Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP's Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar exploring the potential impacts of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) tipping event on Europe’s climate. In this webinar, experts will explore the AMOC tipping mechanisms under an idealized freshwater flux forcing and different climate change scenarios.
The AMOC is a crucial part of Earth’s climate system, responsible for redistributing heat around the globe and influencing weather patterns. Recent studies suggest that this vital system of ocean currents could be approaching a tipping point, with potentially dramatic impacts on climate and extreme weather events worldwide.
The speakers will discuss future climate scenarios under various emissions pathways and examine how internal climate variability could accelerate the collapse of the AMOC. Tune in to gain valuable insights into the complex interplay between AMOC dynamics and climate change.
Presentations
- Anastasia Romanou (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Columbia University) - AMOC bifurcation - tipping due to internal climate variability
- René van Westen (The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) - AMOC Tipping Events under different Forcing Scenarios
- Q&A/ Discussion
The session will be moderated by Beatriz Arellano Nava from the University of Exeter.
A recording will be available after the event.
The Tipping points discussion series supports efforts to increase consistency in the treatment of tipping elements in the scientific community, develop a research agenda, and design joint experiments and ideas for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip). It is a joint activity of the Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) global research project of Future Earth, the Earth Commission Working Group 1 Earth and Human Systems Intercomparison Modelling Project (EHSMIP) under the Global Commons Alliance, and the Safe Landing Climates Light House Activity of World Climate Research Program (WCRP). IIASA co-hosts the scientific secretariat of Working Group 1 of the Earth Commission and is one of the organizers of these events.
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