Stefan Rahmstorf
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German oceanographer and climatologist
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Stefan Rahmstorf's Degrees
- PhD Physics University of Potsdam
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Stefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He studied physical oceanography at Bangor University and received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington . His work focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change. He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
Stefan Rahmstorf's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Physical Science Basis (2007) (5950)
- Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system (2008) (2902)
- A decade of weather extremes (2012) (1713)
- A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea-Level Rise (2007) (1452)
- Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean (2002) (1430)
- Global sea level linked to global temperature (2009) (1174)
- Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years (2002) (1132)
- Rapid changes of glacial climate simulated in a coupled climate model (2001) (1006)
- Increase of extreme events in a warming world (2011) (946)
- Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against (2019) (902)
- Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle (1995) (739)
- Recent Climate Observations Compared to Projections (2007) (703)
- Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation (2015) (680)
- On the driving processes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (2007) (634)
- On the freshwater forcing and transport of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation (1996) (552)
- Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods (2015) (531)
- Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation (2017) (526)
- CLIMBER-2: a climate system model of intermediate complexity. Part I: model description and performance for present climate (2000) (455)
- Thermohaline circulation hysteresis: A model intercomparison (2005) (447)
- Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global model of intermediate complexity (1998) (442)
- Climate related sea-level variations over the past two millennia (2011) (434)
- Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era (2016) (357)
- Global temperature evolution 1979–2010 (2011) (352)
- Long-Term Global Warming Scenarios Computed with an Efficient Coupled Climate Model (1999) (348)
- The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science (2011) (340)
- Quasiresonant amplification of planetary waves and recent Northern Hemisphere weather extremes (2013) (317)
- Three years to safeguard our climate (2017) (311)
- Why the right climate target was agreed in Paris (2016) (305)
- Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300 (2014) (278)
- Abrupt glacial climate changes due to stochastic resonance. (2002) (277)
- A new view on sea level rise (2010) (276)
- Timing of abrupt climate change: A precise clock (2003) (259)
- CLIMBER-2: a climate system model of intermediate complexity. Part II: model sensitivity (2001) (254)
- Rapid climate transitions in a coupled oceanatmosphere model (1994) (253)
- Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model (2005) (246)
- Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events (2017) (245)
- Dynamic sea level changes following changes in the thermohaline circulation (2004) (237)
- Global increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures (2013) (234)
- Quasi-resonant circulation regimes and hemispheric synchronization of extreme weather in boreal summer (2014) (212)
- Lowering of glacial atmospheric CO2 in response to changes in oceanic circulation and marine biogeochemistry (2007) (211)
- The Role of Temperature Feedback in Stabilizing the Thermohaline Circulation (1995) (210)
- The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation: A System with Dangerous Thresholds? (2000) (209)
- Long-term sea-level rise implied by 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming levels (2012) (208)
- Climate sensitivity estimated from ensemble simulations of glacial climate (2006) (198)
- Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern (2018) (185)
- Ocean Circulation (158)
- Comparing climate projections to observations up to 2011 (2012) (145)
- Thermohaline Ocean Circulation (2006) (144)
- Expert judgements on the response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to climate change (2007) (143)
- How cold was the Last Glacial Maximum? (2006) (132)
- Thermohaline circulation: The current climate (2003) (128)
- The Copenhagen Diagnosis (2011) (125)
- Testing the robustness of semi-empirical sea level projections (2012) (123)
- Shifting seas in the greenhouse? (1999) (123)
- Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium (2021) (122)
