Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a tipping component of the climate system, is projected to slowdown during the 21st century in response to increased atmospheric CO 2 concentration. The rate and start of the weakening are associated with relatively large uncertainties...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41612-021-00182-x 2023-05-15T17:32:31+02:00 Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration Dima, Mihai Nichita, Denis R. Lohmann, Gerrit Ionita, Monica Voiculescu, Mirela Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research "Dunarea de Jos" University 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00182-x http://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00182-x.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00182-x en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY npj Climate and Atmospheric Science volume 4, issue 1 ISSN 2397-3722 Atmospheric Science Environmental Chemistry Global and Planetary Change journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00182-x 2022-01-04T07:24:33Z Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a tipping component of the climate system, is projected to slowdown during the 21st century in response to increased atmospheric CO 2 concentration. The rate and start of the weakening are associated with relatively large uncertainties. Observed sea surface temperature-based reconstructions indicate that AMOC has been weakening since the mid-20th century, but its forcing factors are not fully understood. Here we provide dynamical observational evidence that the increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration affects the North Atlantic heat fluxes and precipitation rate, and weakens AMOC, consistent with numerical simulations. The inferred weakening, starting in the late 19th century, earlier than previously suggested, is estimated at 3.7 ± 1.0 Sv over the 1854–2016 period, which is larger than it is shown in numerical simulations (1.4 ± 1.4 Sv). Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Springer Nature (via Crossref) npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 4 1 |
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Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a tipping component of the climate system, is projected to slowdown during the 21st century in response to increased atmospheric CO 2 concentration. The rate and start of the weakening are associated with relatively large uncertainties. Observed sea surface temperature-based reconstructions indicate that AMOC has been weakening since the mid-20th century, but its forcing factors are not fully understood. Here we provide dynamical observational evidence that the increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration affects the North Atlantic heat fluxes and precipitation rate, and weakens AMOC, consistent with numerical simulations. The inferred weakening, starting in the late 19th century, earlier than previously suggested, is estimated at 3.7 ± 1.0 Sv over the 1854–2016 period, which is larger than it is shown in numerical simulations (1.4 ± 1.4 Sv). |
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Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research "Dunarea de Jos" University |
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Dima, Mihai Nichita, Denis R. Lohmann, Gerrit Ionita, Monica Voiculescu, Mirela |
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Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration |
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Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration |
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Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration |
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Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration |
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Early-onset of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening in response to atmospheric CO2 concentration |
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early-onset of atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening in response to atmospheric co2 concentration |
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