Nature Communications (Mar 2022)
Past terrestrial hydroclimate sensitivity controlled by Earth system feedbacks
- Ran Feng,
- Tripti Bhattacharya,
- Bette L. Otto-Bliesner,
- Esther C. Brady,
- Alan M. Haywood,
- Julia C. Tindall,
- Stephen J. Hunter,
- Ayako Abe-Ouchi,
- Wing-Le Chan,
- Masa Kageyama,
- Camille Contoux,
- Chuncheng Guo,
- Xiangyu Li,
- Gerrit Lohmann,
- Christian Stepanek,
- Ning Tan,
- Qiong Zhang,
- Zhongshi Zhang,
- Zixuan Han,
- Charles J. R. Williams,
- Daniel J. Lunt,
- Harry J. Dowsett,
- Deepak Chandan,
- W. Richard Peltier
Affiliations
- Ran Feng
- Department of Geosciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut
- Tripti Bhattacharya
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University
- Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
- Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Esther C. Brady
- Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Alan M. Haywood
- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane
- Julia C. Tindall
- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane
- Stephen J. Hunter
- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane
- Ayako Abe-Ouchi
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
- Wing-Le Chan
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
- Masa Kageyama
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Camille Contoux
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Chuncheng Guo
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
- Xiangyu Li
- Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environnemental Studies, China University of Geoscience
- Gerrit Lohmann
- Alfred Wegener Institute-Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
- Christian Stepanek
- Alfred Wegener Institute-Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
- Ning Tan
- Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qiong Zhang
- Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University
- Zhongshi Zhang
- Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environnemental Studies, China University of Geoscience
- Zixuan Han
- College of Oceanography, Hohai University
- Charles J. R. Williams
- School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, University Road
- Daniel J. Lunt
- School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, University Road
- Harry J. Dowsett
- Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U. S. Geological Survey
- Deepak Chandan
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- W. Richard Peltier
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28814-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
In contrast to future projections, paleoclimate records often find wetter subtropics in tandem with elevated CO2. Here, a compilation of proxies and simulations are used to reveal the climate dynamics and feedbacks responsible for generating wet subtropics during the mid-Pliocene.
