocean vs North Atlantic
Paleoclimate proxy evidence suggests that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) was about 1000 m shallower at the Last …
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