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Complex spatio-temporal structure of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (2022)
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Cartapanis, O., Jonkers, L., Moffa-Sanchez, P., Jaccard, S. L., & de Vernal, A. (2022). Complex spatio-temporal structure of the Holocene Thermal Maximum. Nature Communications, 13(2022), Article 5662. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33362-1

Inconsistencies between Holocene climate reconstructions and numerical model simulations question the robustness of climate models and proxy temperature records. Climate reconstructions suggest an early-middle Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM) followed... Read More about Complex spatio-temporal structure of the Holocene Thermal Maximum.

Atlantic circulation change still uncertain (2022)
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Kilbourne, K. H., Wanamaker, A. D., Moffa-Sanchez, P., Reynolds, D. J., Amrhein, D. E., Butler, P. G., Gebbie, G., Goes, M., Jansen, M. F., Little, C. M., Mette, M., Moreno-Chamarro, E., Ortega, P., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Rossby, T., Scourse, J., & Whitney, N. M. (2022). Atlantic circulation change still uncertain. Nature Geoscience, 15(3), 165-167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00896-4

Modes of climate variability: Synthesis and review of proxy-based reconstructions through the Holocene (2020)
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Hernández, A., Martin-Puertas, C., Moffa-Sánchez, P., Moreno-Chamarro, E., Ortega, P., Blockley, S., Cobb, K. M., Comas-Bru, L., Giralt, S., Goosse, H., Luterbacher, J., Martrat, B., Muscheler, R., Parnell, A., Pla-Rabes, S., Sjolte, J., Scaife, A. A., Swingedouw, D., Wise, E., & Xu, G. (2020). Modes of climate variability: Synthesis and review of proxy-based reconstructions through the Holocene. Earth-Science Reviews, 209, Article 103286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103286

Modes of climate variability affect global and regional climates on different spatio-temporal scales, and they have important impacts on human activities and ecosystems. As these modes are a useful tool for simplifying the understanding of the climat... Read More about Modes of climate variability: Synthesis and review of proxy-based reconstructions through the Holocene.

A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records (2020)
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Kaufman, D., McKay, N., Routson, C., Erb, M., Davis, B., Heiri, O., Jaccard, S., Tierney, J., Dätwyler, C., Axford, Y., Brussel, T., Cartapanis, O., Chase, B., Dawson, A., de Vernal, A., Engels, S., Jonkers, L., Marsicek, J., Moffa-Sánchez, P., Morrill, C., …Zhilich, S. (2020). A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records. Scientific Data, 7(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0445-3

A comprehensive database of paleoclimate records is needed to place recent warming into the longer-term context of natural climate variability. We present a global compilation of quality-controlled, published, temperature-sensitive proxy records exte... Read More about A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records.

Variability in the northern North Atlantic and Arctic oceans across the last two millennia: A review (2019)
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Moffa-Sánchez, P., Moreno-Chamarro, E., Reynolds, D., Ortega, P., Cunningham, L., Swingedouw, D., Amrhein, J., Halfar, J., Jonkers, L., Jungclaus, J., Perner, K., Wanamaker, A., & Yeager, S. (2019). Variability in the northern North Atlantic and Arctic oceans across the last two millennia: A review. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(8), 1399-1436. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018pa003508

The climate of the last two millennia was characterised by decadal to multi‐centennial variations which were recorded in terrestrial records and had important societal impacts. The cause of these climatic events is still under debate but changes in t... Read More about Variability in the northern North Atlantic and Arctic oceans across the last two millennia: A review.

Temperature evolution of the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool over the Holocene and the last deglaciation (2019)
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Moffa‐Sanchez, P., Rosenthal, Y., Babila, T. L., Mohtadi, M., & Zhang, X. (2019). Temperature evolution of the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool over the Holocene and the last deglaciation. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(7), 1107-1123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018pa003455

The Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) contains the warmest surface ocean waters on our planet making it a major source of heat and moisture to the atmosphere. Changes in the extent and position of the IPWP likely impacted the tropical and global climate... Read More about Temperature evolution of the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool over the Holocene and the last deglaciation.

Variations in Western Pacific Warm Pool surface and thermocline conditions over the past 110,000 years: Forcing mechanisms and implications for the glacial Walker circulation (2018)
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Hollstein, M., Mohtadi, M., Rosenthal, Y., Prange, M., Oppo, D. W., Martínez Méndez, G., Tachikawa, K., Moffa Sanchez, P., Steinke, S., & Hebbeln, D. (2018). Variations in Western Pacific Warm Pool surface and thermocline conditions over the past 110,000 years: Forcing mechanisms and implications for the glacial Walker circulation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 201, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.030

Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years (2018)
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Thornalley, D. J., Oppo, D. W., Ortega, P., Robson, J. I., Brierley, C. M., Davis, R., Hall, I. R., Moffa-Sanchez, P., Rose, N. L., Spooner, P. T., Yashayaev, I., & Keigwin, L. D. (2018). Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years. Nature, 556(7700), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0007-4

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that has an essential role in Earth’s climate, redistributing heat and influencing the carbon cycle1, 2. The AMOC has been shown to be weakening in recent years1; th... Read More about Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years.

Stable Oxygen Isotopes and Mg/Ca in Planktic Foraminifera From Modern Surface Sediments of the Western Pacific Warm Pool: Implications for Thermocline Reconstructions (2017)
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Hollstein, M., Mohtadi, M., Rosenthal, Y., Moffa Sanchez, P., Oppo, D., Martínez Méndez, G., Steinke, S., & Hebbeln, D. (2017). Stable Oxygen Isotopes and Mg/Ca in Planktic Foraminifera From Modern Surface Sediments of the Western Pacific Warm Pool: Implications for Thermocline Reconstructions. Paleoceanography, 32(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/2017pa003122

North Atlantic variability and its links to European climate over the last 3000 years (2017)
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Moffa-Sánchez, P., & Hall, I. R. (2017). North Atlantic variability and its links to European climate over the last 3000 years. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 1726. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01884-8

The subpolar North Atlantic is a key location for the Earth’s climate system. In the Labrador Sea, intense winter air–sea heat exchange drives the formation of deep waters and the surface circulation of warm waters around the subpolar gyre. This proc... Read More about North Atlantic variability and its links to European climate over the last 3000 years.