Glacial mode shift of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation by warming over the Southern Ocean

Abrupt northern hemisphere warming caused by strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation may have been triggered by warming over the Southern Ocean, according to numerical simulations with a sea-ice coupled ocean general circulation model.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Akira Oka, Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Sam Sherriff-Tadano, Yusuke Yokoyama, Kenji Kawamura, Hiroyasu Hasumi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
geo
envir
Southern Ocean
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00226-3
https://doaj.org/article/0346a0b9acc547d5987b2dde99d204fb
Description
Summary:Abrupt northern hemisphere warming caused by strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation may have been triggered by warming over the Southern Ocean, according to numerical simulations with a sea-ice coupled ocean general circulation model.

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