Recent evidence from ice - core drilling in Greenland indicates that similar fluctuations also occurred during the previous interglacial period, possibly due to
rapid changes in ocean circulation.
Not exact matches
We know, however, that
rapid warming of the planet increases the risk of crossing climatic points of no return, possibly setting
in motion large - scale
ocean circulation changes, the loss of major ice sheets, and species extinctions.
«The authors write that «the notorious tropical bias problem
in climate simulations of global coupled general
circulation models manifests itself particularly strongly in the tropical Atlantic,»... they state that «the climate bias problem is still so severe that one of the most basic features of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean — the eastward shoaling thermocline — can not be reproduced by most of the IPCC assessment report models,... as they describe it, «show that the bias in the eastern equatorial Atlantic has a major effect on sea - surface temperature (SST) response to a rapid change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AM
circulation models manifests itself particularly strongly
in the tropical Atlantic,»... they state that «the climate bias problem is still so severe that one of the most basic features of the equatorial Atlantic
Ocean — the eastward shoaling thermocline — can not be reproduced by most of the IPCC assessment report models,... as they describe it, «show that the bias
in the eastern equatorial Atlantic has a major effect on sea - surface temperature (SST) response to a
rapid change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning
Circulation (AM
Circulation (AMOC).»
Changes in ocean circulation are thought to be able to produce large rapid temperature c
Changes in ocean circulation are thought to be able to produce large
rapid temperature
changeschanges.
Driven by
changes in ocean circulation, the
rapid sea level rise will bring increased risk of damage from hurricanes and winter storm surges, researchers say.
Abrupt climate
changes, such as the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the
rapid loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet or large - scale
changes of
ocean circulation systems, are not considered likely to occur
in the 21st century, based on currently available model results.
The models (and there are many) have numerous common behaviours — they all cool following a big volcanic eruption, like that at Mount Pinatubo
in 1991; they all warm as levels of greenhouse gases are increased; they show the same relationships connecting water vapour and temperature that we see
in observations; and they can quantify how the giant lakes left over from the Ice Age may have caused a
rapid cooling across the North Atlantic as they drained and
changed ocean circulation patterns.