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Carbon Dioxide Drop And Global Cooling Caused Antarctic Glacier To Form
Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago. What happened?
ScienceDailey 27 Feb 2009

Scientists find bigger than expected polar ice melt
Icecaps around the North and South Poles are melting faster and in a more widespread manner than expected, raising the sea level and fuelling climate change, a scientific survey revealed Wednesday.
spacedai;ey.com - 25 Feb 2009

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice
Jagged mountains the size of the Alps have been found entombed in Antarctica's ice, giving new clues about the vast ice sheet that will raise world sea levels if even a fraction of it melts
reuters - 24 Feb 2009

Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'
Nasa's first dedicated mission to measure carbon dioxide from space has failed following a rocket malfunction.
BBC - 24 Feb 2009

Bubbles of warming, beneath the ice
As permafrost thaws in the Arctic, huge pockets of methane -- a potent greenhouse gas -- could be released into the atmosphere. Experts are only beginning to understand how disastrous that could be.
latimes.com - 20 Feb 2009

Ocean Becoming More Acidic, Potentially Threatening Marine Life
A dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels is making the world's ocean more acidic, which may adversely affect the survival of marine life and organisms that depend on them, such as humans.
ScienceDailey 23 Feb 2009

NASA-Funded Carbon Dioxide Map Of U.S. Released On Google Earth
Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are now available on the popular Google Earth platform.
ScienceDailey - 23 Feb 2009

BP, Verenium Partner to Build Biofuel Plant in Florida
Oil and gas giant BP and ethanol developer Verenium Corp. have formed a joint venture to develop a next-generation biofuel derived from inedible grasses and build what the firms say will be the world's largest refinery of its kind in Florida's Highland County.
www.climatebiz.com - 20 Feb 2009

Cheaper Materials Could Be Key To Low-cost Solar Cells
Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics...
ScienceDailey - Feb 19 2009

Offshore wind farm sites set out
"Plans to build 10 wind farms off the coast of Scotland moved a step forward after the Crown Estate gave companies the green light to explore the sites."
news.bbc.co.uk - 16 Feb 2009

Solar Power and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean
"The idea is to build renewable energy hubs — based mostly on solar technologies — across North Africa to increase local energy security, provide millions of new jobs in countries like Egypt and Morocco and generate plentiful amounts of green electricity for export to Europe."
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 13 Feb 2009

Obama may be tough on Canada's tar sands
"How will future US emissions regulations affect North America's biggest oil owner?"
www.nature.com - 13 Feb 2009

Are we approaching peak coal? Part 2: The entire 'clean coal' effort could be fruitless
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Are we approaching peak coal? Part 1: U.S. coal supply may last only 10-20 years
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Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling
Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol industry are in serious jeopardy.
nytimes.com - 11 Feb 2009

The solar revolution starts in Amareleja
The Alentejo region enjoys more sunlight each year than any other place in Europe. So it's here, in south-east Portugal, that an immense solar power station has been set up, producing more energy than any other in the world. This plant alone meets the needs of 30,000 Portuguese homes.
www.independent.co.uk - 12 Feb 2009

Vattenfall to Convert Danish Coal-Fired Plants to Biomass
STOCKHOLM, SW -- Vattenfall will convert its coal-fired power plant fleet in Denmark to biomass, the energy company said this week.
www.climatebiz.com Feb 12 2009


Glaciers In China And Tibet Fading Fast
Glaciers that serve as water sources to one of the most ecologically diverse alpine communities on earth are melting at an alarming rate, according to a recent report.
ScienceDailey - 22 Feb 2009

Water Vapor Feedback Loop Will Cause Accelerated Global Warming, Professor Warns
Here’s yet another reason to hate humidity: it expands global warming, says a Texas A&M University professor.
ScienceDailey - 20 Feb 2009

Prepare for a climate-changed world, say engineers
A report by the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers will next month call for governments to accept that climate change is now inevitable.
NewScientist - 21 Feb 2009

Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden
Areas with lowland permafrost are likely to shrink in northern Sweden.  Warmer summers and more winter precipitation are two of the reasons.
ScienceDailey - 19 Feb 2009

Threats To Biodiversity Rise In World’s Mediterranean-Climate Regions
In the first systematic analysis of threats to the biodiversity of the world’s Mediterranean-climate regions, scientists at The Nature Conservancy and UC Davis report that these conservation hotspots are facing significant and increasing pressure.
ScienceDailey - Feb 17 2009


Ocean Less Effective At Absorbing Carbon Dioxide Emitted By Human Activity
"In the Southern Indian Ocean, climate change is leading to stronger winds, which mix waters, bringing CO2 up from the ocean depths to the surface. "
sciencedailey.com - 16 Feb 2009

Greenland And Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting, Rate Unknown
"The Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets are melting, but the amounts that will melt and the time it will take are still unknown, according to Richard Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, Penn State."
sciencedailey.com - 16 Feb 2009

Climate 'Flickering' Ended Last Ice Age In North Atlantic Region
"An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that the period towards the end of the ice age was engraved by extreme and short-lived variations, which finally terminated the ice age."
sciencedailey.com - 17 Feb 2009

Global warming 'underestimated'
"The severity of global warming over the next century will be much worse than previously believed, a leading climate scientist has warned."
bbc.co.uk - 15 Feb 2009

Scientist Models The Mysterious Travels Of Greenhouse Gas
"The global travel logs of greenhouse gases are based on atmospheric sampling locations sprinkled over the Earth and short towers that measure the uptake or release of carbon from a small patch of forest. But those measurements don't agree with current computer models of how plants and soils behave."
www.sciencedailey.com - 15 Feb 2009

Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke
It seems the Arctic is belching out nitrous oxide – commonly known as laughing gas. Unfortunately, the punchline is that it is a powerful greenhouse gas.
newscientist.com - 15 Feb 2009

Coral reefs: Vital to the oceans, vital to humans
Coral reefs are dying off at record rates, thanks to pollution, disease and global warming.
13 Feb 2009 - www.sciam.com

CO2 hits new peaks, no sign global crisis causing dip
Atmospheric levels of the main greenhouse gas are hitting new highs, with no sign yet that the world economic downturn is curbing industrial emissions, a leading scientist said on Thursday.
www.enn.com - 12 Feb 2009

Tropical fish swimming north because of global warming
Tropical fish are heading towards the cooler waters of the North Pole, according to the results of a new study on the impact of climate change on fish.
www.telegraph.co.uk - 13 Feb 2009

Model sees severe climate change impact by 2050
Current efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions will do little to ease damaging climate change, according to a report issued Friday that predicts Greenland's ice sheets will start melting by 2050.
Reuters.com - 12 Feb 2009

Climate Change And Fisheries: US Atlantic Cod Population To Drop By Half By 2050
 Scientists have for the first time calculated the likely impact of climate change on the distribution of more than 1,000 species of fish around the globe.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2009)

Tracking Warming Trend In Northwestern North America
 A new Montana State University study says that weather, especially in late winter and early spring, is getting warmer in northwestern North America.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2009)

Vital Climate Change Warnings Are Being Ignored, Says Expert
 Canada's inland waters, the countless lakes and reservoirs across the country, are important "sentinels" for climate change and Ottawa and the provinces are ignoring the warnings.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2009)

Aerosols May Have High Impact On Rainfall, Climate Change
ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2009) — "Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO’s Dr Leon Rotstayn."

Reducing Carbon Dioxide Through Technology And Smart Growth
A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10 by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – the principal driver of global warming – significantly by 2050
ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2009)

Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future
By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen concludes.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2009)

Plants Take A Hike As Temperatures Rise
Plants are flowering at higher elevations in Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains as summer temperatures rise, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2009)

Scientists losing war of words over climate change
Who understands the probabilities of climate change? Certainly not the general public, if psychological tests on volunteers in the US are to be believed.
newscientist 10 Feb 2009

Dramatic Rise In Sea Level And Its Broad Ramifications Uncovered
Scientists have found proof in Bermuda that the planet’s sea level was once more than 21 meters (70 feet) higher about 400,000 years ago than it is now.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2009)

Role Of Change In Disease Spread Examined
Ever since scientists first proposed that our planet might be experiencing widespread climate change, concerns have been raised about its implications for the spread of arboviruses – viruses carried by arthropods such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks.
www.sciencedailey.com

Why sustainable power is unsustainable
"Renewable energy needs to become a lot more renewable – a theme that emerged at the Financial Times Energy Conference in London this week."
www.newscientist.com 6 Feb 2009

Antarctic bulge could flood Washington DC
Rather than spreading out evenly across all the oceans, water from melted Antarctic ice sheets will gather around North America and the Indian Ocean. That's bad news for the US East Coast, which could bear the brunt of one of these oceanic bulges.
www.newscientist.com Feb 5 2009

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Perspectives and Views
Tough climate
The US Congress has put the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in an awkward position. In asking for the academy's advice on what to do about global climate change, it has left the NAS with a difficult balancing act if the academy wants to be effective and remain respected.
Nature 458, 679-680 (9 April 2009)

KEN GOLDEN PROFILE: Cold Equations
Far from his cozy office in landlocked Utah, a mathematician grapples with the secrets of polar sea ice.
Science 3 April 2009: Vol. 324. no. 5923, pp. 32 - 33

Environmental science: Clean coal and sparkling water
Subsurface storage of carbon dioxide is a major option for mitigating climate change. On one account, much of the gas sequestered in this way would end up as carbonic acid in the pore waters of the host rock.
Nature 458, 583-584 (2 April 2009)

Palaeoclimate: Tales of collapse
Deep beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica, sediments have been slowly accumulating on the sea floor, marking the passage of time for millions of years.
Nature Geoscience 2, 242 (2009)

Atmospheric science: Clean air policy and Arctic warming
The enhanced Arctic warming over the past three decades is attracting much attention. Combining forward and inverse models with observations suggests that regional changes in aerosol concentrations have contributed significantly.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n4/full/ngeo486.html

Palaeoclimate: Patagonian dust machine
Most of the dust in Antarctic ice cores originates in the glacial outwash of Patagonia. Sedimentary evidence suggests that during the last glacial period, pro-glacial lakes provided an on/off switch for the dust flux to Antarctica.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n4/full/ngeo485.html


GLOBAL WARMING:
Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Vanish Soon But Not Suddenly
After paring 23 climate models down to the best half-dozen, two researchers now say with new confidence that arctic summer ice will most likely disappear around 2037. But none of the select models predicts a tipping point--a sudden jump to an ice-free summer Arctic.
Science 27 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5922, p. 1655

Geosciences: Reefless madness
Say sayonara to coral reefs if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reach 560 parts per million, roughly double their preindustrial level.
Nature 458, 388 (26 March 2009)

NOAA chief ready to tackle climate
Jane Lubchenco takes the helm at oceanic and atmospheric agency.
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090325/full/458396a.html

Geochemistry: A glacial hangover
The marine geochemical budget of some solutes does not add up. A test case shows that at least part of the reason may lie in the timescale over which continental weathering recovers from glaciations.
Nature 458, 417-418 (26 March 2009)

GLOBAL WARMING:
Projections of Climate Change Go From Bad to Worse, Scientists Report
Eleven universities convened the Copenhagen Climate Congress last week in hopes of providing a comprehensive picture of the status of world climate science before another set of delegates meets here in December to hammer out a follow-up to the 1997 Kyoto Accords, which expire in 2012.
Science 20 March 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5921, pp. 1546 - 1547

America's long hard road to climate-change law
Published online 18 March 2009 | Nature  458, 266-267 (2009)

