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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-825-2018
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Research article
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18 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 18 Jun 2018
| 18 Jun 2018
On the mechanisms of warming the mid-Pliocene and the inference of a hierarchy of climate sensitivities with relevance to the understanding of climate futures
Deepak Chandan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S1A7, Canada
W. Richard Peltier
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S1A7, Canada
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Short summary
We infer the physical mechanisms by which the mid-Pliocene could have sustained a warm climate. We also provide a mid-Pliocene perspective on a range of climate sensitivities applicable on several timescales. Warming inferred on the basis of these sensitivity parameters is compared to forecasted levels of warming. This leads us to conclude that projections for 300–500 years into the future underestimate the potential for warming because they do not account for long-timescale feedback processes.
We infer the physical mechanisms by which the mid-Pliocene could have sustained a warm climate....
