Joey Schnaubelt
@jschnaubelt.bsky.social
Paleoclimate, climate modeling, atmospheric rivers, the Last Interglacial, ice sheets, grad student at UConn. He/him. 🏃🚴🧗
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Joey Schnaubelt
@jschnaubelt.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Atmospheric River Impacts on the Greenland Ice Sheet Through the Last Interglacial
Atmospheric rivers are dynamically coupled to orbit through latitudinal shifts in wind belts and seasonal shifts in moisture availability High latitude moisture controls the frequency, intensity,...
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Our paper is out today in @aguadvances.bsky.social 🥳! My coauthors and I use a simulation spanning the Last Interglacial (~130,000 - ~115,000 years ago) to show how changes in Earth's orbit impact atmospheric river behavior and the ensuing impacts on the Greenland ice sheet. 🧪🥼⚒️❄️
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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New paper alert ! 🙂
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New paper alert ! 🙂
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
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🌊 Southward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current upstream of Drake Passage maintains a stable circumpolar transport
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Southward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current upstream of Drake Passage maintains a stable circumpolar transport - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is altering the strength and position of Southern Ocean westerly winds but the ocean transport is stable. Here the authors use sea surface height to show that a poleward shift of the no...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🌊 Southward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current upstream of Drake Passage maintains a stable circumpolar transport
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply
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Strong El Niño events boost West Antarctic snowfall, slowing sea-level rise….but not for long
By 2100, warming kills this effect as the polar jet strengthens, cutting off moisture transport
A natural buffer against SLR is vanishing
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By 2100, warming kills this effect as the polar jet strengthens, cutting off moisture transport
A natural buffer against SLR is vanishing
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disappearance of the El Niño-driven surface mass gain in West Antarctica under future climate change - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Disappearance of the El Niño-driven surface mass gain in West Antarctica under future climate change
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Strong El Niño events boost West Antarctic snowfall, slowing sea-level rise….but not for long
By 2100, warming kills this effect as the polar jet strengthens, cutting off moisture transport
A natural buffer against SLR is vanishing
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By 2100, warming kills this effect as the polar jet strengthens, cutting off moisture transport
A natural buffer against SLR is vanishing
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⚒️ Article: Coherent patterns in the initial growth of extratropical peatlands throughout the Southern Hemisphere during the last glacial track changes in the latitudinal position of the southern westerly winds
@climate-zoe.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@climate-zoe.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Westerly wind shifts drove Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude peat growth since the last glacial - Nature Geoscience
Coherent patterns in the initial growth of extratropical peatlands throughout the Southern Hemisphere during the last glacial track changes in the latitudinal position of the southern westerly winds, ...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
⚒️ Article: Coherent patterns in the initial growth of extratropical peatlands throughout the Southern Hemisphere during the last glacial track changes in the latitudinal position of the southern westerly winds
@climate-zoe.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@climate-zoe.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I think that this @natgeosci.nature.com paper—now published in the November issue of this journal—is worth checking out:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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#PaleoSky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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#PaleoSky
Earth system response to Heinrich events explained by a bipolar convection seesaw - Nature Geoscience
The onset of Southern Ocean convection following a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during Heinrich events can help explain rapid CO2 increases and Antarctic warming during t...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I think that this @natgeosci.nature.com paper—now published in the November issue of this journal—is worth checking out:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪 ⚒️ 🦣 🌊
#PaleoSky
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪 ⚒️ 🦣 🌊
#PaleoSky
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!New #OpenAcess paper alert!
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
East Siberian ice wedges recording dust transport variability during the Late Pleistocene - Nature Communications
Dust preserved in Siberian ice wedges reveals shifts in wind patterns during the last glacial stage. Long-range dust transport from China to the Arctic operated under similar mechanisms as today but w...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
!New #OpenAcess paper alert!
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Finally out! The outcome of a virtual workshop in Feb 2024 with modelers and observationalists to put together data and protocols to include historical changes in ice sheet/ice shelf discharge in CMIP models. Hopefully not too late for some CMIP7 runs!
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations
Abstract. Anomalous freshwater fluxes from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves are impacting the surrounding oceans, and we need to be able to account for these effects in climate m...
gmd.copernicus.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Finally out! The outcome of a virtual workshop in Feb 2024 with modelers and observationalists to put together data and protocols to include historical changes in ice sheet/ice shelf discharge in CMIP models. Hopefully not too late for some CMIP7 runs!
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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No astronomy per se in this week's issue of @science.org, but there is a fascinating study by Pavia et al. that uses cosmic dust to trace sea ice coverage in the Arctic. 3He from micrometeorites records when the ocean was ice free, over the last 30,000 years. 🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
No astronomy per se in this week's issue of @science.org, but there is a fascinating study by Pavia et al. that uses cosmic dust to trace sea ice coverage in the Arctic. 3He from micrometeorites records when the ocean was ice free, over the last 30,000 years. 🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Gift Article!