Yale climate-change institute launched
Published online 18 March 2009 | Nature  458, 272 (2009)

Maths mistake blamed for killing off 'clean coal' plant
Published online 18 March 2009 | Nature  458, 272-273 (2009)

Views from the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, 10–12 March.
Published online 18 March 2009 | Nature  458, 272 (2009)

Global change: West-side story of Antarctic ice
During the past five million years, the West Antarctic ice sheet has waxed and waned in size. A two-pronged reconstruction of that history provides clues to the ice sheet's future behaviour.
Nature 458, 295-296 (19 March 2009)

CLIMATE CHANGE: Shifting Westerlies
What caused atmospheric westerly winds to shift after the last glacial period?
Science 13 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5920, pp. 1434 - 1435

Carbon cycle: Fickle trends in the ocean
A model analysis of the uptake of carbon dioxide in the North Atlantic carries with it a cautionary reminder about interpreting what may be short-term trends as signals of long-term climate change.
Nature 458, 155-156 (12 March 2009)

Can behavior douse the fire of climate warming?
Rising air temperatures around the globe are affecting organismal abundance, distribution, and evolution
PNAS  March 10, 2009   vol. 106  no. 10  3647-3648

EARTH MONITORING:
Loss of Carbon Observatory Highlights Gaps in Data
Science 6 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5919, pp. 1276 - 1277

US climate-research shake-up recommended
Published online 4 March 2009 | Nature 458, 20 (2009)

The climate to get things done
Despite huge obstacles, political forces in Washington may finally get greenhouse-gas legislation moving, says David Goldston.
Published online 4 March 2009 | Nature  458, 21 (2009)

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: Tipping Pointedly Colder (Lee R. Kump)
Data from multiple ocean basins elucidate an ancient climate transition from greenhouse to icehouse.
Science 27 February 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5918, pp. 1175 - 1176

Kick-starting ancient warming
Rapid global warming marked the boundary between the Palaeocene and Eocene periods 55.6 million years ago, but how the temperature rise was initiated remains elusive. A catastrophic release of greenhouse gases from the Kilda basin could have served as a trigger.
Nature Geoscience 2, 156 - 159 (2009)

Climate science: Patchy peat (Torben R. Christensen)
Nutrient-rich tropical and agricultural soils release vast quantities of the highly potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. New measurements show that vegetation-free patches of tundra in subarctic Europe can also emit large quantities of this gas.
Nature Geoscience 2, 163 - 164 (2009)

Palaeoclimate: Atmospheric carbon footprints? (Edward J. Brook)
According to one controversial idea, increases in atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations due to human activities can be detected as early as several thousand years ago. Eight years after the publication of this hypothesis, controversy continues.
Nature Geoscience 2, 170 - 172 (2009)

Climate change: Southern see-saw seen
The bipolar see-saw hypothesis provides an explanation for why temperature shifts in the two hemispheres were out of phase at certain times. The hypothesis has now passed a test of one of its predictions.
Nature 457, 1093-1094 (26 February 2009)

Antarctica's impossible peaks come into view
Major polar project yields panorama of hidden mountains.
Published online 24 February 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/4571062a

The way ahead for polar science
The fourth International Polar Year is coming to an end. But the Arctic and Antarctic must remain top scientific priorities.
Nature 457, 1057 (26 February 2009)

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: A Matter of Humidity
How strong a part does water vapor play in global warming? Science 20 February 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5917, pp. 1020 - 1021

Carbon cycle: Sink in the African jungle
Apparently pristine African tropical forests are increasing in tree biomass, making them net absorbers of carbon dioxide. Is this a sign of atmospheric change, or of recovery from past trauma?
Nature 457, 969-970 (19 February 2009)

Palaeoceanography: Polar twins
"Ice ages in the North Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean were marked by low productivity. Accumulating evidence indicates that strong stratification restricted the supply of nutrients from the deep ocean to the algae of the sunlit surface in these regions."
www.nature.com - Feb 2009

Glaciology: From the front
The causes of recent dynamic thinning of Greenland's outlet glaciers have been debated. Realistic simulations suggest that changes at the marine fronts of these glaciers are to blame, implying that dynamic thinning will cease once the glaciers retreat to higher ground.
www.nature.com - Feb 2009

It's too late for Planet Earth, says James Lovelock
The Gaia thinker's latest book warns that climate disaster is imminent
www.timesonline.co.uk - 14 Feb 2009

Scientists must rein in misleading climate change claims
Overplaying natural variations in the weather diverts attention from the real issues
Gaurdian.co.uk 11 Feb 2009

Climate mythology:
The Gulf Stream, European climate and Abrupt Change
Richard Seager
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University



