The amplifying influence of increased ocean stratification on a future year without a summer

The 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora caused one of the strongest climate perturbations in the modern record; the 1816 year without a summer. Here, the authors show that climate change, through its impact on ocean stratification, strengthens the surface response to such an eruption.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. T. Fasullo, R. Tomas, S. Stevenson, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, E. Wahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01302-z