- A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society (2013) (121)
- On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (2009) (116)
- Global temperature evolution: recent trends and some pitfalls (2017) (115)
- A fast and complete convection scheme for ocean models (1993) (107)
- Influence of Southern Hemisphere Winds on North Atlantic Deep Water Flow (1997) (105)
- An Integrated Assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation (2009) (95)
- Risk of sea-change in the Atlantic (1997) (92)
- Projected changes in persistent extreme summer weather events: The role of quasi-resonant amplification (2018) (91)
- Influence of Mediterranean Outflow on climate (1998) (91)
- The Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change (2010) (90)
- Multiple Convection Patterns and Thermohaline Flow in an Idealized OGCM (1995) (90)
- Change points of global temperature (2015) (89)
- Rising hazard of storm-surge flooding (2017) (83)
- Stochastic resonance in glacial climate (2002) (82)
- Evidence for wave resonance as a key mechanism for generating high-amplitude quasi-stationary waves in boreal summer (2017) (81)
- Concerns of young protesters are justified (2019) (81)
- The earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. Part I: description and performance for present-day conditions (2005) (81)
- The importance of ocean temperature to global biogeochemistry (2004) (79)
- Stability of the thermohaline circulation (1996) (79)
- On the effect of a new grand minimum of solar activity on the future climate on Earth (2010) (78)
- Sensitivity of Ventilation Rates and Radiocarbon Uptake to Subgrid-Scale Mixing in Ocean Models (1999) (71)
- Estimating global mean sea-level rise and its uncertainties by 2100 and 2300 from an expert survey (2020) (70)
- Comparison of the last interglacial climate simulated by a coupled global model of intermediate complexity and an AOGCM (2000) (67)
- On the Origin of the Surface Air Temperature Difference between the Hemispheres in Earth's Present-Day Climate (2013) (62)
- Record Balkan floods of 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance (2016) (60)
- Role of quasiresonant planetary wave dynamics in recent boreal spring-to-autumn extreme events (2016) (59)
- The concerns of the young protesters are justified: A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection (2019) (55)
- Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide, and climate (2004) (53)
- The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth (2016) (49)
- The budget approach: A framework for a global transformation toward a low-carbon economy (2010) (48)
- A low-order model for the response of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to climate change (2004) (48)
- Did Antarctic sea‐ice expansion cause glacial CO2 decline? (2002) (47)
- Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica (2018) (47)
- The Role of Northern Sea Ice Cover for the Weakening of the Thermohaline Circulation under Global Warming (2007) (44)
- Climate drift in an ocean model coupled to a simple, perfectly matched atmosphere (1995) (43)
- Response to Comments on "A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea-Level Rise" (2007) (41)
- On freshwater-dependent bifurcations in box models of the interhemispheric thermohaline circulation (2002) (41)
- Simple Theoretical Model May Explain Apparent Climate Instability (1999) (41)
- Declining ocean chlorophyll under unabated anthropogenic CO2 emissions (2011) (40)
- The earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. Part I: description and performance for present-day conditions (2005) (39)
- Summertime Planetary Wave Resonance in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (2017) (39)
- Predictability of twentieth century sea-level rise from past data (2013) (34)
- Discussion of: Houston, J.R. and Dean, R.G., 2011. Sea-Level Acceleration Based on U.S. Tide Gauges and Extensions of Previous Global-Gauge Analyses. Journal of Coastal Research, 27(3), 409–417 (2011) (31)
- A simple model of seasonal open ocean convection (2001) (29)
- Trip Report (1977) (27)
- A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence (2018) (25)
- Sea-level rise: towards understanding local vulnerability (2012) (24)
- Thermohaline Circulation Changes: A Question of Risk Assessment (2005) (24)
- World in Transition. Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use: Summary for Policy-Makers (2008) (23)
- Record temperature streak bears anthropogenic fingerprint (2017) (23)
- Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate (2021) (23)
- Decadal Variability of the Thermohaline Ocean Circulation (1999) (22)
- Modelling ocean temperatures and mixed-layer depths in the Tasman Sea off the South Island, New Zealand (1992) (21)
- SEA-LEVEL RISE Sea-level rise due to polar icesheet mass loss during past warm periods (2015) (20)
- A new model for climate system analysis: Outline of the model and application to palaeoclimate simulations (1999) (18)