Peer-Reviewed Climate Change Articles thru 2006
Apr 4 2009-Apr 10 2009
A physical record of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Late Miocene to recent slowing of abyssal circulation
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 275, Issues 1-4, 1 May 2009, Pages 28-36
Has the climate recently shifted?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06711, doi:10.1029/2008GL037022.
Mountain glaciers and ice caps around Antarctica make a large sea‐level rise contribution
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07501, doi:10.1029/2008GL037020.
A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07502, doi:10.1029/2009GL037820.
Empirical normalization for the effect of volcanic stratospheric aerosols on AVHRR NDVI
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07701, doi:10.1029/2009GL037717.
Geochemical characteristics of the Miocene eolian deposits in China: Their provenance and climate implications
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q04004, doi:10.1029/2008GC002331.
Mar 28 2009-Apr 3 2009
Persistent Positive North Atlantic Oscillation Mode Dominated the Medieval Climate Anomaly
Science 3 April 2009: Vol. 324. no. 5923, pp. 78 - 80
Solubility trapping in formation water as dominant CO2 sink in natural gas fields
Nature 458, 614-618 (2 April 2009)
Imprecise probability assessment of tipping points in the climate system
PNAS  March 31, 2009   vol. 106  no. 13  5041-5046
Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation
PNAS  March 31, 2009   vol. 106  no. 13  4997-5001
Glacier change in Garibaldi Provincial Park, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, since the Little Ice Age
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 161-178
Quantifying the response of forest carbon balance to future climate change in Northeastern China: Model validation and prediction
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 179-194
Rapid responses of the prairie-forest ecotone to early Holocene aridity in mid-continental North America
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 195-207
Comparison of mid-Pliocene climate predictions produced by the HadAM3 and GCMAM3 General Circulation Models
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 208-224
Reconstruction of Mediterranean sea level fields for the period 1945–2000
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 225-234
Model projections of rapid sea-level rise on the northeast coast of the United States
Nature Geoscience 2, 262 - 266 (2009)
Reduced calcification in modern Southern Ocean planktonic foraminifera
Nature Geoscience 2, 276 - 280 (2009)
Influence of Patagonian glaciers on Antarctic dust deposition during the last glacial period
Nature Geoscience 2, 281 - 285 (2009)
Climate response to regional radiative forcing during the twentieth century
Nature Geoscience 2, 294 - 300 (2009)
Stable carbon isotope ratios in tree rings of co-occurring species from semi-arid tropics in Africa: Patterns and climatic signals
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 253-260
Simulations of the impacts of dynamic vegetation on interannual and interdecadal variability of Asian summer monsoon with modern and mid-Holocene orbital forcings
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 3-4, April 2009, Pages 235-252
Differences in the Indonesian seaway in a coupled climate model and their relevance to Pliocene climate and El Niño
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1212, doi:10.1029/2008PA001678.
Climate and vegetational regime shifts in the late Paleozoic ice age earth
Geobiology Volume 7 Issue 2, Pages 200 - 226
Dendrochemistry of White Mountain bristlecone pines: An investigation via Synchrotron Radiation Scanning X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy
J. Geophys. Res., 114, G01023, doi:10.1029/2008JG000830
Smaller projected increases in 20-year temperature returns over Australia in skill-selected climate models
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06710, doi:10.1029/2009GL037293
Consistent generation of ice-streams via thermo-viscous instabilities modulated by membrane stresses
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06502, doi:10.1029/2008GL036877
Mar 21 2009-Mar 27 2009
Greatly Expanded Tropical Warm Pool and Weakened Hadley Circulation in the Early Pliocene
Science 27 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5922, pp. 1714 - 1718
Variable Quaternary chemical weathering fluxes and imbalances in marine geochemical budgets
Nature 458, 493-496 (26 March 2009)
Early history of the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the middle to late Miocene (~ 13.2–5.8 Ma): Role of sea-level change and implications for equatorial circulation
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 274, Issues 3-4, 15 April 2009, Pages 140-159
Ice shelf disintegration by plate bending and hydro-fracture: Satellite observations and model results of the 2008 Wilkins ice shelf break-ups
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 280, Issues 1-4, 15 April 2009, Pages 51-60
Enhanced Arabian Sea intermediate water flow during glacial North Atlantic cold phases
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 280, Issues 1-4, 15 April 2009, Pages 220-228
Late Holocene forcing of the Asian winter and summer monsoon as evidenced by proxy records from the northern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 280, Issues 1-4, 15 April 2009, Pages 276-284
The impact of sea level rise on developing countries: a comparative analysis
Climatic Change ISSN    0165-0009 (Print) 1573-1480 (Online)
Increased dissolved terrestrial input to the coastal ocean during the last deglaciation
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q03009, doi:10.1029/2008GC002219
Patterns and magnitude of deep sea carbonate dissolution during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 and H2, Walvis Ridge, southeastern Atlantic Ocean
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1211, doi:10.1029/2008PA001655.
Impact of atmospheric CO2 doubling on the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06602, doi:10.1029/2008GL037075
Evidence for ocean acidification in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 73, Issue 8, 15 April 2009, Pages 2332-2346
Mar 14 2009-Mar 20 2009
Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations
Nature 458, 322-328 (19 March 2009)
Modelling West Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse through the past five million years
Nature 458, 329-332 (19 March 2009)
Assessing dangerous climate change through an update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “reasons for concern”
PNAS  March 17, 2009   vol. 106  no. 11  4133-4137
Modeled reconstructions of the oceanic carbonate system for different histories of atmospheric carbon dioxide during the last 20 Ma
Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB1011, doi:10.1029/2008GB003310
Carbon accumulation in peatlands of West Siberia over the last 2000 years
Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB1012, doi:10.1029/2007GB003112
The 18.6-year period moon-tidal cycle in Pacific Decadal Oscillation reconstructed from tree-rings in western North America
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05605, doi:10.1029/2008GL036880
Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05606, doi:10.1029/2008GL036282
Tracking uncertainties in the causal chain from human activities to climate
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05707, doi:10.1029/2008GL036474
Potential biases in inferring Holocene temperature trends from long-term borehole information
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05708, doi:10.1029/2008GL036354.
Quaternary sea-level changes: Records and processes
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 2009, Pages v-vii
Sea-level rise in New Jersey over the past 5000 years: Implications to anthropogenic changes
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 20 09, Pages 10-18
High frequency sea level fluctuations recorded in the Black Sea since the LGM
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 2009, Pages 65-75
Termination of the Last Glacial Maximum sea-level lowstand: The Sunda-Shelf data revisited
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 2009, Pages 76-84
Late Pleistocene Sea level on the New Jersey Margin: Implications to eustasy and deep-sea temperature
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 2009, Pages 93-99
Revisiting marine isotope stage 3 and 5a (MIS3–5a) sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Global and Planetary Change Volume 66, Issues 1-2, March 2009, Pages 100-111
Resolving climate change in the period 15–23 ka in Greenland ice cores: a new application of spectral trend analysis
Terra Nova Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 137 - 143
Mar 7 2009-Mar 13 2009
Wind-Driven Upwelling in the Southern Ocean and the Deglacial Rise in Atmospheric CO2
Science 13 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5920, pp. 1443 - 1448
Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Science 13 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5920, pp. 1470 - 1473
The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming
PNAS  March 10, 2009   vol. 106  no. 10  3835-3840
Feb 28-Mar 6 2009
Is the Dipole Anomaly a major driver to record lows in Arctic summer sea ice extent?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05706, doi:10.1029/2008GL036706
A Holocene record of climate-driven shifts in coastal carbon sequestration
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05704, doi:10.1029/2008GL036875
Change in CO2 concentration and O2/N2 ratio in ice cores due to molecular diffusion
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05703, doi:10.1029/2008GL036737
High-CO2 cloud radiative forcing feedback over both land and ocean in a global climate model
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05702, doi:10.1029/2008GL036703
Evolution of the Cenozoic carbon cycle: The roles of tectonics and CO2 fertilization
Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB1009, doi:10.1029/2008GB003220
Radiolaria: Major exporters of organic carbon to the deep ocean
Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB1010, doi:10.1029/2008GB003221
Feb 28-Mar 6 2009
Oceanic acidification affects marine carbon pump and triggers extended marine oxygen holes
PNAS  March 3, 2009   vol. 106  no. 9  3017-3022
Kelp genes reveal effects of subantarctic sea ice during the Last Glacial Maximum
PNAS  March 3, 2009   vol. 106  no. 9  3249-3253
Discrimination of sources of terrigenous sediment deposited in the central Arctic Ocean through the Cenozoic
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1210, doi:10.1029/2007PA001567
Mid-Miocene paleoproductivity in the Atlantic Ocean and implications for the global carbon cycle
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1209, doi:10.1029/2008PA001605
Monsoon versus ocean circulation controls on paleoenvironmental conditions off southern Sumatra during the past 300,000 years
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1208, doi:10.1029/2008PA001627
Links between iron supply, marine productivity, sea surface temperature, and CO2 over the last 1.1 Ma
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1207, doi:10.1029/2008PA001657
Neogene history of the West Pacific Warm Pool, Kuroshio and Leeuwin currents
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1206, doi:10.1029/2008PA001660
Millennial-scale northwest African droughts related to Heinrich events and Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Evidence in marine sediments from offshore Senegal
Paleoceanography, 24, PA1205, doi:10.1029/2007PA001570
Climatic and lithologic controls on the temporal and spatial variability of CO2 consumption via chemical weathering: An example from the Australian Victorian Alps
Chemical Geology Volume 260, Issues 3-4, 30 March 2009, Pages 234-253
Estimating carbon release caused by land use changes over Canada's north during 1985–1990 and 1990–2000 using satellite Earth observation
J. Geophys. Res., 114, G01017, doi:10.1029/2007JG000631
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Journey to world top emitter: An analysis of the driving forces of China's recent CO2 emissions surge
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Mid-Miocene paleoproductivity in the Atlantic Ocean and implications for the global carbon cycle
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Climate change signature of small-scale parasequences from Lateglacial–Holocene transgressive deposits of the Arno valley fill
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Modeling impacts of carbon sequestration on net greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils in China
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Drier Mediterranean soils due to greenhouse warming bring easterly winds over summertime central Europe
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Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests
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Glacier decline between 1963 and 2006 in the Cordillera Real, Bolivia
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Role of ocean biology-induced climate feedback in the modulation of El Niño-Southern Oscillation
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Long time management of fossil fuel resources to limit global warming and avoid ice age onsets
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Contrasting compositions of Saharan dust in the eastern Atlantic Ocean during the last deglaciation and African Humid Period
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Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline
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The Sea-Level Fingerprint of West Antarctic Collapse
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Millennial-scale northwest African droughts related to Heinrich events and Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Evidence in marine sediments from offshore Senegal
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Effect of the Atlantic hurricanes on the oceanic meridional overturning circulation and heat transport
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Sea surface temperature control on the stable isotopic composition of rainfall in Panama
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Global greenhouse to icehouse and back again: The origin and future of the Boreal Forest biome
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Climate effect of dust aerosol in southern Chinese Loess Plateau over the last 140,000 years
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Rapid recent warming on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from borehole thermometry
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Radiative forcing from anthropogenic land cover change since A.D. 800
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Brown Clouds over South Asia: Biomass or Fossil Fuel Combustion?
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Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States
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Galloping Glaciers of Greenland Have Reined Themselves In
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Foraminiferal Isotope Evidence of Reduced Nitrogen Fixation in the Ice Age Atlantic Ocean
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Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat
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A Dynamic Marine Calcium Cycle During the Past 28 Million Years
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A Simple Law for Ice-Shelf Calving
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Synergistic effects of climate-related variables suggest future physiological impairment in a top oceanic predator
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The role of the stratosphere in the European climate response to El Niño
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Unprecedented recent warming of surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
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The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries
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Surprising return of deep convection to the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean in winter 2007–2008
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Long-term ocean oxygen depletion in response to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels
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Large-scale changes in Greenland outlet glacier dynamics triggered at the terminus
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Decline of fog, mist and haze in Europe over the past 30 years
Nature Geoscience 2, 115 - 119 (2009)
Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum
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Climate sensitivity to the carbon cycle modulated by past and future changes in ocean chemistry
Nature Geoscience 2, 145 - 150 (2009)
Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization
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Intensifying tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean during summer monsoon—Global warming
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Evidence for northward expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water mass in the Southern Ocean during the last glacial inception
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How declining aerosols and rising greenhouse gases forced rapid warming in Europe since the 1980s
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Carbon storage in permafrost and soils of the mammoth tundra-steppe biome: Role in the global carbon budget
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Tropical Pacific Climate and Its Response to Global Warming in the Kiel Climate Model
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Regional Climate Change in Tropical and Northern Africa due to Greenhouse Forcing and Land Use Changes
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A Five-Year Record of Summer Melt on Eurasian Arctic Ice Caps
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Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend
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Anatomizing the Ocean’s Role in ENSO Changes under Global Warming
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New Insights into North European and North Atlantic Surface Pressure Variability, Storminess, and Related Climatic Change since 1830
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Greenland ice sheet motion coupled with daily melting in late summer
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CO2 emissions from saline lakes: A global estimate of a surprisingly large flux
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Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation influence CO2 uptake in the North Atlantic over the past 2 decades
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Climate feedbacks under a very broad range of forcing
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Decadal relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and cold surge frequency in Taiwan
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Observed decadal tropical Pacific–North Atlantic teleconnections
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How unusual is the recent series of warm years?
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Step-wise changes in glacier flow speed coincide with calving and glacial earthquakes at Helheim Glacier, Greenland
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Centennial-scale Holocene North Atlantic surface temperatures from Mg/Ca ratios in Globigerina bulloides
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Evidence for a major change in silicon cycling in the subarctic North Pacific at 2.73 Ma
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Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?
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Controls of climatic variability and land cover on land surface hydrology of northern Wisconsin, USA
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Impact of sea-level rise over the last deglacial transition on the strength of the continental shelf CO2 pump
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Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 271, Issues 1-2, 1 January 2009, Pages 117-129
A new stage 3 millennial climatic variability record from a SW France speleothem
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 271, Issues 1-2, 1 January 2009, Pages 130-139
Related changes in biodiversity, insolation and climate in the Atlantic rainforest since the last interglacial
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 271, Issues 1-2, 1 January 2009, Pages 140-152
Holocene vegetation–fire–climate linkages in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA
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Ground surface temperature history in southern Canada: Temperatures at the base of the Laurentide ice sheet and during the Holocene
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 277, Issues 1-2, 15 January 2009, Pages 280-289
Variations in planetary convection via the effect of climate on damage
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 277, Issues 1-2, 15 January 2009, Pages 29-37
Glacial–interglacial sediment transport to the Meiji Drift, northwest Pacific Ocean: Evidence for timing of Beringian outwashing
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 277, Issues 1-2, 15 January 2009, Pages 64-72
Subarctic Pacific evidence for a glacial deepening of the oceanic respired carbon pool
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 277, Issues 1-2, 15 January 2009, Pages 156-165
Eustatic variations during the Paleocene-Eocene greenhouse world
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Direct evidence of the feedback between climate and weathering
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Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid-Pleistocene ice sheet growth
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Dependence of the land-sea contrast in surface climate response on the nature of the forcing
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Intermediate water ventilation change in the subarctic northwest Pacific during the last deglaciation
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Summer retreat of Arctic sea ice: Role of summer winds
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Automated monitoring of subglacial hydrological processes with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) at high temporal resolution: scope and potential pitfalls http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL035855.shtml
Controls of Global-Mean Precipitation Increases in Global Warming GCM Experiments
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Tropical Pacific Forcing of North American Medieval Megadroughts: Testing the Concept with an Atmosphere Model Forced by Coral-Reconstructed SSTs*
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Reduced Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation due to Wind Stress Feedback during Glacial Times
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Northern Hemisphere Stationary Waves in Future Climate Projections
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Detection and Attribution of Temperature Changes in the Mountainous Western United States
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Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects
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Sensitivity of the glacial ocean to Heinrich events from different iceberg sources, as modeled by a coupled atmosphere-iceberg-ocean model
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What is causing the variability in global mean land temperature?
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Low-frequency variations of the large-scale ocean circulation and heat transport in the North Atlantic from 1955–1998 in situ temperature and salinity data
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Sudden, considerable reduction in recent uptake of anthropogenic CO2 by the East/Japan Sea
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Reply to comment by Martin F. Miller on “Record of δ18O and 17O-excess in ice from Vostok Antarctica during the last 150,000 years”
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Significance of carbonate buffers in natural waters reacting with supercritical CO2: Implications for monitoring, measuring and verification (MMV) of geologic carbon sequestration
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A new height for the summer mesopause: Antarctica, December 2007
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Is the North Atlantic hurricane season getting longer?
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Influence of terrestrial weathering on ocean acidification and the next glacial inceptionhttp://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL035963.shtml
Past occurrences of hypoxia in the Baltic Sea and the role of climate variability, environmental change and human impact
Earth-Science Reviews Volume 91, Issues 1-4, December 2008, Pages 77-92
Dynamical prediction of terrestrial ecosystems and the global carbon cycle: A 25-year hindcast experiment
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Impact of land cover uncertainties on estimates of biospheric carbon fluxes
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Extracting a climate signal from the skeletal geochemistry of the Caribbean coral Siderastrea siderea
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Climate change and desertification: Where do we stand, where should we go?
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 3-4, December 2008, Pages 105-110
Climate Change and Desertification
Climate variability and change in the drylands of Western North America
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Climate Change and Desertification
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Desertification, the re-greening and climate change
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Climate Change and Desertification
Future desertification and climate change: The need for land-surface system evaluation improvement
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Climate Change and Desertification

