Enhanced summer extreme precipitation over the Asian-African land monsoon regions during past warm periods: A modelling perspective from CESM2

X Kong, Q Yan, T Wei - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigation of summer extreme precipitation during past warm periods may deepen our
understanding of its behavior in current and future warmer climates. In this study, we …

Past terrestrial hydroclimate sensitivity controlled by Earth system feedbacks

R Feng, T Bhattacharya, BL Otto-Bliesner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite tectonic conditions and atmospheric CO 2 levels (pCO 2) similar to those of present-
day, geological reconstructions from the mid-Pliocene (3.3-3.0 Ma) document high lake …

Similar North Pacific variability despite suppressed El Niño variability in the warm mid-Pliocene climate

AM Oldeman, MLJ Baatsen… - Earth System …, 2024 - esd.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene is the most recent geological period with similar atmospheric CO 2
concentration to the present day and similar surface temperatures to those projected at the …

Changes in Sahel summer rainfall in a global warming climate: Contrasting the mid-Pliocene and future regional hydrological cycles

Z Han, G Li, Q Zhang - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The evolution of Sahel summer rainfall in the context of global warming is a severe socio-
economic concern because of its widespread influences on local agriculture, water resource …

[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 …

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 …

Revisiting the physical processes controlling the tropical atmospheric circulation changes during the Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period

K Zhang, Y Sun, Z Zhang, C Stepanek, R Feng… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (MPWP; 3.0–3.3 Ma), a warm geological period
about three million years ago, has been deemed as a good past analog for understanding …

The Yorktown formation: Improved stratigraphy, chronology, and paleoclimate interpretations from the US Mid-Atlantic coastal plain

HJ Dowsett, MM Robinson, KM Foley, TD Herbert - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Yorktown Formation records paleoclimate conditions along the mid-Atlantic Coastal
Plain during the mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (3.264 to 3.025 Ma), a climate interval of the …

Uncertainty of the Simulated Mid-Pliocene Changes of Sahel Summer Rainfall in the PlioMIP2 Multimodel Ensemble

Z Han, G Li - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The mid-Pliocene (approximately 3.3–3.0 Ma) was one of the past geological warm
periods. Since this past warmer climate was in many respects comparable to near future …

Aerosol uncertainties in tropical precipitation changes for the mid-Pliocene warm period

A Zhao, R Feng, CM Brierley, J Zhang, Y Hu - Climate of the Past, 2024 - cp.copernicus.org
Abstract The mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP, 3.3–3.0 Ma) was characterised by an
atmospheric CO 2 concentration exceeding 400 ppmv with minor changes in continental …