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Integrating geological archives and climate models for the mid-Pliocene warm period by Haywood, Alan M., Dowsett, Harry J., Dolan, Aisling M.

“…The mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP), analogous to future climate conditions, is considered a test-bed for the predictive capability of climate models. Here,…”
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The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) Phase 2: scientific objectives and experimental design by Haywood, Alan M, Dowsett, Harry J, Dolan, Aisling M, Rowley, David, Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Chandler, Mark A, Hunter, Stephen J, Lunt, Daniel J, Pound, Matthew, Salzmann, Ulrich

“…The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) is a co-ordinated international climate modelling initiative to study and understand climate and…”
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Latitudinal species diversity gradient of marine zooplankton for the last three million years by Yasuhara, Moriaki, Hunt, Gene, Dowsett, Harry J, Robinson, Marci M, Stoll, Danielle K, Marshall, Dustin

“…High tropical and low polar biodiversity is one of the most fundamental patterns characterising marine ecosystems, and the influence of temperature on such…”
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Biogeography and ecology of Ostracoda in the U.S. northern Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas by Gemery, Laura, Cronin, Thomas M, Cooper, Lee W, Dowsett, Harry J, Grebmeier, Jacqueline M

“…Ostracoda (bivalved Crustacea) comprise a significant part of the benthic meiofauna in the Pacific-Arctic region, including more than 50 species, many with…”
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Mid-Pliocene equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature reconstruction: a multi-proxy perspective by Dowsett, Harry J, Robinson, Marci M

“…The Mid-Pliocene is the most recent interval of sustained global warmth, which can be used to examine conditions predicted for the near future. An accurate…”
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Sensitivity of Pliocene ice sheets to orbital forcing by Dolan, Aisling M., Haywood, Alan M., Hill, Daniel J., Dowsett, Harry J., Hunter, Stephen J., Lunt, Daniel J., Pickering, Steven J.

“…The stability of the Earth's major ice sheets is a critical uncertainty in predictions of future climate and sea level change. One method of investigating the…”
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On the identification of a Pliocene time slice for data-model comparison by Haywood, Alan M., Dolan, Aisling M., Pickering, Steven J., Dowsett, Harry J., McClymont, Erin L., Prescott, Caroline L., Salzmann, Ulrich, Hill, Daniel J., Hunter, Stephen J., Lunt, Daniel J., Pope, James O., Valdes, Paul J.

“…The characteristics of the mid-Pliocene warm period (mPWP: 3.264-3.025 Ma BP) have been examined using geological proxies and climate models. While there is…”
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Sensitivity of Pliocene Arctic climate to orbital forcing, atmospheric CO2 and sea ice albedo parameterisation by Howell, Fergus W., Haywood, Alan M., Dowsett, Harry J., Pickering, Steven J.

“…General circulation model (GCM) simulations of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP, 3.264 to 3.025 Myr ago) do not reproduce the magnitude of Northern…”
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The PRISM (Pliocene palaeoclimate) reconstruction: time for a paradigm shift by Dowsett, Harry J., Robinson, Marci M., Stoll, Danielle K., Foley, Kevin M., Johnson, Andrew L. A., Williams, Mark, Riesselman, Christina R.

“…Global palaeoclimate reconstructions have been invaluable to our understanding of the causes and effects of climate change, but single-temperature…”
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The Yorktown Formation: Improved Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Paleoclimate Interpretations from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain by Dowsett, Harry J., Robinson, Marci M., Foley, Kevin M., Herbert, Timothy D.

“…The Yorktown Formation records paleoclimate conditions along the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain during the mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (3.264 to 3.025 Ma), a…”
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Surface temperatures of the Mid-Pliocene North Atlantic Ocean: implications for future climate by Dowsett, Harry J, Chandler, Mark A, Robinson, Marci M

“…The Mid-Pliocene is the most recent interval in the Earth's history to have experienced warming of the magnitude predicted for the second half of the…”
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The mid-Piacenzian of the North Atlantic Ocean by Dowsett, Harry J., Robinson, Marci M., Foley, Kevin M., Herbert, Timothy D., Otto-Bliesner, Bette L., Spivey, Whittney

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Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems by Haywood, Alan M, Dowsett, Harry J, Valdes, Paul J, Lunt, Daniel J, Francis, Jane E, Sellwood, Bruce W

“…Climate predictions produced by numerical climate models, often referred to as general circulation models (GCMs), suggest that by the end of the twenty-first…”
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Bathymetric controls on Pliocene North Atlantic and Arctic sea surface temperature and deepwater production by Robinson, Marci M., Valdes, Paul J., Haywood, Alan M., Dowsett, Harry J., Hill, Daniel J., Jones, Stephen M.

“…The mid-Pliocene warm period (MPWP; ~ 3.3 to 3.0 Ma) is the most recent interval in Earth's history in which global temperatures reached and remained at levels…”
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Sea surface temperatures of the mid-Piacenzian Warm Period: A comparison of PRISM3 and HadCM3 by Dowsett, Harry J., Haywood, Alan M., Valdes, Paul J., Robinson, Marci M., Lunt, Daniel J., Hill, Daniel J., Stoll, Danielle K., Foley, Kevin M.

“…It is essential to document how well the current generation of climate models performs in simulating past climates to have confidence in their ability to…”
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Can uncertainties in sea ice albedo reconcile patterns of data-model discord for the Pliocene and 20th/21st centuries? by Howell, Fergus W., Haywood, Alan M., Dolan, Aisling M., Dowsett, Harry J., Francis, Jane E., Hill, Daniel J., Pickering, Steven J., Pope, James O., Salzmann, Ulrich, Wade, Bridget S.

“…General Circulation Model simulations of the mid‐Pliocene warm period (mPWP, 3.264 to 3.025 Myr ago) currently underestimate the level of warming that proxy…”
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Quantifying Uncertainty in Model Predictions for the Pliocene (Plio-QUMP): Initial results by Pope, James O., Collins, Matthew, Haywood, Alan M., Dowsett, Harry J., Hunter, Stephen J., Lunt, Daniel J., Pickering, Steven J., Pound, Matthew J.

“…Examination of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP; ~ 3.3 to 3.0 Ma BP) provides an excellent opportunity to test the ability of climate models to reproduce…”
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Palaeoclimate: Aerosols shift lake ecosystem by Dowsett, Harry J

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Isotopic evidence against North Pacific Deep Water formation during late Pliocene warmth by Novak, Joseph B., Caballero-Gill, Rocío P., Rose, Rebecca M., Herbert, Timothy D., Dowsett, Harry J.

“…Several modelling and observational studies suggest deep water formation in the subpolar North Pacific as a possible alternative mode of thermohaline…”
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Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data by Lunt, Daniel J, Haywood, Alan M, Schmidt, Gavin A, Salzmann, Ulrich, Valdes, Paul J, Dowsett, Harry J

“…Quantifying the equilibrium response of global temperatures to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is one of the cornerstones of climate…”
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