Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe

Recovery mechanisms of Arctic summer sea ice

(2011) S. Tietsche et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The impact of Greenland melt on local sea levels: a partially coupled analysis of dynamic and static equilibrium effects in idealized water-hosing experiments

(2010) Robert E. Kopp et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

The 8.2 ka event: Abrupt transition of the subpolar gyre toward a modern North Atlantic circulation

(2010) A. Born et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

(2010) Matthias Huss et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A link between reduced Barents-Kara sea ice and cold winter extremes over northern continents

(2010) Vladimir Petoukhov et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Greenhouse gas mitigation can reduce sea-ice loss and increase polar bear persistence

(2010) Steven C. Amstrup et al.   NATURE

An abrupt drop in Northern Hemisphere sea surface temperature around 1970

(2010) David W. J. Thompson et al.   NATURE

Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming

(2010) S. Solomon et al.   SCIENCE

Response of Southern Ocean circulation to global warming may enhance basal ice shelf melting around Antarctica

(2009) Tore Hattermann et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Response of the Western European climate to a collapse of the thermohaline circulation

(2009) A. Laurian et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Thresholds for irreversible decline of the Greenland ice sheet

(2009) Jeff Ridley et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

An Integrated Assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation

(2009) Till Kuhlbrodt et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations of dynamics and transport during the record-breaking 2009 Arctic stratospheric major warming

(2009) Gloria L. Manney et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Strong Alpine glacier melt in the 1940s due to enhanced solar radiation

(2009) M. Huss et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Increased variability of the Arctic summer ice extent in a warmer climate

(2009) H. Goosse et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Increasing rates of ice mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets revealed by GRACE

(2009) I. Velicogna   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Transient response of the MOC and climate to potential melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the 21st century

(2009) Aixue Hu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Influence of low Arctic sea‐ice minima on anomalously cold Eurasian winters

(2009) Meiji Honda et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years?

(2009) Muyin Wang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps

(2009) Daniel Farinotti et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Numerical simulation of Rhonegletscher from 1874 to 2100

(2009) Guillaume Jouvet et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Basal conditions for Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, determined using satellite and airborne data

(2009) Ian Joughin et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Retreating alpine glaciers: increased melt rates due to accumulation of dust (Vadret da Morteratsch, Switzerland)

(2009) J. Oerlemans et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Evidence for warmer interglacials in East Antarctic ice cores

(2009) L. C. Sime et al.   NATURE

Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations

(2009) T. Naish et al.   NATURE

Modelling West Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse through the past five million years

(2009) David Pollard et al.   NATURE

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

(2009) Marten Scheffer et al.   NATURE

Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets

(2009) Hamish D. Pritchard et al.   NATURE

Model projections of rapid sea-level rise on the northeast coast of the United States

(2009) Jianjun Yin et al.   Nature Geoscience

Accelerated Antarctic ice loss from satellite gravity measurements

(2009) J. L. Chen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Imprecise probability assessment of tipping points in the climate system

(2009) E. Kriegler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Basic mechanism for abrupt monsoon transitions

(2009) A. Levermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tipping elements in the Earth System

(2009) H. J. Schellnhuber   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

(2009) M. Hofmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The future of ice sheets and sea ice: Between reversible retreat and unstoppable loss

(2009) D. Notz   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reassessment of the Potential Sea-Level Rise from a Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

(2009) J. L. Bamber et al.   SCIENCE

Geodetic and direct mass-balance measurements: comparison and joint analysis

(2009) J. Graham Cogley   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Six decades of glacier mass-balance observations: a review of the worldwide monitoring network

(2009) M. Zemp et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

(2008) Charles Harris et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Sunlight, water, and ice: Extreme Arctic sea ice melt during the summer of 2007

(2008) Donald K. Perovich et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Relative importance of dynamical and chemical contributions to Arctic wintertime ozone

(2008) S. Tegtmeier et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007?

(2008) Jinlun Zhang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Recent and future changes of the Arctic sea-ice cover

(2008) Lars H. Smedsrud et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Spatial variability of glacier elevation changes in the Swiss Alps obtained from two digital elevation models

(2008) Frank Paul et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

(2008) Jennifer E. Kay et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Evolution of Arctic sea ice concentration trends and the role of atmospheric circulation forcing, 1979–2007

(2008) Clara Deser et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Summer retreat of Arctic sea ice: Role of summer winds

(2008) Masayo Ogi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover

(2008) Josefino C. Comiso et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat

(2008) Christian Haas et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine drainage basins in a changing climate

(2008) Matthias Huss et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

European Climate Extremes and the North Atlantic Oscillation

(2008) Adam A. Scaife et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend

(2008) R. W. Lindsay et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Response of the global ocean to Greenland and Antarctic ice melting

(2008) D. Stammer   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The evolution of the stratopause during the 2006 major warming: Satellite data and assimilated meteorological analyses

(2008) Gloria L. Manney et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years

(2008) Yongjin Wang et al.   NATURE

Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters

(2008) David M. Holland et al.   Nature Geoscience

Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling

(2008) Eric Rignot et al.   Nature Geoscience

Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice

(2008) I. Eisenman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

(2008) T. M. Lenton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise

(2008) W. T. Pfeffer et al.   SCIENCE

Historical and Holocene glacier–climate variations: General concepts and overview

(2007) O. Solomina et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE