Lessons on Climate Sensitivity From Past Climate Changes

Current Climate Change Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 148-158

  von der Heydt, Anna S ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a   van de Wal, Roderik S W ^a   Caballero, Rodrigo ^b   Crucifix, Michel ^c   Foster, Gavin L ^d   Huber, Matthew ^e,f   Köhler, Peter ^g   Rohling, Eelco ^d,h   Valdes, Paul J ⁱ   Ashwin, Peter ^j   Bathiany, Sebastian ^k   Berends, Tijn ^a   van Bree, Loes G J ^l   Ditlevsen, Peter ^m   Ghil, Michael ^n,o   Haywood, Alan M ^p   Katzav, Joel ^q,r   Lohmann, Gerrit ^g,s   Lohmann, Johannes ^m   Lucarini, Valerio ^t,u   Marzocchi, Alice ^v   Pälike, Heiko ^s   Baroni, Itzel Ruvalcaba ^l   Simon, Dirk ^l   Sluijs, Appy ^l   Stap, Lennert B ^a   Tantet, Alexis ^a   Viebahn, Jan ^a   Ziegler, Martin ^l   more..

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^k WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^q EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Climate tipping points; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024394479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40641-016-0049-3     Document Type: Review

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