CESOC kindly invites you to a talk given by Dr. Katinka Bellomo, IPCC AR7 Lead Author & Associate Professor at the Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, with the title:
Impacts and State-Dependence of AMOC weakening in a warming climate
Date: 23 October 2025,
Time: 16:00 CEST
Location: University of Cologne
For online participation, please contact info@cesoc.net
Abstract:
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a global system of ocean currents culminating in the North Atlantic, where ocean water deep convection facilitates the overturning circulation. Projections of future climate change simulated by models in the CMIP6 archive show good agreement on a weakening of AMOC strength. Nevertheless, projected AMOC decline differs across models, spanning a wide range of possible reduced AMOC strengths over the next few decades. In this seminar, I will give an overview of this problem, underscoring the implications of future projections and pointing out outstanding questions. In particular, I will go over our recent results showing the role of this circulation on climate change impacts, focusing on mechanisms that propagate slow oceanic circulation anomalies onto atmospheric circulation and translating into extreme events over the surrounding regions.
Bio: https://www.isac.cnr.it/sites/default/files/curricula/CV_20200819.pdf