Primary Convener:
Ran Feng, University of Connecticut

Convener:
Tripti Bhattacharya, Syracuse University
Harry Dowsett, U.S. Geological Survey
Heather Ford, University of Cambridge

Chair:
Tripti Bhattacharya, Syracuse University
Harry Dowsett, U.S. Geological Survey
Ran Feng, University of Connecticut

The investigation of paleoclimates provides the only window into climate conditions with elevated CO₂ levels. Through coordinated efforts, studies of Pliocene and Eocene have informed many aspects of future climate projections from constraining equilibrium climate sensitivity to understanding the stability of Antarctic ice sheet. Yet, many questions remain. For example, how does greenhouse gas concentrations evolve during major glaciation and warming intervals? What are the spatial patterns of temperature and rainfall changes compared to the preindustrial? How does climate variability (orbital, decadal, yearly, or even weather-scale) change in a warmer climate? How do climate forcings and feedbacks differ between climate states? How sensitive is global and regional climate to changes in ocean gateways? How do we account for these differences between past and present when deriving insights for future climate change? We welcome contributions from both the climate modeling (especially the PlioMIP community) and proxy reconstruction communities.

Index Terms
4914 Continental climate records
4928 Global climate models
4930 Greenhouse gases
4954 Sea surface temperature

Suggested Itineraries:
National Climate Assessment
Climate Change and Global Policy
Machine Learning and AI
Open Science and Open Data
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering