What powers the global
ocean circulation? What triggers abrupt climate change?
Atmosphere
What controls the
regional response to global climate change?
Photo: OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Land Surface
Processes
What are the causes of
mega-droughts?
Photo: Edgar Barany
Cryosphere
How much will ice
sheets contribute to future sea level rise?
Photo: L. Lawver, UTIG
Paleoclimate
How are paleoclimate
records
derived from marine sediments, lake sediments, massive corals, ice
cores, and speleothems used to reconstruct and/or constrain past
variability in the Earth's climate?