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
Deadly rivers in the sky
A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Gift Article!
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
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⚒️ Article: Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process
@adrianluckman.bsky.social @etienneberthier.bsky.social @drnaomio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@adrianluckman.bsky.social @etienneberthier.bsky.social @drnaomio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚒️ Article: Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process
@adrianluckman.bsky.social @etienneberthier.bsky.social @drnaomio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@adrianluckman.bsky.social @etienneberthier.bsky.social @drnaomio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quick writeup about our recent paper on atmospheric rivers during the Last Interglacial in @eos.org!
eos.org/editor-highl...
eos.org/editor-highl...
Atmospheric Rivers Shaped Greenland’s Ancient Ice - Eos
New simulations reveal how atmospheric rivers influenced Greenland’s ice sheet during the Last Interglacial—offering clues to future melt in a warming world.
eos.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Quick writeup about our recent paper on atmospheric rivers during the Last Interglacial in @eos.org!
eos.org/editor-highl...
eos.org/editor-highl...
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Nature research paper: Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves
go.nature.com/3Ldj1PS
go.nature.com/3Ldj1PS
Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves - Nature
The viability of Antarctic ice shelves under low rates and high rates of global warming is modelled to estimate when it will become unfeasible for the ice shelves to maintain their present-day shape.
go.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Nature research paper: Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves
go.nature.com/3Ldj1PS
go.nature.com/3Ldj1PS
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Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to an analysis of the effect of ocean warming in Nature. This could result in up to 10 m of global sea-level rise. go.nature.com/47Ag4k1 🌊 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to an analysis of the effect of ocean warming in Nature. This could result in up to 10 m of global sea-level rise. go.nature.com/47Ag4k1 🌊 🧪
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📢 New paper out!
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
Causal mechanisms of subpolar gyre variability in CMIP6 models
Abstract. The subpolar gyre is at risk of crossing a tipping point under future climate change associated with the collapse of deep convection. As such, tipping can have significant climate impacts; i...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📢 New paper out!
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
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This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Anyone interested in learning about why journals make a proactive effort to increase women's participation in the peer review process should take the time look at some actual evidence about why this is needed. Ditto journalists covering such a story. Do some reporting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Anyone interested in learning about why journals make a proactive effort to increase women's participation in the peer review process should take the time look at some actual evidence about why this is needed. Ditto journalists covering such a story. Do some reporting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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Kilian Jornet, one of the most accomplished endurance athletes on the planet, wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous U.S. He conquered a challenge that many climbers would consider a lifetime achievement in and of itself. Here's how. nyti.ms/4nr89eH
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Kilian Jornet, one of the most accomplished endurance athletes on the planet, wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous U.S. He conquered a challenge that many climbers would consider a lifetime achievement in and of itself. Here's how. nyti.ms/4nr89eH
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Exciting to see our overturning pathway method applied in new research!
Song et al. use it on CMIP6 PMIP glacial models and find these pathways shape the AMOC response - confirming our earlier idealised results for glacial climates 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Song et al. use it on CMIP6 PMIP glacial models and find these pathways shape the AMOC response - confirming our earlier idealised results for glacial climates 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Southern Ocean influence on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation across climate states - Nature Communications
The properties of the Antarctic Bottom Water largely determine the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation’s depth and strength across climate states by affecting the routes via which North Atlant...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Exciting to see our overturning pathway method applied in new research!
Song et al. use it on CMIP6 PMIP glacial models and find these pathways shape the AMOC response - confirming our earlier idealised results for glacial climates 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Song et al. use it on CMIP6 PMIP glacial models and find these pathways shape the AMOC response - confirming our earlier idealised results for glacial climates 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
Multi-century global and regional sea-level rise commitments from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades - Nature Climate Change
It is important to understand how much long-term sea-level rise is already committed due to historical and near-term emissions. Here the authors use a modelling framework to show how decisions on glob...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
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In Science, a new reconstruction of global sea levels spanning the past 4.5 million years reveals that oceans once stood up to 20 meters higher than today and links the waxing and waning of ancient ice sheets to shifts in Earth’s temperature and carbon dioxide cycles. https://scim.ag/42STXUm
Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years
Changes in global mean sea level (GMSL) during the late Cenozoic remain uncertain. We use a reconstruction of changes in δ18O of seawater to reconstruct GMSL since 4.5 million years ago (Ma) that acco...
scim.ag
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In Science, a new reconstruction of global sea levels spanning the past 4.5 million years reveals that oceans once stood up to 20 meters higher than today and links the waxing and waning of ancient ice sheets to shifts in Earth’s temperature and carbon dioxide cycles. https://scim.ag/42STXUm