- The ‘pause’ in global warming in historical context: (II). Comparing models to observations (2018) (17)
- Global mean sea-level rise in a world agreed upon in Paris (2017) (16)
- A simple model of seasonal open ocean convection (2001) (16)
- Ten new insights in climate science 2021: a horizon scan (2021) (15)
- Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle (1996) (15)
- Scientific Case for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change to Protect Young People and Nature (2011) (14)
- Tropical versus high latitude freshwater influence on the Atlantic circulation (2006) (14)
- Is journalism failing on climate? (2012) (14)
- On the relationship between Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown and global surface warming (2020) (14)
- Degrees of change (2007) (12)
- On the relation between Meridional Overturning Circulation and sea-level gradients in the Atlantic (2012) (12)
- The Case for Young People and Nature: A Path to a Healthy, Natural, Prosperous Future (2011) (11)
- Reply to Screen and Simmonds: From means to mechanisms (2013) (10)
- Corrigendum: Evidence for an exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning (2015) (10)
- Improving the accuracy of wind speed observations from ships (1989) (10)
- Changes in North Atlantic Atmospheric Circulation in a Warmer Climate Favor Winter Flooding and Summer Drought over Europe (2021) (10)
- GLACIAL CLIMATES | Thermohaline Circulation (2006) (10)
- Increasing Arctic River Discharge: Responses and Feedbacks to Global Climate Change (2002) (9)
- Reply to Taboada and Anadón: Critique of sea-level rise study invalid (2010) (9)
- Correction for Rahmstorf and Coumou, Increase of extreme events in a warming world (2012) (8)
- RAPID TRANSITIONS OF THE THERMOHALINE OCEAN CIRCULATION (1999) (8)
- Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections (2023) (8)
- Corrigendum: Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events (2017) (8)
- A zonal‐averaged model of the ocean's response to climatic change (1991) (8)
- Testing Climate Reconstructions (2006) (8)
- Solar Forcing of Abrupt Glacial Climate Change in a Coupled Climate System Model (2004) (7)
- An investigation of rapid warm transitions during MIS2 and MIS3 using Greenland ice-core data and the CLIMBER-2 model (2002) (7)
- Earth System Analysis for Sustainability, Dahlem Workshop Report 91 (2004) (7)
- RAPID TRANSITIONS OF THE THERMOHALINE OCEAN CIRCULATION A Modelling Perspective (1999) (7)
- Propagation of self-gravitating density waves in the deDonder gauge on a gravitational background field (1988) (6)
- The Copenhagen Diagnosis 2009 (2009) (5)
- Chapter 6. Palaeoclimate (2007) (4)
- Why is the Northern Hemisphere warmer than the Southern Hemisphere (2013) (4)
- Stability and Variability of the Thermohaline Circulation in the Past and Future: a Study with a Coupled Model of Intermediate Complexity (2013) (4)
- Two-way coupling of an ENSO model to the global climate model CLIMBER-3a (2009) (3)
- Keynote on "climate change - state of the science" (2012) (3)
- How ocean stirring affects climate (2010) (3)
- Abrupt Climate Change (2019) (3)
- Our Threatened Oceans (2009) (3)
- Anthropogenic Climate Change: The Risk of Unpleasant Surprises (2000) (3)
- Reply to: Atlantic circulation change still uncertain (2022) (3)
- The past is the key to the future (2009) (3)
- Reply to Grinsted et al.: Estimating land subsidence in North Carolina (2011) (3)
- Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation (2018) (3)
- Two-way coupling of an ENSO model to the global climate model CLIMBER-3a (2009) (3)
- Erratum: The 'pause' in global warming in historical context: II. Comparing models to observations (Environmental Research Letters (2018)13 (123007) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaf372) (2019) (2)
- The Climate Crisis: Climate change so far (2009) (2)
- Modes of Oceanic and Atmospheric Circulation During the Quaternary (2004) (2)
- Reply [to “Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide, and climate”] (2004) (2)
- Setting the record straight (again) (2010) (2)
- Evidence for a sudden slowdown in Atlantic overturning around 1970 (2013) (2)
- Author Correction: Estimating global mean sea-level rise and its uncertainties by 2100 and 2300 from an expert survey (2020) (2)
- Reply [to “Comment on ” Influence of Mediterranean Outflow on climate’”] (1998) (1)
- Reply to comment received from J.M. Gregory et al. regarding “Expert assessment of future sea-level rise by 2100 and 2300 AD” by Benjamin P. Horton, Stefan Rahmstorf, Simon E. Engelhart and Andrew C. Kemp (2014), Quaternary Science Reviews 84, 1–6 (2014) (1)
- Reply to Comment on "Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide, and climate" (2004) (1)
- Thermohaline circulation changes (2003) (1)
- Reply to the Comment on “On the relationship between AMOC slowdown and global surface warming” (2020) (1)
