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ReportsAtlantic Ocean Forcing of North American and European Summer Climate
Recent extreme events such as the devastating 2003 European summer heat wave raise important questions about the possible causes of any underlying trends, or low-frequency variations, in regional climates. Here, we present new evidence that basin-scale changes in the Atlantic Ocean, probably related to the thermohaline circulation, have been an important driver of multidecadal variations in the summertime climate of both North America and western Europe. Our findings advance understanding of past climate changes and also have implications for decadal climate predictions.
Natural Environment Research Council Centres for Atmospheric Science, Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Post Office Box 243, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6BB, UK.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: r.sutton{at}reading.ac.uk
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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)