• Abrupt change in tropical Pacific climate mean state during the Little Ice Age 

      Prohaska, Ana; Seddon, Alistair William Robin; Meese, Bernd; Willis, Katherine Jane; Chiang, John C. H.; Sachse, Dirk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The mean state of the tropical Pacific ocean-atmosphere climate, in particular its east-west asymmetry, has profound consequences for regional climates and for the El Niño/Southern Oscillation variability. Here we present ...
    • Atlantic inflow and low sea-ice cover in the Nordic Seas promoted Fennoscandian Ice Sheet growth during the Last Glacial Maximum 

      Simon, Margit Hildegard; Rutledal, Sunniva; Menviel, Laurie; Zolles, Tobias; Haflidason, Haflidi; Born, Andreas; Berben, Sarah Miche Patricia; Dokken, Trond Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Atlantic water inflow into the Nordic Seas has proven difficult to reconstruct for the Last Glacial Maximum. At that time, the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet grew potentially to its maximum extent. Sea-ice free conditions in ...
    • Coastal permafrost was massively eroded during the Bølling-Allerød warm period 

      Nogarotto, Alessio; Noormets, Riko; Chauhan, Teena; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Hefter, Jens; Grotheer, Hendrik; Belt, Simon T.; Colleoni, Florence; Muschitiello, Francesco; Capotondi, Lucilla; Pellegrini, Claudio; Tesi, Tommaso (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Bølling-Allerød interstadial (14,700–12,900 years before present), during the last deglaciation, was characterized by rapid warming and sea level rise. Yet, the response of the Arctic terrestrial cryosphere during this ...
    • Deep submarine infiltration of altered geothermal groundwater on the south Chilean Margin 

      Clementi, Vincent J.; Rosenthal, Yair; Bova, Samantha C.; Thomas, Elizabeth K.; Wright, James D.; Mortlock, Richard A.; Cowling, Owen C.; Godfrey, Linda V.; Childress, Laurel B.; Aiello, Ivano W.; Avila, Alejandro; Biggs, William; Charles, Christopher D.; Cheung, Anson H.; deLong, Kimberly; Dove, Isabel A.; Du, Xiaojing; Estes, Emily R.; Fuentes, Ursula; García-Lasanta, Cristina; Goldstein, Steven L.; Golub, Anna; Hagemann, Julia Rieke; Hatfield, Robert G.; Haynes, Laura L.; Hess, Anya V.; Irvali, Nil; Kiro, Yael; Monteagudo, Minda M.; Lambert, Jonathan E.; Li, Chen; Longo, William M.; McGrath, Sarah; Riechelson, Hailey; Robinson, Rebecca S.; Sarao, John; Sproson, Adam D.; Taylor, Shawn; Yokoyama, Yusuke; Yu, Siyao M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Submarine groundwater discharge is increasingly recognized as an important component of the oceanic geochemical budget, but knowledge of the distribution of this phenomenon is limited. To date, reports of meteoric inputs ...
    • Five reasons to take the precautionary approach to deep sea exploitation 

      Bisson, Kelsey; McMonagle, Helena; Iglesias, Ilysa; Halfter, Svenja; Gallo, Natalya (Journal article, 2023)
      Extractive activities in the deep sea are poised to advance faster than the science needed to evaluate risks. Here, we call for a strong precautionary approach in developing these industries.
    • Global ocean wave fields show consistent regional trends between 1980 and 2014 in a multi-product ensemble 

      Erikson, L.; Morim, J.; Hemer, M.; Young, I.; Wang, X.L.; Mentaschi, L.; Mori, N.; Semedo, A.; Stopa, J.; Grigorieva, V.; Gulev, S.; Aarnes, Ole Johan; Bidlot, J.-R.; Breivik, Øyvind; Bricheno, L.; Shimura, T.; Menendez, M.; Markina, M.; Sharmar, V.; Trenham, C.; Wolf, J.; Appendini, C.; Caires, S.; Groll, N.; Webb, A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Historical trends in the direction and magnitude of ocean surface wave height, period, or direction are debated due to diverse data, time-periods, or methodologies. Using a consistent community-driven ensemble of global ...
    • Hydrothermal fluid flow triggered by an earthquake in Iceland 

      Geoffroy, Laurent; Dorbath, Catherine; Ágústsson, Kristján; Kristjánsdóttir, Sigríður; Flóvenz, Ólafur G.; Doubre, Cécile; Gudmundsson, Ólafur; Barreyre, Thibaut; Bazin, Sara; Franco, Aurore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Microearthquake hypocenters were analyzed in the Krýsuvík geothermal area in SW-Iceland with data taken from two consecutive passive seismic surveys, 2005 and 2009. Five years prior to the 2005 survey, this area was struck ...
    • Late Holocene canyon-carving floods in northern Iceland were smaller than previously reported 

      Bilt, Willem Godert Maria van der; Barr, Iestyn D.; Berben, Sarah Miche Patricia; hennekam, rick; Lane, Timothy P.; Adamson, Kathryn; Bakke, Jostein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Catastrophic floods have formed deep bedrock canyons on Earth, but the relationship between peak discharge and bedrock erosion is not clearly understood. This hinders efforts to use geological evidence of these cataclysmic ...
    • Pan-Atlantic decadal climate oscillation linked to ocean circulation 

      Nnamchi, Hyacinth C.; Farneti, Riccardo; Keenlyside, Noel Sebastian; Kucharski, Fred; Latif, Mojib; Reintges, Annika; Martin, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Atlantic climate displays an oscillatory mode at a period of 10–15 years described as pan-Atlantic decadal oscillation. Prevailing theories on the mode are based on thermodynamic air-sea interactions and the role of ocean ...
    • Phytoplankton abundance in the Barents Sea is predictable up to five years in advance 