Estimation of surface albedo increase during the eighties Sahel drought from Meteosat observations
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Climate Change and Desertification
Mediterranean desertification and land degradation: Mapping related land use change syndromes based on satellite observations
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Climate Change and Desertification
A coupled human–environment model for desertification simulation and impact studies
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Climate Change and Desertification
Regional desertification: A global synthesis
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Climate Change and Desertification
Modeling the impacts of grazing land management on land-use change for the Jordan River region
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Climate Change and Desertification
Geo-ecological spatial pattern analysis of the island of Fogo (Cape Verde)
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 3-4, December 2008, Pages 188-197
Climate Change and Desertification
Land degradation and economic conditions of agricultural households in a marginal region of northern Greece
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Climate Change and Desertification
The history of environmental change and adaptation in eastern Saloum–Senegal—Driving forces and perceptions
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Climate Change and Desertification
A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change
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Climate Change and Desertification
Advances in desertification and climate change research: Are they accessible for application to enhance adaptive capacity?
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 3-4, December 2008, Pages 236-243
Climate Change and Desertification
Developing adaptive capacity for responding to environmental change in the Arab Gulf States: Uncertainties to linking ecosystem conservation, sustainable development and society in authoritarian rentier economies
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 3-4, December 2008, Pages 244-252
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Oxygen and carbon isotopes of
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Large tundra methane burst during onset of freezing
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Cool-Climate or Warm-Spike Lateritic Bauxites at High Latitudes?
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592387
Fire-related carbon emissions from land use transitions in southern Amazonia
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Local rainfall-SST relationship on subseasonal time scales in satellite observations and CFS
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Annular mode time scales in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models
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Diurnal-seasonal and weather-related variations of land surface temperature observed from geostationary satellites
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Agulhas leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic overturning circulation
Nature 456, 489-492 (27 November 2008)
Paleonutrient and productivity records from the subarctic North Pacific for Pleistocene glacial terminations I to V
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Circumpolar thinning of Arctic sea ice following the 2007 record ice extent minimum
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Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system
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A long-term climatology of North Atlantic polar lows
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Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system
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Multidecadal and multicentennial variability of the meridional overturning circulation
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Abrupt environmental and climatic change during the deposition of the Early Permian Haushi limestone, Oman
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 270, Issues 1-2, 1 December 2008, Pages 1-18
The sedimentary record of glacial retreat, Marinelli Fjord, Patagonia: Regional correlations and climate ties
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Glacial greenhouse-gas fluctuations controlled by ocean circulation changes
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Boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate: A model inversion approach
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Spatial variability of glacier elevation changes in the Swiss Alps obtained from two digital elevation models
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Extreme precipitation trends associated with tropical cyclones in the core of the North American monsoon
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Inter-annual relationship between Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies and Indian summer monsoon
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The 100-ka and rapid sea level changes recorded by prograding shelf sand bodies in the Gulf of Lions (western Mediterranean Sea)
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New 3D bathymetry and sediment distribution in Lake Vostok: Implication for pre-glacial origin and numerical modeling of the internal processes within the lake
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 276, Issues 1-2, 30 November 2008, Pages 106-114
Effect of precipitation seasonality on climatic sensitivity of glacier mass balance
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 276, Issues 1-2, 30 November 2008, Pages 14-19
Changes in ENSO and Associated Overturning Circulations from Enhanced Greenhouse Gases by the End of the Twentieth Century
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 22 (November 2008) pp. 5745–5763
Arctic Climate Change as Manifest in Cyclone Behavior
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 22 (November 2008) pp. 5777–5796
Impact of Historical Climate Change on the Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 22 (November 2008) pp. 5820–5834
Interannual Atmospheric Variability Affects Continental Ice Sheet Simulations on Millennial Time Scales
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 22 (November 2008) pp. 5976–5992
A fine resolution regional climate change experiment for the Eastern Mediterranean: Analysis of the present climate simulations
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 93-104
The influence of different environmental and climatic conditions on vegetated aeolian dune landscape development and response
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 76-92
ENSO-dominated estuaries of Buenos Aires: The interannual transfer of water from Western to Eastern South America
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 69-75
Palynological evidence for the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum recorded in Cenozoic sediments of the Tian Shan Range, northwestern China
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 53-68
Surface-water freshening: A cause for the onset of North Pacific stratification from 2.75 Ma onward?
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 49-52
VEMAP vs VINCERA: A DGVM sensitivity to differences in climate scenarios
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 38-48
Long-term effects of biogeophysical and biogeochemical interactions between terrestrial biosphere and climate under anthropogenic climate change
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 26-37
Simulated response of conterminous United States ecosystems to climate change at different levels of fire suppression, CO2 emission rate, and growth response to CO2
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 16-25
Possible impacts of 21st century climate on vegetation in Central and West Africa
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 3-15
DGVM responses to the latest IPCC future climate scenarios
Global and Planetary Change Volume 64, Issues 1-2, November 2008, Pages 1-2
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Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines
 PNAS  November 11, 2008   vol. 105  no. 45  17436-17441
Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders
 PNAS  November 11, 2008   vol. 105  no. 45  17442-17446
In situ carbonation of peridotite for CO2 storage
 PNAS  November 11, 2008   vol. 105  no. 45  17295-17300
East Asian monsoon variability since the Mid-Holocene recorded in a high-resolution, absolute-dated aragonite speleothem from eastern China
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 275, Issues 3-4, 15 November 2008, Pages 296-307
Late Miocene “washhouse” climate in Europe
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 275, Issues 3-4, 15 November 2008, Pages 393-401
Late Paleocene–early Eocene Tethyan carbonate platform evolution — A response to long- and short-term paleoclimatic change
Earth-Science Reviews Volume 90, Issues 3-4, November 2008, Pages 71-102
Oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Miocene Mediterranean deduced from Nd, Sr, C, and O isotope compositions of marine fossils and sediments
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Diatom δ13C, δ15N, and C/N since the Last Glacial Maximum in the Southern Ocean: Potential impact of Species Composition
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4209, doi:10.1029/2008PA001589, 2008
Observed sea ice extent in the Russian Arctic, 1933–2006
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N2O emissions and carbon sequestration in a nitrogen-fertilized Douglas fir stand
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, G04013, doi:10.1029/2008JG000764, 2008
Detection and attribution of Atlantic salinity changes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L21702, doi:10.1029/2008GL035874, 2008
Human influence on Arctic sea ice detectable from early 1990s onwards
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L21701, doi:10.1029/2008GL035725, 2008
Coastal Southern Ocean: A strong anthropogenic CO2 sink
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L21602, doi:10.1029/2008GL035624, 2008
A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record
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Atlantic overturning responses to Late Pleistocene climate forcings
Nature 456, 85-88 (6 November 2008)
Linking climate change to lemming cycles
Nature 456, 93-97 (6 November 2008)
Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park
 PNAS  November 4, 2008   vol. 105  no. 44  16988-16993
Connections between climate, food limitation, and carbon cycling in abyssal sediment communities
 PNAS  November 4, 2008   vol. 105  no. 44  17006-17011
A framework for predicting global silicate weathering and CO2 drawdown rates over geologic time-scales
 PNAS  November 4, 2008   vol. 105  no. 44  16855-16859
Southern Hemisphere Synoptic Behavior in Extreme Phases of SAM, ENSO, Sea Ice Extent, and Southern Australia Rainfall
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 21 (November 2008) Article: pp. 5566–5584
A High-Resolution Climate Model for the U.S. Pacific Northwest: Mesoscale Feedbacks and Local Responses to Climate Change
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 21 (November 2008) Article: pp. 5708–5726
The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth's temperature to radiation changes
Nature Geoscience 1, 735 - 743 (2008)
Attribution of polar warming to human influence
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Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains
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High sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate change through water-table feedback
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Antarctic temperature at orbital timescales controlled by local summer duration
Nature Geoscience 1, 787 - 792 (2008)
How important are Southern Hemisphere wind changes for low glacial carbon dioxide? A model study
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4208, doi:10.1029/2008PA001592, 2008
Coupled sea surface temperature–seawater δ18O reconstructions in the Arabian Sea at the millennial scale for the last 35 ka
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4207, doi:10.1029/2007PA001564, 2008
Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4206, doi:10.1029/2008PA001637, 2008
Changes in extreme, cold-season synoptic precipitation events under global warming
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20710, doi:10.1029/2008GL035516, 2008
On the need for bias correction of regional climate change projections of temperature and precipitation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035694, 2008
Decadal change in the relationship between east Asian–western North Pacific summer monsoons and ENSO in the mid-1990s
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20711, doi:10.1029/2008GL035751, 2008
Nitrogen trifluoride in the global atmosphere
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20821, doi:10.1029/2008GL035913, 2008
Defining the geochemical composition of the EPICA Dome C ice core dust during the last glacial-interglacial cycle
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 Abrupt climate change near the poles
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    1-4
 Managing the risks of climate thresholds: uncertainties and information needs
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    5-10
 Detecting potential changes in the meridional overturning circulation at 26˚N in the Atlantic
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    11-27
 Economically optimal risk reduction strategies in the face of uncertain climate thresholds
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    29-41
 Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty-first century
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    43-63
 West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse – the fall and rise of a paradigm
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    65-79
 Managing the inconceivable: participatory assessments of impacts and responses to extreme climate change
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    81-101
 Neo-Atlantis: The Netherlands under a 5-m sea level rise
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    103-122
 Worst case scenario as stakeholder decision support: a 5- to 6-m sea level rise in the Rhone delta, France
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    123-143
 Plausible responses to the threat of rapid sea-level rise in the Thames Estuary
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    145-169
Global estimates of the impact of a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet: an application of FUND
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    171-191
 Decision making under catastrophic risk and learning: the case of the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Climatic Change Volume 91, Numbers 1-2 / November, 2008 Pages    193-209
 Paleogene paleosols and changes in pedogenesis during the initial Eocene thermal maximum: Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
Geological Society of America Bulletin Volume 120, Issue 11 (November 2008) Article: pp. 1347–1361
Origin and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary loess in Nebraska: Evidence from stratigraphy, chronology, sedimentology, and geochemistry
Geological Society of America Bulletin Volume 120, Issue 11 (November 2008) Article: pp. 1378–1407
Pedogenic carbonate isotopes as evidence for extreme climatic events preceding the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Implications for the biotic crisis
Geological Society of America Bulletin Volume 120, Issue 11 (November 2008) Article: pp. 1408–1415
Northern timing of deglaciation in the eastern equatorial Pacific from alkenone paleothermometry
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4205, doi:10.1029/2008PA001593, 2008
An ensemble of European summer and winter temperature reconstructions back to 1500
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20707, doi:10.1029/2008GL035395, 2008
Trends in Saharan dust and tropical Atlantic climate during 1980–2006
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20706, doi:10.1029/2008GL035042, 2008
Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet from 1958 to 2007
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20502, doi:10.1029/2008GL035417, 2008
 Record of climate-driven morphological changes in 376 Ma Devonian fossils
GeologyVolume 36, Issue 11 (October 2008) pp. 907–910
Recent and future changes of the Arctic sea-ice cover
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L20503, doi:10.1029/2008GL034813, 2008
Equatorial convergence of India and early Cenozoic climate trends
 PNAS  October 21, 2008   vol. 105  no. 42  16065-16070
Why Earth became so hot 50 million years ago and why it then cooled
 PNAS  October 21, 2008   vol. 105  no. 42  16061-16062
Effects of the Oligocene climatic events on the foraminiferal record from Fuente Caldera section (Spain, western Tethys)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 269, Issues 1-2, 4 November 2008, Pages 94-102
An intractable climate archive — Sclerochronological and shell oxygen isotope analyses of the Pacific geoduck, Panopea abrupta (bivalve mollusk) from Protection Island (Washington State, USA)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 269, Issues 1-2, 4 November 2008, Pages 115-126
High-resolution emissions of CO2 from power generation in the USA
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, G04008, doi:10.1029/2007JG000602, 2008
Middle Miocene tectonic boundary conditions for use in climate models
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q10009, doi:10.1029/2008GC002046, 2008
Changes in Tropical Cyclone Activity due to Global Warming: Results from a High-Resolution Coupled General Circulation Model
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 20 (October 2008) pp. 5204–5228
Glacier Changes and Regional Climate: A Mass and Energy Balance Approach
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 20 (October 2008) pp. 5384–5401
A role for atmospheric CO2 in preindustrial climate forcing
 PNAS  October 14, 2008   vol. 105  no. 41  15815-15818
Glacial-interglacial variations in marine phosphorus cycling: Implications for ocean productivity
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, VOL. 22, GB4004, doi:10.1029/2007GB003054, 2008
Effect of mesoscale topography over the Tibetan Plateau on summer precipitation in China: A regional model study
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19707, doi:10.1029/2008GL034740, 2008
Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorge
Nature 455, 786-789 (9 October 2008)
Temperature increase of 21st century mitigation scenarios
 PNAS  October 7, 2008   vol. 105  no. 40  15258-15262
Northern Hemisphere Controls on Tropical Southeast African Climate During the Past 60,000 Years
Science 10 October 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5899, pp. 252 - 255
Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics
Science 10 October 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5899, pp. 258 - 261
Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA
Science 10 October 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5899, pp. 261 - 264
Late Devonian–earliest Mississippian glaciation in Gondwanaland and its biogeographic consequences
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 126-142
Late Devonian glacial deposits from the eastern United States signal an end of the mid-Paleozoic warm period
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 143-151
Glaciation, aridification, and carbon sequestration in the Permo-Carboniferous: The isotopic record from low latitudes
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 222-233
Glacial–interglacial shifts in atmospheric circulation of western tropical Pangaea
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 260-272
Mississippian δ13Ccarb and conodont apatite δ18O records — Their relation to the Late Palaeozoic Glaciation
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 273-292
Palaeoclimate across the Late Pennsylvanian–Early Permian tropical palaeolatitudes: A review of climate indicators, their distribution, and relation to palaeophysiographic climate factors
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 3-4, 24 October 2008, Pages 293-310
A modeling assessment of the interplay between aeolian iron fluxes and iron-binding ligands in controlling carbon dioxide fluctuations during Antarctic warm events
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4202, doi:10.1029/2007PA001531, 2008
Climate and marine carbon cycle response to changes in the strength of the Southern Hemispheric westerlies
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA4201, doi:10.1029/2008PA001604, 2008
Sensitivity of catchment-aggregated estimates of soil carbon dioxide efflux to topography under different climatic conditions
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, G03040, doi:10.1029/2008JG000707, 2008
