Persistent high latitude amplification of the Pacific Ocean over the past 10 million years

Xiaoqing Liu; Matthew Huber; Gavin L. Foster; Andrew Dessler; Yi Ge Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35011-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Persistent high latitude amplification of the Pacific Ocean over the past 10 million years

Xiaoqing Liu,
Matthew Huber,
Gavin L. Foster,
Andrew Dessler,
Yi Ge Zhang

Affiliations

Xiaoqing Liu: Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Matthew Huber: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
Gavin L. Foster: School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
Andrew Dessler: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Yi Ge Zhang: Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35011-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Multiproxy SST reconstructions of the Western Pacific Warm Pool show cooling over the entire last 10 Ma. High latitude Pacific Ocean SSTs are shown to be amplified, warming 2.4 °C per 1° of warming in the WPWP. This is reproduced by climate models.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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