The North Atlantic Oscillation has shown high variability over the past few decades. A two-hundred-year-long temperature reconstruction from a Bermuda coral suggests a link to recent climate warming.
References
Hurrell, J. W. Science 269, 676–679 (1995).
Goodkin, N. F., Hughen, K. A., Doney, S. C. & Curry, W. B. Nature Geosci. 1, 844–848 (2008).
IPCC. Climate Change 2007: The Scientific Basis (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007).
Luterbacher, J. et al. Atmos. Sci. Lett. 2, 114–124 (2001).
Cook, E. R., D'Arrigo, R. D. & Mann, M. E. J. Clim. 15, 1754–1764 (2002).
Timm, O., Kleppek, S. & Ruprecht, E. J. Clim. 17, 2157–2169 (2004).
Smith, S. V., Buddemeier, R. W., Redalje, R. C. & Houck, J. E. Science 204, 404–407 (1979).
Bjerknes, J. Adv. Geophys. 10, 1–82 (1964).
Kushnir, Y. J. Clim. 7, 141–157 (1994).
Krahmann, G., Visbeck, M. & Reverdin, G. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 31, 1287–1303 (2001).
Rayner, N. A. et al. J. Geophys. Res. 108, 10.1029/2002JD002670 (2003).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Timm, O. North Atlantic climate swings. Nature Geosci 1, 811–812 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo370
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo370
- Springer Nature Limited