Climate implications of large warming by elevated aerosol over India
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19809, doi:10.1029/2008GL034944, 2008
Response of California temperature to regional anthropogenic aerosol changes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19808, doi:10.1029/2008GL034894, 2008
Estimating the potential for methane clathrate instability in the 1%-CO2 IPCC AR-4 simulations
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19806, doi:10.1029/2008GL035291, 2008
Frequency of severe storms and global warming
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19805, doi:10.1029/2008GL034562, 2008
Global lightning activity from the ENSO perspective
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19804, doi:10.1029/2008GL034321, 2008
Gregorian calendar bias in monthly temperature databases
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19706, doi:10.1029/2008GL035209, 2008
Sea ice drift in the Arctic since the 1950s
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19704, doi:10.1029/2008GL034791, 2008
A millennial-scale record of Arctic Ocean sea ice variability and the demise of the Ellesmere Island ice shelves
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19502, doi:10.1029/2008GL034470, 2008
Evolution of the 2007–2008 Arctic sea ice cover and prospects for a new record in 2008
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19501, doi:10.1029/2008GL035316, 2008
Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19603, doi:10.1029/2008GL035028, 2008
Unanticipated consequences of ocean acidification: A noisier ocean at lower pH
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L19601, doi:10.1029/2008GL034913, 2008
Sedimentary response to climate and sea level changes during the past ∼400 ka from borehole PRAD1–2 (Adriatic margin)
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q09R04
Atmospheric CO2 and Climate on Millennial Time Scales During the Last Glacial Period
Science 3 October 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5898, pp. 83 - 85
Thresholds for Cenozoic bipolar glaciation
Nature 455, 652-656 (2 October 2008)
Simulated Variability of the Circulation in the North Atlantic from 1953 to 2003
Journal of Climate Article: pp. 4919–4933
Global-Scale Energy and Freshwater Balance in Glacial Climate: A Comparison of Three PMIP2 LGM Simulations
Journal of Climate Article: pp. 5008–5033
An Assessment of the Primary Sources of Spread of Global Warming Estimates from Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Models
Journal of Climate Article: pp. 5135–5144
The role of surface heat fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations
Nature Geoscience 1, 653 - 657 (2008)
 Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters
Nature Geoscience 1, 659 - 664 (2008)
Interdependence of groundwater dynamics and land-energy feedbacks under climate change
Nature Geoscience 1, 665 - 669 (2008)
Coherent high- and low-latitude control of the northwest African hydrological balance
Nature Geoscience 1, 670 - 675 (2008)
Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia
Nature Geoscience 1, 697 - 702 (2008)
Changes in ocean denitrification during Late Carboniferous glacial–interglacial cycles
Nature Geoscience 1, 709 - 714 (2008)
Climate change and recent water level variability in Patagonian proglacial lakes, Argentina
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 290-298
Late Pleistocene depositional cycles of the Lapis Tiburtinus travertine (Tivoli, Central Italy): Possible influence of climate and fault activity
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 299-308
The effect of submerged plateaux on Pleistocene gyral circulation and sea-surface temperatures in the Southwest Pacific
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 309-316
Climatic pacing of Mediterranean fire histories from lake sedimentary microcharcoal
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 317-324
Sea level forcing in the Mediterranean Sea between 1960 and 2000
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 325-332
Southern Ocean biogeochemical impact on the tropical ocean: Stable isotope records from the Pacific for the past 25,000 years
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 333-340
Coral Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca records in Con Dao Island off the Mekong Delta: Assessment of their potential for monitoring ENSO and East Asian monsoon
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 341-352
Separating
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Applied Geochemistry Volume 23, Issue 10, October 2008, Pages 2871-2879
Opening the climate envelope reveals no macroscale associations with climate in European birds
 PNAS  September 30, 2008   vol. 105  no. 39  14908-14912
Differences in the non-stationary influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on European precipitation under different scenarios of greenhouse gas concentrations
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L18710, doi:10.1029/2008GL034832, 2008
Hadley cell bias in climate models linked to extratropical eddy stress
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L18709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035084, 2008
Correction to “Effects of doubled CO2 on tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) for onset of deep convection and maximum SST: Simulations based inferences”
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L18708, doi:10.1029/2008GL035702, 2008
Late Neogene evolution of the East Asian monsoon revealed by terrestrial mollusk record in Western Chinese Loess Plateau: From winter to summer dominated sub-regime
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 274, Issues 3-4, 15 October 2008, Pages 439-447
Advance–retreat history of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall belt over northern China during the last two glacial–interglacial cycles
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 274, Issues 3-4, 15 October 2008, Pages 499-510
Variations in the oceanic vertical carbon isotope gradient and their implications for the Paleocene-Eocene biological pump
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA3222, doi:10.1029/2007PA001458, 2008
Vegetation and soil feedbacks at the Last Glacial Maximum
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 268, Issues 1-2, 10 October 2008, Pages 39-46
Intraseasonal interaction between the Madden–Julian Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation
Nature 455, 523-527 (25 September 2008)
On avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system: Formidable challenges ahead
 PNAS  September 23, 2008   vol. 105  no. 38  14245-14250
Global warming: Stop worrying, start panicking?
 PNAS  September 23, 2008   vol. 105  no. 38  14239-14240
Slowing down as an early warning signal for abrupt climate change
 PNAS  September 23, 2008   vol. 105  no. 38  14308-14312
3500 yr record of centennial-scale climate variability from the Western Pacific Warm Pool
Geology Volume 36, Issue 10 (October 2008) pp. 795–798
New constraints on the timing of sea level fluctuations during early to middle marine isotope stage 3
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA3219, doi:10.1029/2008PA001617, 2008
Paleoclimate proxy perspective on Caribbean climate since the year 1751: Evidence of cooler temperatures and multidecadal variability
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL. 23, PA3220, doi:10.1029/2008PA001598, 2008
Investigating tropical cyclone-climate feedbacks using the TRMM Microwave Imager and the Quick Scatterometer
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q09V11, doi:10.1029/2007GC001842, 2008
Assessing sedimentary records of paleohurricane activity using modeled hurricane climatology
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q09V10, doi:10.1029/2008GC002043, 2008
Energy budgets of Atlantic hurricanes and changes from 1970
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q09V08, doi:10.1029/2007GC001847, 2008
Towards a robust test on North America warming trend and precipitable water content increase
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L18804, doi:10.1029/2008GL034564, 2008
Ancient Permafrost and a Future, Warmer Arctic
Science 19 September 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5896, p. 1648
Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 90-104
21st century Mediterranean sea level rise: Steric and atmospheric pressure contributions from a regional model
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 105-111
21st century climate change scenario for the Mediterranean using a coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate model
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 112-126
Downscaling future climate change: Temperature scenarios for the Mediterranean area
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 127-131
Simulation of future changes in extreme rainfall and temperature conditions over the Greek area: A comparison of two statistical downscaling approaches
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 132-151
The Mediterranean surface wave climate inferred from future scenario simulations
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 152-162
Climatic trends to extremes employing regional modeling and statistical interpretation over the E. Mediterranean
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 163-170
Iberia winter rainfall trends based upon changes in teleconnection and circulation patterns
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 171-176
Warming trends and decadal variability in the Western Mediterranean shelf
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 177-184
Climate variability in north-western Italy during the second half of the 20th century
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 185-195
The forcing of mean sea level variability around Europe
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 196-202
Sea surges around the Gulf of Lions and atmospheric conditions
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 203-214
Low frequency Mediterranean sea level variability: The contribution of atmospheric pressure and wind
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 215-229
Reconstruction of drought episodes for central Spain from rogation ceremonies recorded at the Toledo Cathedral from 1506 to 1900: A methodological approach
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 230-242
Reconstruction of seasonal and annual rainfall variability in the Iberian peninsula (16th–20th centuries) from documentary data
Global and Planetary Change Volume 63, Issues 2-3, September 2008, Pages 243-257
Middle East coastal ecosystem response to middle-to-late Holocene abrupt climate changes
 PNAS  September 16, 2008   vol. 105  no. 37  13941-13946
 Assessing geochemical carbon management
Climatic Change Volume 90, Number 3 / October, 2008 Pages    217-242
 Storage of carbon in U.S. forests predicted from satellite data, ecosystem modeling, and inventory summaries
Climatic Change Volume 90, Number 3 / October, 2008 Pages    269-282
 The millennial atmospheric lifetime of anthropogenic CO2
Climatic Change Volume 90, Number 3 / October, 2008 Pages    283 - 297
 On geoengineering with sulphate aerosols in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
 Climatic Change Volume 90, Number 3 / October, 2008 Pages    315-331
Argon and nitrogen isotopes of trapped air in the GISP2 ice core during the Holocene epoch (0–11,500 B.P.): Methodology and implications for gas loss processes
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 72, Issue 19, 1 October 2008, Pages 4675-4686
Evolution of tropical watersheds and continental hydrology during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse; impact on marine carbon burial and possible implications for the future
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 274, Issues 1-2, 30 September 2008, Pages 1-13
An ice core perspective on the age of the Matuyama–Brunhes boundary
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 274, Issues 1-2, 30 September 2008, Pages 151-156
Validating NCAR-CCSM last glacial maximum sea surface temperature in the tropical and South Atlantic with proxy-data
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 267, Issues 3-4, 1 October 2008, Pages 153-160
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Last Glacial Maximum, inferred from insect fossils from a tephra buried soil at Tempest Lake, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 267, Issues 3-4, 1 October 2008, Pages 245-255
Subtropical Forcing of Tropical Pacific Climate and Decadal ENSO Modulation
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 18 (September 2008) pp. 4691–4709
Toward Climate Prediction: Interannual Potential Predictability due to an Increase in CO2 Concentration as Diagnosed from an Ensemble of AO GCM Integrations
Journal of Climate Volume 21, Issue 18 (September 2008) pp. 4607–4628
Chapter 1 Antarctic Climate Evolution
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 1-11
Chapter 2 The International Polar Years: A History of Developments in Antarctic Climate Evolution
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 13-31
Chapter 3 A History of Antarctic Cenozoic Glaciation – View from the Margin
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 33-83
Chapter 4 Circulation and Water Masses of the Southern Ocean: A Review
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 85-114
Chapter 5 Cenozoic Climate History from Seismic Reflection and Drilling Studies on the Antarctic Continental Margin
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 115-234
Chapter 6 Numerical Modelling of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 235-256
Chapter 7 The Antarctic Continent in Gondwanaland: A Tectonic Review and Potential Research Targets for Future Investigations
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 257-308
Chapter 8 From Greenhouse to Icehouse – The Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 309-368
Chapter 9 The Oligocene–Miocene Boundary – Antarctic Climate Response to Orbital Forcing
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 369-400
Chapter 10 Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 401-463
Chapter 11 Late Pliocene–Pleistocene Antarctic Climate Variability at Orbital and Suborbital Scale: Ice Sheet, Ocean and Atmospheric Interactions
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 465-529
Chapter 12 Antarctica at the Last Glacial Maximum, Deglaciation and the Holocene
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 531-570
Chapter 13 Concluding Remarks: Recent Changes in Antarctica and Future Research
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 8, 2008, Pages 571-576
The late Miocene to early Pliocene climate transition in the Southern Ocean
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume 267, Issues 1-2, 19 September 2008, Pages 31-40
Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes
Science 12 September 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5895, pp. 1481 - 1484
Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks
Nature 455, 213-215 (11 September 2008)
Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia
PNAS September 9, 2008 vol. 105 no. 36 13252-13257
Climate controls on the variability of fires in the tropics and subtropics
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, VOL. 22, GB3028, doi:10.1029/2007GB003122, 2008
Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise
Science 5 September 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5894, pp. 1340 - 1343
Regional Synthesis of Mediterranean Atmospheric Circulation During the Last Glacial Maximum
Science 5 September 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5894, pp. 1338 - 1340
The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones
Nature 455, 92-95 (4 September 2008)
Recent climate extremes alter alpine lake ecosystems
PNAS  September 2, 2008   vol. 105  no. 35 12927-12931
Tibetan uplift intensified the 400 k.y. signal in paleoclimate records at 4 Ma
GSA Bulletin, Volume 120, Number 9,September 2008 1338-1344
Carbon-cycle feedbacks of changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation under future atmospheric CO2
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, VOL. 22, GB3024
Climatic signature of cyclic fluvial architecture from the Quaternary of the central Po Plain, Italy
Sedimentary Geology Volume 209, Issues 1-4, 1 September 2008, Pages 58-68
Persistent summer expansion of the Atlantic Warm Pool during glacial abrupt cold events
Nature Geoscience 1, 601 - 605 (2008)
High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region
Nature Geoscience 1, 615 - 619 (2008)
Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet
Nature Geoscience 1, 620 - 624 (2008)
Late Pliocene Greenland glaciation controlled by a decline in atmospheric CO2 levels
Nature 454, 1102-1105 (28 August 2008)
Ecological changes in Miocene mammalian record show impact of prolonged climatic forcing
PNAS  August 26, 2008   vol. 105  no. 34  12145-12149
Opposing plant community responses to warming with and without herbivores
PNAS  August 26, 2008   vol. 105  no. 34  12353-12358
Ice cores record significant 1940s Antarctic warmth related to tropical climate variability
PNAS  August 26, 2008   vol. 105  no. 34  12154-12158
Opposing plant community responses to warming with and without herbivores
PNAS  August 26, 2008   vol. 105  no. 34  12353-12358
Ice cores record significant 1940s Antarctic warmth related to tropical climate variability
PNAS  August 26, 2008   vol. 105  no. 34  12154-12158
The Global Atmospheric Circulation on Moist Isentropes
Science 22 August 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5892, pp. 1075 - 1078
Rapid shifts in plant distribution with recent climate change
PNAS  August 19, 2008   vol. 105  no. 33  11823-11826
Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals
PNAS  August 19, 2008   vol. 105  no. 33  11634-11639
Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems
Science 15 August 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5891, pp. 926 - 929
A detailed comparison of Asian Monsoon intensity and Greenland temperature during the Allerød and Younger Dryas events
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 272, Issues 3-4, 15 August 2008, Pages 691-697
North American ice-sheet dynamics and the onset of 100,000-year glacial cycles
Nature 454, 869-872 (14 August 2008)
Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern African food security but could be mitigated by agricultural development
PNAS  August 12, 2008   vol. 105  no. 32  11081-11086
Ocean circulation patterns and dust supply into the South Atlantic during the last glacial cycle revealed by statistical analysis of kaolinite/chlorite ratios
Marine Geology Volume 253, Issues 3-4, 7 August 2008, Pages 82-91
Sea-floor scour at the mouth of Hudson Strait by deep-keeled icebergs from the Laurentide Ice Sheet
Marine Geology Volume 253, Issues 3-4, 7 August 2008, Pages 149-159
Middle Eocene climate cyclicity in the southern Pacific: Implications for global ice volume
Geology Volume 36 Issue 8 August 2008 Pages 651-654
Quantitative estimates of glacial and Holocene temperature and precipitation change in lowland Amazonian Bolivia
Geology Volume 36 Issue 8 August 2008 Pages 667-670
An abrupt wind shift in western Europe at the onset of the Younger Dryas cold period
Nature Geoscience 1, 520 - 523 (2008)
High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years
Science 1 August 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5889, pp. 680 - 684 DOI: 10.1126/science.1157707
Climato-environmental controls on clay mineralogy of the Hettangian–Bajocian successions of the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary: An evidence for extreme continental weathering during the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 31 July 2008, Pages 1-13
Arabia–Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 31 July 2008, Pages 52-58
Lateglacial climate development in NW Romania — Comparative results from three quantitative pollen-based methods
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 31 July 2008, Pages 121-133
Cooling-driven climate change at 12–11 Ma: Multiproxy records from a long fluviolacustrine sequence at Guyuan, Ningxia, China
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 31 July 2008, Pages 148-158
Deglacial pattern of circulation and marine productivity in the upwelling region off central-south Chile
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 272, Issues 1-2, 30 July 2008, Pages 221-230
Glacial to Holocene terrigenous organic matter input to sediments from Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico — A combined optical and biomarker approach
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 272, Issues 1-2, 30 July 2008, Pages 251-263
Possible link between multi-decadal climate cycles and periodic reversals of solar magnetic field polarity
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 272, Issues 1-2, 30 July 2008, Pages 290-295
Oscillating glacial northern and southern deep water formation from combined neodymium and carbon isotopes
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 272, Issues 1-2, 30 July 2008, Pages 394-405

