The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change

By P. Clark, N. Pisias, T. Stocker, A. Weaver. Nature, 2002

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Observations, inferences, and mechanisms of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review (2016, background): “…the AMOC and sea level, in particular sea level fluctuations on the east coast of the United States [Srokosz and Bryden, 2015]; and (8) reviews on connections between the AMOC and climate on paleoclimate timescales [Broecker, 2007] and abrupt climate change [Clark et al., 2002; Alley, 2007].”
A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Climate Impacts (2019, background): “The AMOC is suggested to have played a critical role in abrupt climate change events centered in the Atlantic seen inmany paleoclimate records (e.g., Alley, 2007; Broecker et al., 1985; Cheng et al., 2009; Clark et al., 2002; McManus et al., 2004; Rahmstorf, 2002).”
Thermohaline Ocean Circulation (2006, neutral): “(Modified after [ Broecker, 1991 ]; from [Kuhlbrodt, et al., submitted].) S. Rahmstorf: Thermohaline Ocean Circulation.”
Past, Present, and Future Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (2012, methodology): “…have been linked to changes in the AMOC, leading to Broecker’s (1991) characterization of the global MOC as the “great ocean conveyor” [see reviews of Clark et al. 2002; Rahmstorf 2002; Alley 2007; Lynch-Stieglitz et al. 2007; see special issue of Global and Planetary Change, 2011, Vol. 79, Nos.”
Slowing down as an early warning signal for abrupt climate change (2008, background): “A well known example is the Younger Dryas period, when, just after the recovery from the last glacial maximum, the climate at Greenland relapsed to very cold conditions for many centuries and then suddenly jumped back to a 10° warmer state (5) (Fig.”
Dynamic sea level changes following changes in the thermohaline circulation (2004, background): “Paleoclimatic data indicate that strong variations of the THC have occurred in the past (see references in (Clark et al., 2002; Rahmstorf, 2002)).”
Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Mann/Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (2005, background): “The branching and path of the stream near the southeast Newfoundland ridge are according to Mann (1967) and Clarke et al. (1980), while the branches at ~45° N and ~51° N to the east of Newfoundland are discussed by Krauss (1986). The continuation of the stream’s branches in the North Atlantic Curren”
Radiocarbon simulations for the glacial ocean: The effects of wind stress, Southern Ocean sea ice and Heinrich events (2005, background): “a) NADW export in the South Atlantic at 308S, b) change of atmospheric D(14)C, together with detrended observations during the Oldest Dryas around Heinrich event 1 according to [10] (open circles) and [11] (filled circles); the data are redrawn from [56].”
Radiocarbon: A chronological tool for the recent past (2009, background): “Climatic change also contributes to short- and medium-term variations in atmospheric 14C via the redistribution of 14C between carbon reservoirs (mainly the atmosphere and oceans) due to changes in air–sea exchange of CO2, variations in deep water formation and changes in the ocean’s thermohaline ci”
The stability of the MOC as diagnosed from model projections for pre-industrial, present and future climates (2011, background): “Although the models analyzed in that paper were of intermediate complexity, some of the models showed a similar response of the Atlantic MOC to greenhouse gas forcing and freshwater hosing as more complete CCMs, suggesting that the later category of models should also possess hysteresis behavior.”
Simulated variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (2004, background): “…of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG)/Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (rapid cooling) events (Alley 1998), are generally believed to be linked to variations in the strength of the AMOC (Clark et al. 2002).”
Climate Response to External Sources of Freshwater: North Atlantic versus the Southern Ocean (2007, background): “Other authors have postulated much more complex oscillation regimes to explain the bipolar relationship in temperature anomalies between the two hemispheres, including potential lead–lag relationships with the land ice masses (e.g., Steig and Alley 2002; Clark et al. 2002).”
Collapse and rapid resumption of Atlantic meridional circulation linked to deglacial climate changes (2004, result): “In general, the 231 Pa/ 230 Th results are in agreement with Δ 14 C atm interpretations of deglacial changes in MOC, with a sharp decline during H1, a reinvigoration during the Bolling–Allerod to very similar values as the LGM, and then brief, sharp decline and gradual increase within the Younger ”
Adjustment of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system to a sudden change in the Thermohaline Circulation (2002, background): “Substantial changes in the THC and associated heat transport would provoke significant climate change [e.g., Manabe and Stouffer, 1995; Vellinga and Wood, 2002; Clark et al., 2002].”