      Fransner, Sara Filippa Krusmynta; Olsen, Are; Årthun, Marius; Counillon, Francois Stephane; Tjiputra, Jerry; Samuelsen, Annette; Keenlyside, Noel Sebastian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Barents Sea is a highly biologically productive Arctic shelf sea with several commercially important fish stocks. Interannual-to-decadal predictions of its ecosystem would therefore be valuable for marine resource ...
    • Proximity to small-scale inland and coastal fisheries is associated with improved income and food security 

      Simmance, Fiona A.; Nico, Gianluigi; Funge-Smith, Simon; Basurto, Xavier; Franz, Nicole; Teoh, Shwu J.; Byrd, Kendra A.; Kolding, Jeppe; Ahern, Molly; Cohen, Philippa J.; Nankwenya, Bonface; Gondwe, Edith; Virdin, John; Chimatiro, Sloans; Nagoli, Joseph; Kaunda, Emmanuel; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Mills, David J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Poverty and food insecurity persist in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted a secondary analysis of nationally representative data from three sub-Saharan Africa countries (Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda) to investigate how both ...
    • Radiation damage allows identification of truly inherited zircon 

      Bjerga, Anders; Stubseid, Håvard Hallås; Pedersen, Leif-Erik Rydland; Pedersen, Rolf B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Many studies have reported U-Pb dates of zircon that are older than the igneous rocks that contain them, and they are therefore thought to be inherited from older rock complexes. Their presence has profound geodynamic ...
    • The role of ocean and atmospheric dynamics in the marine-based collapse of the last Eurasian Ice Sheet 

      Sejrup, Hans Petter; Hjelstuen, Berit Oline Blihovde; Patton, Henry; Esteves, Mariana; Winsborrow, Monica; Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Andreassen, Karin Marie; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Information from former ice sheets may provide important context for understanding the response of today’s ice sheets to forcing mechanisms. Here we present a reconstruction of the last deglaciation of marine sectors of ...
    • Seafloor earthquake ruptures and mass wasting from the 2004 Mw 6.3 Les Saintes submarine earthquake 

      Hughes, Alex; Escartín, Javier; Billant, Jeremy; Leclerc, Frédérique; Andreani, Muriel; Olive, Jean-Arthur; Arnaubec, Aurélien; Dano, Alexandre; Delorme, Arthur; Deplus, Christine; Feuillet, Nathalie; Gini, Caroline; Gracias, Nuno; Hamelin, Cedric; Istenič, Klemen; Komorowski, Jean-Christophe; Le Friant, Anne; Marchand, Claire; Mével, Catherine; Onstad, Solveig Lie; Quidelleur, Xavier (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The seismic hazard posed by submarine faults and the capacity of submarine earthquakes to trigger mass wasting are poorly understood because we lack detailed characterizations of coseismic ruptures at the seafloor. Here, ...
    • The seasonal evolution of subglacial drainage pathways beneath a soft-bedded glacier 

      Hart, Jane K.; Young, David S.; Baurley, Nathaniel R.; Robson, Benjamin Aubrey; Martinez, Kirk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Subglacial hydrology is a key element in glacier response to climate change, but investigations of this environment are logistically difficult. Most models are based on summer data from glaciers resting on rigid bedrocks. ...
    • Seasonal sea ice persisted through the Holocene Thermal Maximum at 80°N 

      Pieńkowski, Anna J.; Husum, Katrine; Belt, Simon T.; Ninnemann, Ulysses S; Köseoğlu, Denizcan; Divine, Dmitry V.; Smik, Lukas; Knies, Jochen; Hogan, Kelly; Noormets, Riko (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The cryospheric response to climatic warming responsible for recent Arctic sea ice decline can be elucidated using marine geological archives which offer an important long-term perspective. The Holocene Thermal Maximum, ...
    • Skilful prediction of cod stocks in the North and Barents Sea a decade in advance 

      Koul, Vimal; Sguotti, Camilla; Årthun, Marius; Brune, Sebastian; Dusterhus, Andre; Bogstad, Bjarte; Ottersen, Geir; Baehr, Johanna; Schrum, Corinna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Reliable information about the future state of the ocean and fish stocks is necessary for informed decision-making by fisheries scientists, managers and the industry. However, decadal regional ocean climate and fish stock ...
    • Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia 

      van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; D’Andrea, William J.; Oppedal, Lea Toska; Bakke, Jostein; Bjune, Anne Elisabeth; Zwier, Maaike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds sustain the Southern Ocean’s role as one of Earth’s main carbon sinks, and have helped sequester nearly half the anthropogenic CO2 stored in the ocean. Observations show shifts in the ...
    • Substantial spatial variation in glacial erosion rates in the Dronning Maud Land Mountains, East Antarctica 

      Sirevaag, Hallgeir; Jacobs, Joachim; Ksienzyk, Anna Katharina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The coast-parallel Dronning Maud Land (DML) mountains represent a key nucleation site for the protracted glaciation of Antarctica. Their evolution is therefore of special interest for understanding the formation and ...
    • Unusual shrinkage and reshaping of Earth’s magnetosphere under a strong northward interplanetary magnetic field 

      Wang, Xiang-Yu; Zhang, Qing-He; Wang, Chi; Zhang, Yong-Liang; Tang, Bin-Bin; Xing, Zan-Yang; Oksavik, Kjellmar; Lyons, Larry R.; Lockwood, Michael; Zong, Qiu-Gang; Li, Guo-Jun; Liu, Jing; Ma, Yu-Zhang; Wang, Yong (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Earth’s magnetosphere is the region of space where plasma behavior is dominated by the geomagnetic field. It has a long tail typically extending hundreds of Earth radii (RE) with plentiful open magnetic fluxes threading ...