Poorly cemented coral reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific: Possible insights into reef development in a high-CO2 world
PNAS July 29, 2008 vol. 105 no. 30 10450-10455

Amazon River enhances diazotrophy and carbon sequestration in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean
PNAS July 29, 2008 vol. 105 no. 30 10460-10465

Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation
PNAS July 29, 2008 vol. 105 no. 30 10302-10307

Terrigenous events and climate history of the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q07023, doi:10.1029/2008GC002038, 26 July 2008
One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts
Science 25 July 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5888, pp. 560 - 563
Geothermal inversion of Canadian Arctic ground temperatures and effect of permafrost aggradation at emergent shorelines
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 9, Q07019, doi:10.1029/2008GC002064, 24 July 2008
Subtropical to boreal convergence of tree-leaf temperatures
Nature 454, 511-514 (24 July 2008)
Ice Scour Disturbance in Antarctic Waters
Science18 July 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5887, p. 371
Patagonian Glacier Response During the Late Glacial-Holocene Transition
Science 18 July 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5887, pp. 392 - 395
Evidence of calcium carbonates in coastal (Talos Dome and Ross Sea area) East Antarctica snow and firn: Environmental and climatic implications
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 271, Issues 1-4, 15 July 2008, Pages 43-52
Seawater carbonate ion-δ13C systematics and application to glacial–interglacial North Atlantic ocean circulation
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 271, Issues 1-4, 15 July 2008, Pages 209-220
Increase in hourly precipitation extremes beyond expectations from temperature changes
Nature Geoscience 1, 511 - 514 (2008)
Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Science 4 July 2008:Vol. 321. no. 5885, pp. 111 - 113
Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification
Nature 454, 96-99 (3 July 2008)
Glacial erosion and mountain building
Geology Volume 36 Issue 7 July 2008 591-592
Astronomical climate control on paleosol stacking patterns in the upper Paleocene–lower Eocene Willwood Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
Geology Volume 36 Issue 7 July 2008 531-534
Carbon accumulation in European forests
Nature Geoscience 1, 425 - 429 (July 1 2008)
Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks
Nature Geoscience 1, 430 - 437 (July 1 2008)
Episodic reductions in bottom-water currents since the last ice age
Nature Geoscience 1, 449 - 452 (July 1 2008)
Nannoplankton successions in the northern Red Sea during the last glaciation (60 to 14.5 ka BP): Reactions to climate change
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 270, Issues 3-4, 30 June 2008, Pages 271-279
Deriving correlated climate and physiological signals from deuterium isotopomers in tree rings
Chemical Geology Volume 252, Issues 1-2, 30 June 2008, Pages 1-8
Tree rings, δ13C and climate in Picea glauca growing near Churchill, subarctic Manitoba, Canada
Chemical Geology Volume 252, Issues 1-2, 30 June 2008, Pages 88-101
Climate signals in tree-ring width, density and δ13C from larches in Eastern Siberia (Russia)
Chemical Geology Volume 252, Issues 1-2, 30 June 2008, Pages 31-41
Do tree ring δ13C series from Pinus sylvestris in northern Fennoscandia contain long-term non-climatic trends?
Chemical Geology Volume 252, Issues 1-2, 30 June 2008, Pages 42-51
Elevation During the 20th Century
Science 27 June 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5884, pp. 1768-1771
Extensive halogen-mediated ozone destruction over the tropical Atlantic Ocean
Nature 453, 1232-1235 (26 June 2008)
Natural Variability of Greenland Climate, Vegetation, and Ice Volume During the Past Million Years
Science 20 June 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5883, pp. 1622 - 1625
Elevation Changes in Antarctica Mainly Determined by Accumulation Variability
Science 20 June 2008: Vol. 320. no. 5883, pp. 1626 - 1629
Improved estimates of upper-ocean warming and multi-decadal sea-level rise
Nature 453, 1090-1093 (19 June 2008)
Evidence for Upwelling of Corrosive "Acidified" Water onto the Continental Shelf
Science 13 June 2008: Vol. 320. no. 5882, pp. 1490 - 1492
Influence of climate fluctuations and changes in catchment land use on Late Holocene and modern beach-ridge sedimentation on a tropical macrotidal coast: Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia
Marine Geology Volume 251, Issues 3-4, 6 June 2008, Pages 195-208
Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions
Nature Geoscience 1, 359 - 364 (June 1 2008)
Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal winds
Nature Geoscience 1, 399 - 403 ( June 1 2008)
Climatic and anthropogenic factors affecting river discharge to the global ocean, 1951–2000
Global and Planetary Change Volume 62, Issues 3-4, June 2008, Pages 187-194
Increased aridity in the Mediterranean region under greenhouse gas forcing estimated from high resolution simulations with a regional climate model
Global and Planetary Change Volume 62, Issues 3-4, June 2008, Pages 195-209
Cryospheric change in China
Global and Planetary Change Volume 62, Issues 3-4, June 2008, Pages 210-218
Climate-induced variations of geyser periodicity in Yellowstone National Park, USA
Geology Volume 36 Issue 6 June 2008 Pages 451-454
Coralline red algae as high-resolution climate recorders
Geology Volume 36 Issue 6 June 2008 Pages 463-466
Regulation of the monsoon climate by two different orbital rhythms and forcing mechanisms
Geology Volume 36 Issue 6 June 2008 Pages 491-494
A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature
Nature 453, 646-649 (29 May 2008)
Effects of human impact and climate change during the last 350 years recorded in a Swedish raised bog deposit
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 262, Issues 1-2, 27 May 2008, Pages 1-31
Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change
Nature 453, 353-357 (15 May 2008)
High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 years before present
Nature 453, 379-382 (15 May 2008)
Orbital and millennial-scale features of atmospheric CH4 over the past 800,000 years
Nature 453, 383-386 (15 May 2008)
Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years
Science 9 May 2008: Vol. 320. no. 5877, pp. 765 - 768
Fracture Propagation to the Base of the Greenland Ice Sheet During Supraglacial Lake Drainage
Science 9 May 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5877, pp. 778 - 781
Seasonal Speedup Along the Western Flank of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Science 9 May 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5877, pp. 781 - 783
Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution
Nature 453, 212-215 (8 May 2008)
Geographical distribution of the feedback between future climate change and the carbon cycle
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, G03002
Expanding Oxygen-Minimum Zones in the Tropical Oceans
Science 2 May 2008: Vol. 320. no. 5876, pp. 655 - 658
Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse
Nature Geoscience 1, 329 - 334 (2008)
Close mass balance of long-term carbon fluxes from ice-core CO2 and ocean chemistry records
Nature Geoscience 1, 312 - 315 (2008)
Satellite measurements of the clear-sky greenhouse effect from tropospheric ozone
Nature Geoscience 1, 305 - 308 (2008)
The role of subglacial water in ice-sheet mass balance
Nature Geoscience 1, 297 - 304 (2008)
Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector
Nature 453, 84-88 (1 May 2008)
Eocene/Oligocene ocean de-acidification linked to Antarctic glaciation by sea-level fall
Nature 452, 979-982 (24 April 2008)
Phytoplankton Calcification in a High-CO2 World
Science 18 April 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5874, pp. 336 - 340
Changing boreal methane sources and constant biomass burning during the last termination
Nature 452, 864-867 (17 April 2008)
Amplification of Cretaceous Warmth by Biological Cloud Feedbacks
Science 11 April 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5873, p. 195
Impact of Artificial Reservoir Water Impoundment on Global Sea Level
Science 11 April 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5873, pp. 212 - 214
Covariant Glacial-Interglacial Dust Fluxes in the Equatorial Pacific and Antarctica
Science 4 April 2008:Vol. 320. no. 5872, pp. 93 - 96
Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core
Nature 452, 616-619 (3 April 2008)
Constraints on the early uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau
PNAS April 1, 2008 vol. 105 no. 13 4987-4992
Anthropogenic increase in carbon dioxide compromises plant defense against invasive insects
PNAS April 1, 2008 vol. 105 no. 13 5129-5133
Caribbean Reef Development Was Independent of Coral Diversity over 28 Million Years
Science 14 March 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5869, pp. 1521 - 1523
Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere
Nature 452, 206-209 (13 March 2008)
Mushroom fruiting and climate change
PNAS March 11, 2008 vol. 105 no. 10 3811-3814
The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PNAS March 11, 2008 vol. 105 no. 10 3815-3818
Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt
Science 29 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5867, pp. 1235 - 1238
Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change
Science 29 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5867, pp. 1238 - 1240
Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years
Nature 451, 1090-1093 (28 February 2008)
Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States
Science 22 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5866, pp. 1080 - 1083
Emergence of Anoxia in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
Science 15 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5865, p. 920
A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems
Science 15 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5865, pp. 948 - 952
Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
PNAS February 12, 2008 vol. 105 no. 6 1960-1964
Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system
PNAS February 12, 2008 vol. 105 no. 6 1786-1793
The Spatial Pattern and Mechanisms of Heat-Content Change in the North Atlantic
Science 8 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5864, pp. 800 - 803
Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands
Nature 451, 712-715 (7 February 2008)
Abrupt climate change and collapse of deep-sea ecosystems
PNAS February 5, 2008 vol. 105 no. 5 1556-1560
The debt of nations and the distribution of ecological impacts from human activities
PNAS February 5, 2008 vol. 105 no. 5 1768-1773
Rates of change in natural and anthropogenic radiative forcing over the past 20,000 years
PNAS February 5, 2008 vol. 105 no. 5 1425-1430
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030
Science 1 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5863, pp. 607 - 610
Large contribution of sea surface warming to recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity
Nature 451, 557-560 (31 January 2008)
Large contribution of sea surface warming to recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity
Nature 451, 557-560 (31 January 2008)
Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence
Science 25 January 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5862, pp. 456 - 458
Anthropogenically enhanced fluxes of water and carbon from the Mississippi River
Nature 451, 449-452 (24 January 2008)
An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics
Nature 451, 279-283 (17 January 2008)
Unlocking the mysteries of the ice ages
Nature 451, 284-285 (17 January 2008)
Ocean circulation in a warming climate
Nature 451, 286-288 (17 January 2008)
Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks
Nature 451, 289-292 (17 January 2008)
An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle
Nature 451, 293-296 (17 January 2008)
A steep road to climate stabilization
Nature 451, 297-298 (17 January 2008)
Small-scale cloud processes and climate
Nature 451, 299-300 (17 January 2008)
Net production of oxygen in the subtropical ocean
Nature 451, 323-325 (17 January 2008)
Difficulties in tracking the long-term global trend in tropical forest area
PNAS January 15, 2008 vol. 105 no. 2 818-823
Isotopic Evidence for Glaciation During the Cretaceous Supergreenhouse
Science 11 January 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5860, pp. 189 - 192
Reduced North Atlantic Deep Water Coeval with the Glacial Lake Agassiz Freshwater Outburst
Science 4 January 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5859, pp. 60 - 64
Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming
Nature 451, 49-52 (3 January 2008)
Vertical structure of recent Arctic warming
Nature 451, 53-56 (3 January 2008)
Historical and Holocene glacier–climate variations: General concepts and overview
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 1-9
Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and future
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 10-27
Strength and spatial patterns of the Holocene wintertime westerlies in the NE Atlantic region
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 28-41
19th century glacier representations and fluctuations in the central and western European Alps: An interdisciplinary approach
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 42-57
Palaeoclimate from glaciers: Examples from the Eastern Alps during the Alpine Lateglacial and early Holocene
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 58-71
Recent glacier changes and climate trends on South Georgia
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 72-84
20th-century glacier recession and regional hydroclimatic changes in northwestern Patagonia
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 85-100
Tracing tropical Andean glaciers over space and time: Some lessons and transdisciplinary implications
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 101-114
Century to millennial-scale temperature variations for the last two thousand years indicated from glacial geologic records of Southern Alaska
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 115-125