- Author Correction: Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate (2021) (1)
- Using proxy data to calibrate a semi-empirical sea-level model (2014) (1)
- The Climate Crisis: Frontmatter (2009) (1)
- Paleoclimatic Ocean Circulation and Sea-Level Changes (2013) (1)
- he budget approach : A framework for a global ransformation toward a low-carbon economy (2010) (1)
- Are paleo-proxy data helpful for constraining future climate change? (2008) (1)
- On the differences between two semi-empirical sea-level models for the last two millennia (2012) (1)
- Extreme events of 2012, 2013 and 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance (2016) (1)
- Hot enough for you (2012) (1)
- Erratum: The ‘pause’ in global warming in historical context: II. Comparing models to observations (2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 123007) (2019) (1)
- Hooray for Hollywood (2004) (1)
- Author ' s personal copy Two-way coupling of an ENSO model to the global climate model CLIMBER-3 a (2009) (0)
- How much CO2 can we still emit while limiting global warming to well below 2 °C? (2017) (0)
- Climate change and the stability of ocean circulation - a review (2009) (0)
- Palaeoperspectives on global sustainability (2002) (0)
- The Atlantic Overturning Circulation: At its Weakest in a Millennium? (2020) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Preface (2009) (0)
- Investigating the Ocean's Role in Climate Essay for the McDonnell Foundation Centennial Fellowship 1999 (2000) (0)
- The dynamics of synchronized weather extremes: Planetary wave-resonance and circumglobal teleconnections (2018) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Earth's energy budget (2009) (0)
- Holocene sea level, a semi-empirical contemplation (2017) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: What the future holds (2009) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Avoiding climate change (2009) (0)
- Sea-Level Acceleration Based on U . S . Tide Gauges and Extensions of Previous Global-Gauge Analyses (2011) (0)
- Quasi- Resonant Amplification of Planetary Waves - in Observations, Models and Projections (2016) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Impacts of climate change (2009) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Epilogue (2009) (0)
- Stochastic Resonance and Global Synchronization In The Climate System (2002) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: How the oceans are changing (2009) (0)
- The budget approach: solving the climate challenge (2013) (0)
- Chapter 2 Paleoclimatic Ocean Circulation and Sea-Level Changes (2013) (0)
- Projected Changes in Persistent Extreme Warm-Season Weather Events: The Role of Quasi-Resonant Amplification (2017) (0)
- Timing of Dansgaard-Oeschger events: a precise clock (2003) (0)
- Reading the Weather (2010) (0)
- Magnitude, Rates and Sources of Sea-level Rise Associated with Past Polar Ice-sheet Retreat (2014) (0)
- Climate sensitivity estimated from LGM ensemble simulations (2007) (0)
- North Atlantic SST Patterns and NAO Flavors (2017) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Snow and ice (2009) (0)
- Has there ever been good evidence for a "global warming hiatus"? (2018) (0)
- Contributing authors (1996) (0)
- The Copenhagen Diagnosis 2010 (2010) (0)
- Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change: Global climate change: what can we learn from the past? (2006) (0)
- Reply to Comment on ‘On the relationship between Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown and global surface warming’ (2021) (0)
- Sources of Uncertainty and the Interpretation of Short-Term Fluctuations (2016) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Retrospective: what we knew and when we knew it (2009) (0)
- Chapter 6 Scientific understanding of climate change and consequences for a global deal (2010) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: Climate policy (2009) (0)
- 15 Decadal Variability of the Thermohaline Ocean Circulation (1998) (0)
- Erratum to: The earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. Part I: description and performance for present-day conditions (2009) (0)
- Linking Quasi- Resonant Amplification of Planetary Waves to Weather Extremes in Northern and Southern Hemisphere. (2015) (0)
- The Climate Crisis: References (2009) (0)
- Subpolar Atlantic cooling and North American east coast warming linked to AMOC slowdown (2017) (0)
- The effects of an AMOC slowdown on global surface warming (2019) (0)
- A Fivefold Increase in Monthly Heat Records (2012) (0)
- 15 Decadal Variability of the Thermohaline Ocean Circulation (1998) (0)
- Antarctic sea-ice expansion cause glacial CO 2 decline ? (2001) (0)
- Advanced Regional and Decadal Predictions of Coastal Inundation for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts (Invited) (2012) (0)
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