Fall 2023: Past, Present, and Future AMOC: Variability and Impacts

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September 7th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

September 14th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

Lozier et al. (2019) pdf

Optional Reading

Frajka-Williams et al. (2019) pdf

September 21st: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

McManus, J.F., et al, 2004. Collapse and rapid resumption of Atlantic meridional circulation linked to deglacial climate changes. nature, 428(6985), pp.834-837 (pdf)

Optional Reading

Robinson et al., 2019, Pa/Th as a (paleo)circulation tracer: A North Atlantic perspective, PAGES, (pdf)

September 28: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

Ganopolski A, Rahmstorf S (2001) Rapid changes of glacial climate simulated in a coupled climate
model. Nature 409:153–158. https://doi.org/10.1038/35051500 pdf

Optional Reading

Rahmstorf S. Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years. Nature. 2002 Sep 12;419(6903):207-14. doi: 10.1038/nature01090. PMID: 12226675. pdf

October 5th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required reading

Lynch-Stieglitz, J., et al., 2014. Muted change in Atlantic overturning circulation over some glacial-aged Heinrich events. Nature Geoscience, 7(2), pp.144-150. (pdf)

October 12th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

Lynch-Stieglitz, J. et al., 2007 pdf

Optional Reading

Curry, W.B., et al. 1988 pdf

October 19th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

Caesar, L., Rahmstorf, S., Robinson, A., Feulner, G. and Saba, V., 2018. Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Nature, 556(7700), pp.191-196. (pdf)

October 26th: Clark 237, MIT 54-819

Required Reading

Bellomo, K., Angeloni, M., Corti, S. and von Hardenberg, J., 2021. Future climate change shaped by inter-model differences in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation response. Nature Communications, 12(1), p.3659. (pdf)

Nov 2: Clark 237, MIT54-819

Required Reading

Broccoli, A. J., K. A. Dahl, & R. J. Stouffer (2006) Response of the ITCZ to Northern Hemisphere cooling. GRL 33, L01702, doi:10.1029/2005GL024546. pdf

Optional Reading

Dahl, K. A., A. J. Broccoli, and R. J. Stouffer (2005), Assessing the role of North Atlantic freshwater forcing in millennial scale climate variability: A tropical Atlantic perspective, Clim. Dyn., 24, 325– 346. pdf

Jackson , L.C., R. Kahana,T. Graham, M. A. Ringer, T. Woollings , J. V. Mecking, R. A. Wood (2015) Global and European climate impacts of a slowdown of the AMOC in a high resolution GCM, Clim Dyn, 45, 3299–3316. pdf

Nov 9: Clark 237, MIT54-819

Required Reading

Roberts, N., Piotrowski, A., McManus, J. & Keigwin, L. Synchronous deglacial
overturning and water mass source changes. Science 327, 75–78 (2010). pdf

Nov 16: Clark 237, MIT54-819

Required reading

Schmittner, A. Decline of the marine ecosystem caused by a reduction in the Atlantic overturning circulation. Nature 434, 628-633 (2005). pdf

Nov 30th: Clark 237, MIT54-819

Required reading

Lenaerts, J.T., Le Bars, D., Van Kampenhout, L., Vizcaino, M., Enderlin, E.M. and Van Den Broeke, M.R., 2015. Representing Greenland ice sheet freshwater fluxes in climate models. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(15), pp.6373-6381 (pdf)

Dec 7th: Clark 237, MIT54-819

Required Reading

Sadai, S., Condron, A., DeConto, R. and Pollard, D., 2020. Future climate response to Antarctic Ice Sheet melt caused by anthropogenic warming. Science advances, 6(39), p.eaaz1169. (pdf) (pdf suppl.)