CLIMATE · Palaeoclimate science for a better understanding of Earth system dynamics

Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following outcomes: • Better process understanding of past climate changes at different time scales, their variability and interactions with ecosystems, leading to improved Earth system models; • Future climate change scenarios produced in light of past changes in the Earth system, in particular warm climates/high sea-level situations, and abrupt transitions; • Identification of thresholds in Earth system components…

Palaeoclimatic (including geological, biological and ice-core) records provide information on the long-term evolution of the climate, as well as the conditions and processes that can drive physical and ecological systems during warm and cold periods, deglaciations and abrupt climatic events. The challenge of the research under this topic is to provide robust information on palaeoclimate states and events outside the range of variability recorded over the past centuries that…