List of Publications

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Publications in Nature & Science Journals & PNAS

• England, M. H., Z. Li, M. F. Huguenin, A. E. Kiss, A. Sen Gupta, R. M. Holmes and S. Rahmstorf (2025). Drivers of the extreme North Atlantic marine heatwave during 2023. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08903-5.


• Guimaraes, S. O., M. E. Mann, S. Rahmstorf, S. Petri, B. A. Steinman, D. J. Brouillette, S. Christiansen and X. Li (2024). Increased projected changes in quasi-resonant amplification and persistent summer weather extremes in the latest multimodel climate projections. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-72787-0


• Li, X., M. E. Mann, M. F. Wehner, S. Rahmstorf, S. Petri, S. Christiansen and J. Carrillo (2024). Role of atmospheric resonance and land-atmosphere feedbacks as a precursor to the June 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome event. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.2315330121.


• Richardson, K. et al. (2023). Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh2458.


• Supran, G., S. Rahmstorf and N. Oreskes (2023). Assessing ExxonMobil's global warming projections. Science. doi:10.1126/science.abk0063.


• Caesar, L., G. D. McCarthy, D. J. R. Thornalley, N. Cahill and S. Rahmstorf (2022). Reply to: Atlantic circulation change still uncertain. Nature Geoscience doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00897-3.


• Caesar, L., McCarthy, G. D., Thornalley, D. J. R., Cahill, N. & Rahmstorf, S. (2021). Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium. Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00699-z


• Turney, C. S. M. et al. (2020). Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1902469117.


• Lenton, T. M. et al. (2019). Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against. Nature 575: 592-595.


• Hagedorn, G. et al (2019). Concerns of young protesters are justified. Science 364: 139-140.


• Mann, M. E., S. Rahmstorf, K. Kornhuber, B. A. Steinman, S. K. Miller, S. Petri and D. Coumou (2018). Projected changes in persistent extreme summer weather events: The role of quasi-resonant amplification. Sci Adv 4(10): eaat3272.


• Caesar, L., S. Rahmstorf, A. Robinson, G. Feulner and V. Saba (2018). Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Nature 556: 191–196. Blog article.


• Rahmstorf, S. (2017). Rising hazard of storm-surge flooding. PNAS 114: 11806-11808.


• Figueres, C., H. J. Schellnhuber, G. Whiteman, J. Rockström, A. Hobley and S. Rahmstorf (2017). Three years to safeguard our climate. Nature 546: 593-595.


• Mann, M. E., S. Rahmstorf, K. Kornhuber, B. A. Steinman, S. K. Miller and D. Coumou (2017). Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events. Sci Rep 7: 45242.


• Schellnhuber, H.J., S. Rahmstorf and R. Winkelmann, 2016: Why the right climate target was agreed in Paris. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/nclimate3013.


• Petoukhov, V., S. Petri, S. Rahmstorf, D. Coumou, K. Kornhuber, and H. J. Schellnhuber, 2016: Role of quasiresonant planetary wave dynamics in recent boreal spring-to-autumn extreme events, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 113(25), 6862-6867, doi:10.1073/pnas.1606300113.


• Kopp, R. E., A. C. Kemp, K. Bittermann, B. P. Horton, J. P. Donnelly, W. R. Gehrels, C. C. Hay, J. X. Mitrovica, E. D. Morrow, and S. Rahmstorf, 2016: Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 113(11), E1434-1441, doi:10.1073/pnas.1517056113.


• Stadtherr, L., D. Coumou, V. Petoukhov, S. Petri, S. Rahmstorf, 2016: Record Balkan floods of 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance. Science Advances [doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501428].


• Mann, M.E., S. Rahmstorf, B. A. Steinman, M. Tingley, S. K. Miller, 2016: The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth. Scientific Reports 6, doi: 10.1038/srep19831.


• Dutton, A., A. E. Carlson, A. J. Long, G. A. Milne, P. U. Clark, R. DeConto, B. P. Horton, S. Rahmstorf, M. E. Raymo, 2015: Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods. Science, 349, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4019.


• Rahmstorf, S., J.E. Box, G. Feulner, M.E. Mann, A. Robinson, S. Rutherford, and E.J. Schaffernicht, 2015: Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Nature Climate Change, 5, 475–480, DOI:10.1038/nclimate2554. Data download page.


• Coumou, D., Petoukhov, V., S. Rahmstorf, S. Petri, and H. J. Schellnhuber, 2014: Quasi-resonant circulation regimes and hemispheric synchronization of extreme weather in boreal summer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(34), 12331-12336, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412797111.


• Petoukhov, V., S. Rahmstorf, S. Petri and H.J. Schellnhuber, 2013: Reply to Screen and Simmonds: From means to mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 110, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1305595110.


• Petoukhov, V., S. Rahmstorf, S. Petri and H.J. Schellnhuber, 2013: Quasiresonant amplification of planetary waves and recent Northern Hemisphere weather extremes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 110, 5336–5341, doi:10.1073/pnas.1222000110 .


• Schaeffer, M., W. Hare, S. Rahmstorf, and M. Vermeer, 2012: Long-term sea-level rise implied by 1.5°C and 2°C warming levels. Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/nclimate1584.


• Coumou, D. and S. Rahmstorf, 2012: A decade of weather extremes. Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/nclimate1452.


• Rahmstorf, S. and D. Coumou, 2011: Increase of extreme events in a warming world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 5pp. doi:10.1073/pnas.1101766108.


