Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

Climate transition at the Eocene–Oligocene influenced by bathymetric changes to the Atlantic–Arctic oceanic gateways

EO Straume, A Nummelin, C Gaina… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The Eocene–Oligocene Transition (∼ 33.9 Ma) marks the largest step transformation within
the Cenozoic cooling trend and is characterized by a sudden growth of the Antarctic ice …

Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the PlioMIP2 ensemble

Z Han, Q Zhang, Q Li, R Feng… - Climate of the Past …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene (∼ 3 Ma) is one of the most recent warm periods with high CO2
concentrations in the atmosphere and resulting high temperatures, and it is often cited as an …

[HTML][HTML] Warm mid-Pliocene conditions without high climate sensitivity: the CCSM4-Utrecht (CESM 1.0. 5) contribution to the PlioMIP2

MLJ Baatsen, AS von der Heydt, MA Kliphuis… - Climate of the …, 2022 - cp.copernicus.org
We present the Utrecht contribution to the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2
(PlioMIP2), using the Community Earth System Model version 1.0. 5 (CCSM4-Utr). Using a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations

W de Nooijer, Q Zhang, Q Li, Q Zhang, X Li… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Palaeoclimate simulations improve our understanding of the climate, inform us about the
performance of climate models in a different climate scenario, and help to identify robust …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the mechanisms and implications of a stronger mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in PlioMIP2

JE Weiffenbach, MLJ Baatsen, HA Dijkstra… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene warm period (3.264–3.025 Ma) is the most recent geological period in
which the atmospheric CO 2 concentration was approximately equal to the concentration we …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period using HadGEM3: experimental design and results from model–model and model–data comparison

CJR Williams, AA Sellar, X Ren, AM Haywood… - Climate of the …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
Here we present the experimental design and results from a new mid-Pliocene simulation
using the latest version of the UK's physical climate model, HadGEM3-GC31-LL, conducted …

Generalized stability landscape of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

M Willeit, A Ganopolski - Earth System Dynamics, 2024 - esd.copernicus.org
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) plays a crucial role in shaping
climate conditions over the North Atlantic region and beyond, and its future stability is a …

Modeling the mid-piacenzian warm climate using the water isotope-enabled Community Earth System Model (iCESM1. 2-ITPCAS)

Y Sun, L Ding, B Su, H Dowsett, H Wu, J Hu… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (MPWP,~ 3.264–3.025 Ma) is the most recent
example of a persistently warmer climate in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2 …

Mid-Pliocene West African Monsoon rainfall as simulated in the PlioMIP2 ensemble

E Berntell, Q Zhang, Q Li, AM Haywood… - Climate of the Past …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP;~ 3.2 million years ago) is seen as the most recent
time period characterized by a warm climate state, with similar modern geography and~ 400 …