Late Holocene monsoonal temperate glacier fluctuations on the Tibetan Plateau
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 126-140
A brief consideration of climate forcing factors in view of the Holocene glacier record
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 141-147
Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Central Andes: Temperature versus humidity control — A case study from the eastern Bolivian Andes (17°S) and regional synthesis
Global and Planetary Change Volume 60, Issues 1-2, January 2008, Pages 148-164
Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary
Nature 450, 1218-1221 (20 December 2007)
Deep Ocean Impact of a Madden-Julian Oscillation Observed by Argo Floats
Science 14 December 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5857, pp. 1765 - 1769
Habitat Split and the Global Decline of Amphibians
Science 14 December 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5857, pp. 1775 - 1777
Effect of remote sea surface temperature change on tropical cyclone potential intensity
Nature 450, 1066-1070 (13 December 2007)
Crop and pasture response to climate change
PNAS December 11, 2007 vol. 104 no. 50 19686-19690
Adapting agriculture to climate change
PNAS December 11, 2007 vol. 104 no. 50 19691-19696
Climate change impacts on forestry
PNAS December 11, 2007 vol. 104 no. 50 19697-19702
Global food security under climate change
PNAS December 11, 2007 vol. 104 no. 50 19703-19708
Global fish production and climate change
PNAS December 11, 2007 vol. 104 no. 50 19709-19714
Snowball Earth prevention by dissolved organic carbon remineralization
Nature 450, 813-818 (6 December 2007)
Holocene long- and short-term climate changes off Adélie Land, East Antarctica
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 8, Q11009, doi:10.1029/2007GC001718, 30 Nov 2007
Inconsistencies Between Pangean Reconstructions and Basic Climate Controls
Science 23 November 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5854, pp. 1284 - 1286
Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry
Nature 450, 537-540 (22 November 2007)
Enhanced biological carbon consumption in a high CO2 ocean
Nature 450, 545-548 (22 November 2007)
Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks
PNAS November 20, 2007 vol. 104 no. 47 18866-18870
Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system
Nature 450, 407-410 (15 November 2007)
Peaking profiles for achieving long-term temperature targets with more likelihood at lower costs
PNAS November 13, 2007 vol. 104 no. 46 17931-17936
Impact of vegetation removal and soil aridation on diurnal temperature range in a semiarid region: Application to the Sahel
PNAS November 13, 2007 vol. 104 no. 46 17937-17942
Stability of organic carbon in deep soil layers controlled by fresh carbon supply
Nature 450, 277-280 (8 November 2007)
Thresholds and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs
Nature 450, 98-101 (1 November 2007)
Antarctic climate signature in the Greenland ice core record
PNAS  October 30, 2007   vol. 104  no. 44  17278-17282
Amazon Forests Green-Up During 2005 Drought
Science 26 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5850, p. 612
The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle
Science 26 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5850, pp. 626 - 629
Why Is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable?
Science 26 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5850, pp. 629 - 632
Thermokarst Lakes as a Source of Atmospheric CH4 During the Last Deglaciation
Science 26 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5850, pp. 633 - 636
Southern Hemisphere and Deep-Sea Warming Led Deglacial Atmospheric CO2 Rise and Tropical Warming
Science 19 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5849, pp. 435 - 438
Mixed-Layer Deepening During Heinrich Events: A Multi-Planktonic Foraminiferal {delta}18O Approach
Science 19 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5849, pp. 439 - 441
Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation
Nature 449, 890-893 (18 October 2007)
East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins
 PNAS  October 16, 2007   vol. 104  no. 42  16416-16421
Attribution of observed surface humidity changes to human influence
Nature 449, 710-712 (11 October 2007)
Weak response of oceanic dimethylsulfide to upper mixing shoaling induced by global warming
 PNAS  October 9, 2007   vol. 104  no. 41  16004-16009
Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling
 PNAS  October 9, 2007   vol. 104  no. 41  16016-16021
Thousand-year-long Chinese time series reveals climatic forcing of decadal locust dynamics
 PNAS  October 9, 2007   vol. 104  no. 41  16188-16193
Tracing the effects of the Little Ice Age in the tropical lowlands of eastern Mesoamerica
 PNAS  October 9, 2007   vol. 104  no. 41  16200-16203
Absence of Cooling in New Zealand and the Adjacent Ocean During the Younger Dryas Chronozone
Science 5 October 2007:Vol. 318. no. 5847, pp. 86 - 89
Persistence of full glacial conditions in the central Pacific until 15,000 years ago
Nature 449, 591-594 (4 October 2007)
Millennial-scale trends in west Pacific warm pool hydrology since the Last Glacial Maximum
Nature 449, 452-455 (27 September 2007)
A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event?
Science 28 September 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5846, pp. 1903 - 1906
Late Archean Biospheric Oxygenation and Atmospheric Evolution
Science 28 September 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5846, pp. 1900 - 1903
Increased terrestrial methane cycling at the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum
Nature 449, 332-335 (20 September 2007)
Dynamics of ice ages on Mars
Nature 449, 192-194 (13 September 2007)
Coupling of surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Palaeozoic era
Nature 449, 198-201 (13 September 2007)
Placing late Neanderthals in a climatic context
Nature 449, 206-208 (13 September 2007)
20th-Century Industrial Black Carbon Emissions Altered Arctic Climate Forcing
Science 7 September 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5843, pp. 1381 - 1384
Increased subaerial volcanism and the rise of atmospheric oxygen 2.5 billion years ago
Nature 448, 1033-1036 (30 August 2007)
Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide
Nature 448, 1037-1041 (30 August 2007)
Glaciers Dominate Eustatic Sea-Level Rise in the 21st Century
Science 24 August 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5841, pp. 1064 - 1067
No extreme bipolar glaciation during the main Eocene calcite compensation shift
Nature 448, 908-911 (23 August 2007)
Northern Hemisphere forcing of climatic cycles in Antarctica over the past 360,000 years
Nature 448, 912-916 (23 August 2007)
Indirect radiative forcing of climate change through ozone effects on the land-carbon sink
Nature 448, 791-794 (16 August 2007)
Orbital and Millennial Antarctic Climate Variability over the Past 800,000 Years
Science 10 August 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5839, pp. 793 - 796
Improved Surface Temperature Prediction for the Coming Decade from a Global Climate Model
Science 10 August 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5839, pp. 796 - 799
Intense mixing of lower thermocline water on the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Nature 448, 680-683 (9 August 2007)
Warming trends in Asia amplified by brown cloud solar absorption
Nature 448, 575-578 (2 August 2007)
Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends
Nature 448, 461-465 (26 July 2007)
Toward forward modeling for paleoclimatic proxy signal calibration: A case study with oxygen isotopic composition of tropical woods
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The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean
Nature 447, 986-990 (21 June 2007)
Low Atlantic hurricane activity in the 1970s and 1980s compared to the past 270 years
Nature 447, 698-701 (7 June 2007)
Ecology: Global warming and amphibian losses
Nature 447, E3-E4 (31 May 2007)
Ecology: The proximate cause of frog declines?
Nature 447, E4-E5 (31 May 2007)
Global warming and amphibian losses; The proximate cause of frog declines? (Reply)
Nature 447, E5-E6 (31 May 2007)
Observational evidence for an ocean heat pump induced by tropical cyclones
Nature 447, 577-580 (31 May 2007)
Intense hurricane activity over the past 5,000 years controlled by El Niño and the West African monsoon
Nature 447, 465-468 (24 May 2007)
Short-circuiting of the overturning circulation in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Nature 447, 194-197 (10 May 2007)
Palaeoclimatology: Evidence for hot early oceans?
Nature 447, E1 (3 May 2007)
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Nature 447, E1-E2 (3 May 2007)
Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean
Nature 446, 1070-1074 (26 April 2007)
Global warming and climate forcing by recent albedo changes on Mars
Nature 446, 646-649 (5 April 2007)
Climate sensitivity constrained by CO2 concentrations over the past 420 million years
Nature 446, 530-532 (29 March 2007)
Continental ice in Greenland during the Eocene and Oligocene
Nature 446, 176-179 (8 March 2007)
Climate modelling: Uncertainty in climate-sensitivity estimates
Nature 446, E1 (1 March 2007)
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Nature 446, E2 (1 March 2007)
Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams
Nature 445, 904-907 (22 February 2007)
Moisture transport across Central America as a positive feedback on abrupt climatic changes
Nature 445, 908-911 (22 February 2007)
Tibetan plateau aridification linked to global cooling at the Eocene–Oligocene transition
Nature 445, 635-638 (8 February 2007)
Large temperature drop across the Eocene–Oligocene transition in central North America
Nature 445, 639-642 (8 February 2007)
Importance of rain evaporation and continental convection in the tropical water cycle
Nature 445, 528-532 (1 February 2007)
Seasonal characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole during the Holocene epoch
Nature 445, 299-302 (18 January 2007)
Influence of the intertropical convergence zone on the East Asian monsoon
Nature 445, 74-77 (4 January 2007)
Fortnightly variations in the flow velocity of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Nature 444, 1063-1064 (21 December 2006)
Negligible glacial–interglacial variation in continental chemical weathering rates
Nature 444, 918-921 (14 December 2006)
Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity
Nature 444, 752-755 (7 December 2006)
Gulf Stream density structure and transport during the past millennium
Nature 444, 601-604 (30 November 2006)
Ecological consequences of major hydrodynamic disturbances on coral reefs
Nature 444, 477-480 (23 November 2006)
One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica
Nature 444, 195-198 (9 November 2006)
10Be evidence for the Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal in the EPICA Dome C ice core
Nature 444, 82-84 (2 November 2006)
Eastern Pacific cooling and Atlantic overturning circulation during the last deglaciation
Nature 443, 846-849 (19 October 2006)
Rapid subtropical North Atlantic salinity oscillations across Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles
Nature 443, 561-564 (5 October 2006)
Contribution of anthropogenic and natural sources to atmospheric methane variability
Nature 443, 439-443 (28 September 2006)
The cause of the fragile relationship between the Pacific El Niño and the Atlantic Niño
Nature 443, 324-328 (21 September 2006)
Acceleration of Greenland ice mass loss in spring 2004
Nature 443, 329-331 (21 September 2006)
Variations in solar luminosity and their effect on the Earth's climate
Nature 443, 161-166 (14 September 2006)
Land–atmosphere coupling and climate change in Europe
Nature 443, 205-209 (14 September 2006)
Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming
Nature 443, 71-75 (7 September 2006)
Controls on tropical Pacific Ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics
Nature 442, 1025-1028 (31 August 2006)
Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum
Nature 442, 671-675 (10 August 2006)
The importance of the diurnal and annual cycle of air traffic for contrail radiative forcing
Nature 441, 864-867 (15 June 2006)
Palaeoceanography: Methane release in the Early Jurassic period
Nature 441, E5 (1 June 2006)
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Nature 441, E5-E6 (1 June 2006)
The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean
Nature 441, 601-605 (1 June 2006)
Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean
Nature 441, 606-609 (1 June 2006)
Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum
Nature 441, 610-613 (1 June 2006)
Links between annual, Milankovitch and continuum temperature variability
Nature 441, 329-332 (18 May 2006)
New carbon dates link climatic change with human colonization and Pleistocene extinctions
Nature 441, 207-209(11 May 2006)
Weakening of tropical Pacific atmospheric circulation due to anthropogenic forcing
Nature 441, 73-76 (4 May 2006)
Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird
Nature 441, 81-83 (4 May 2006)
Climate sensitivity constrained by temperature reconstructions over the past seven centuries
Nature 440, 1029-1032 (20 April 2006)
Rapid discharge connects Antarctic subglacial lakes
Nature 440, 1033-1036 (20 April 2006)
Increased Arctic cloud longwave emissivity associated with pollution from mid-latitudes
Nature 440, 787-789 (6 April 2006)
Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles
Nature 440, 491-496 (23 March 2006)
Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change
Nature 440, 165-173 (9 March 2006)
Volcanoes and climate: Krakatoa's signature persists in the ocean
Nature 439, 675 (9 February 2006)
Malaria early warnings based on seasonal climate forecasts from multi-model ensembles
Nature 439, 576-579 (2 February 2006)
A climatologically significant aerosol longwave indirect effect in the Arctic
Nature 439, 453-456 (26 January 2006)
Low sea level rise projections from mountain glaciers and icecaps under global warming
Nature 439, 311-313 (19 January 2006)
Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming
Nature 439, 161-167 (12 January 2006)
Methane emissions from terrestrial plants under aerobic conditions
Nature 439, 187-191 (12 January 2006)
Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period
Nature 439, 60-63 (5 January 2006)



