Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages

1) Three indices of global climate have been monitored in the record of the past 450,000 years in Southern Hemisphere ocean-floor sediments. 2) Over the frequency range 10 –4 to...

Global Carbon Budget 2022

Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing clima...

Developments in the MPI‐M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI‐ESM1.2) and Its Response to Increasing CO₂

Abstract A new release of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI‐ESM1.2) is presented. The development focused on correcting errors in and ...

Abrupt Climate Change

Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major impacts have occurred repeatedly in the past, when the Earth system was forced across thresholds. Although abrupt climat...

Interdecadal Variations in North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature and Associated Atmospheric Conditions

Evidence is presented for a distinct Pattern Of ocean-atmosphere relationship associated with interdecadal variability in the North Atlantic region. Using a century of surface m...

²³⁰Th-²³⁴U and ¹⁴C Ages Obtained by Mass Spectrometry on Corals

In 1988, Fairbanks conducted a drilling expedition off the south coast of Barbados to recover submerged corals contemporaneous with the last deglaciation. Core recovery was exce...

Oligocene to Miocene Benthic Foraminiferal and Abyssal Circulation Changes in the North Atlantic

Isotopic composition of lead in pegmatitic feldspars