Abrupt cooling over the North Atlantic in modern climate models

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: SGUBIN, Giovanni, SWINGEDOUW, Didier, DRIJFHOUT, Sybren, MARY, Yannick, BENNABI, Amine
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Climatologie; Arctic; Laplace; Climate change; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/76743; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12278/76743; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14375

Observations over the 20th century evidence no long-term warming in the subpolar North Atlantic (SPG). This region even experienced a rapid cooling around 1970, raising a debate over its potential reoccurrence. Here we assess the risk of future abrupt SPG cooling in 40 climate models from the fifth...