Palaeoclimate the Palaeo-Environments

3.1 Arctic Palaeoclimate and Palaeo-Environments

  • changes in Arctic Hydrography
  • extreme climates - Learning from the past to explain the future
  • abrupt climatic events
  • past ocean-atmosphere circulation dynamics
  • sensitivity of the climate system
  • Palaeo-Ecosystems: biodiversity and biogeography
  • rates and amplitudes of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and sea level change
  • bipolarity of climate change
  • transition between Greenhouse and Icehouse World

 

3.2 Palaeoclimate and Palaeo-Environments in Antarctica

  • sensitivity of past ice sheets to natural forcing, rates and amplitudes sea level change
  • modes and sensitivity of past climate related to ocean and atmosphere interaction
  • abrupt climatic events in Antarctica
  • pre-anthropogenic climatic variability during past warm climate intervals
  • Palaeo-ecosystems: biodiversity and biogeography
  • bipolarity of climate change
  • transition between Greenhouse and Icehouse World

 
 
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