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 …

Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift

GM Pontes, AS Taschetto, A Sen Gupta, A Santoso… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the dominant driver of year-to-year
climate variability in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, impacts climate pattern across the globe …

[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 …

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 …

Influence of plate reference frames on deep-time climate simulations

Z Zhang, Z Zhang, A Nummelin, EO Straume… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep-time paleogeographic maps can be constructed on plate tectonic models that utilize
mantle or paleomagnetic reference frames. Different reference frames result in divergence in …

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 …

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 …

On the importance of moisture conveyor belts from the tropical East Pacific for wetter conditions in the Atacama Desert during the Mid-Pliocene

M Reyers, S Fiedler, P Ludwig, C Böhm… - Climate of the Past …, 2022 - cp.copernicus.org
Geomorphic and sedimentologic data indicate that the climate of today's hyper-arid Atacama
Desert (Northern Chile) was more humid during the Mid-to Late Pliocene. The processes …

Less dryland aridity during Pliocene warmth

R Zhang, D Jiang, S Liu, C Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Because of the potential similarities of the climate in the mid‐Pliocene to the projected
conditions in the near future, studying mid‐Pliocene dryland aridity can advance our future …

The hydrological cycle and ocean circulation of the Maritime Continent in the Pliocene: results from PlioMIP2

X Ren, DJ Lunt, E Hendy, A Von Der Heydt… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Maritime Continent (MC) forms the western boundary of the tropical Pacific
Ocean, and relatively small changes in this region can impact the climate locally and …