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Recent Research Events
GCEC Climate Climate Change Field Class 2008
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GCEC Students Study Deformed Sediemnts of Ancient Mono LakeStudents Study Trenched Lakebed SedimentsGCEC Students Prepare to Take Core from Owens Lake Students Prepare to Take a Core from Lake OwensGCEC Students in the Mammoth Lakes Earthquake Fault GCEC Students Squeeze Together in the Mammoth Earthquake FaultSierra Glacial Lake Study Area Sierra Glacial Lake Study Area

Jointing with Galcial Erratics in Yosemite Yosemite Jointing with Glacial Erratics

Hydrolab Measuremnts of Mono Lake Chemistry Studying Lake Chemistry of Mono Lake

Mapping of Morraine Generations Pine Creek Mapping Moraine Generations at Pine Creek
 Where GCEC Students are Forced to work... Where GCEC Students are Forced to work...

Students Study Morraine Features
Pine Creek Recessional Moraine

Glacigenic Potholes in Yosemite
Glacigenic Potholes on Pothole Dome in Yosemite
Studying Water Chemistry of Owens Lake Remediation Site
Owens Lake LADWP Remediation Site

Revealing Profile of Ashfall Deposits From Mammoth Mountain
Keith Reveals a Profile of Recent Ashfall Deposits on Mammoth Mountain
Checking Out Mono Lake Pentultimate Glacial Highstand Terraces
Lecture on Mono Lake Glacial Highstand Terrace Deposits by USGS Geologist
Studying Characteristics of Till Generations
Pine Creek Till Study

Ancient Lakebed Deposits Preserve million Year+ Climate Record
Examining a Section of the Ancient Waucoba Lake Bed Climate Record
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Books on Climate Change...
Fixing ClimateFixing Climate
What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat--and How to Counter It
by Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig
Hill and Wang (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), New York, 2008. 269 pp. $25. ISBN 9780809045013.



http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fCsNE13nL._SL500_.jpgEarth: The Sequel
The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn
Norton, New York, 2008. 287 pp. $24.95, C$24.95. ISBN 9780393066906.


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Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming Michael Mann and Lee Kump, (release date July 21st, 2008).



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Solar Activity and Earth's Climate, Rasmus Benestad, (Praxis-Springer, 2006, 2nd Edition, originally published 2002)


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Global warming: Understanding the Forecast, David Archer (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).

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