• Kemp, A. et al., 2011: Reply to Grinsted et al.: Estimating land subsidence in North Carolina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 108, E783.


• Kemp, A. et al., 2011: Climate related sea-level variations over the past two millennia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, doi:10.1073/pnas.1015619108.


• Vermeer, M. and S. Rahmstorf, 2010: Reply to Taboada and Anadon: Critique of sea-level rise study invalid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, E118-E118.


• Vermeer, M. and S. Rahmstorf, 2009: Global sea level linked to global temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 106, 21527-21532.


• Hofmann, M. and S. Rahmstorf, 2009: On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA


• Lenton, T., H. Held, E. Kriegler, J. Hall, W. Lucht, S. Rahmstorf, and H. J. Schellnhuber, 2008: Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 1786-1793.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Response to Comments on "A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea-level rise". Science, 317, 1866d.


• Rahmstorf, S., et al. 2007: Recent Climate Observations Compared to Projections. Science, 316, 709.
  -Powerpoint slides
  -Updated graphs


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea-level rise. Science, 315, 368-370.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2006: Testing climate reconstructions. Science, 312, 1872.
  -Some comments on the Response by von Storch et al.


• Braun, H., M. Christl, S. Rahmstorf, A. Ganopolski, A. Mangini, C. Kubatzki, K. Roth, and B. Kromer, 2005: Solar forcing of abrupt glacial climate change in a coupled climate system model. Nature, 438, 208-211.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Thermohaline circulation: The current climate. Nature 421, 699.


• Peterson B. J. et al., 2002: Increasing river discharge to the Arctic Ocean. Science 298, 2171-2173.
  -News item by Erik Stokstad for this paper


• Rahmstorf, S., 2002: Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years. Nature 419, 207-214.


• Ganopolski, A. and S. Rahmstorf, 2001: Simulation of rapid glacial climate changes in a coupled climate model. Nature, 409, 153-158.  
  -News & Views by Didier Paillard for this paper
  -Supplementary movie


• Rahmstorf, S., 1999: Shifting seas in the greenhouse? Nature, 399, 523-524.


• Ganopolski, A., S. Rahmstorf, V. Petoukhov and M. Claussen, 1998: Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global climate model. Nature, 391, 351-356.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1997: Risk of sea-change in the Atlantic. Nature, 388, 825-826.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1995: Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle. Nature, 378, 145-149.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1994: Rapid climate transitions in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Nature, 372, 82-85.

Other Refereed Journals

• Drijfhout, S., J. R. Angevaare, J. Mecking, R. M. van Westen and S. Rahmstorf (2025). Shutdown of northern Atlantic overturning after 2100 following deep mixing collapse in CMIP6 projections. Environmental Research Letters 20(9). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/adfa3b.


• Rahmstorf, S. (2024). Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? Oceanography doi:10.5670/oceanog.2024.501.


• Willeit, M., A. Ganopolski, N. R. Edwards and S. Rahmstorf (2024). Surface buoyancy control of millennial-scale variations in the Atlantic meridional ocean circulation. Climate of the Past 20(12): 2719-2739 doi:10.5194/cp-20-2719-2024


• Capua, G. D. and S. Rahmstorf (2023). Extreme weather in a changing climate. Environmental Research Letters 18(10) doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/acfb23.


• Rousi, E., F. Selten, S. Rahmstorf and D. Coumou (2021). Changes in North Atlantic Atmospheric Circulation in a Warmer Climate Favor Winter Flooding and Summer Drought over Europe. Journal of Climate 34(6): 2277-2295 doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0311.1.


• Robinson, A., Lehmann, J., Barriopedro, D., Rahmstorf, S. & Coumou, D. (2021). Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. doi:10.1038/s41612-021-00202-w


• Caesar, L., Rahmstorf, S. & Feulner, G. (2021). Reply to Comment on ‘On the relationship between Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown and global surface warming’. Environmental Research Letters 16. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc776


• Horton, B. P. et al. Estimating global mean sea-level rise and its uncertainties by 2100 and 2300 from an expert survey. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 3 (2020). doi:10.1038/s41612-020-0121-5.


• Caesar, L., S. Rahmstorf and G. Feulner (2020). On the relationship between Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown and global surface warming. Environmental Research Letters 15(2): 024003.


• Kornhuber, K., S. Osprey, D. Coumou, S. Petri, V. Petoukhov, S. Rahmstorf and L. Gray (2019). Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern. Environmental Research Letters 14(5).


• Lewandowsky, S., K. Cowtan, J. S. Risbey, M. E. Mann, B. A. Steinman, N. Oreskes and S. Rahmstorf (2018). The ‘pause’ in global warming in historical context: (II). Comparing models to observations. Environmental Research Letters 13(12): 123007.


• Risbey, J. S., S. Lewandowsky, K. Cowtan, N. Oreskes, S. Rahmstorf, A. Jokimäki and G. Foster (2018). A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence. Environmental Research Letters 13(12): 123008.


• Mann, M. E., S. K. Miller, S. Rahmstorf, B. A. Steinman and M. Tingley (2017). Record temperature streak bears anthropogenic fingerprint. Geophysical Research Letters 44: 7936–7944.


• Bittermann, K., S. Rahmstorf, R. E. Kopp and A. C. Kemp (2017). Global mean sea-level rise in a world agreed upon in Paris. Environmental Research Letters 12(12).


• Rahmstorf, S., G. Foster and N. Cahill (2017). Global temperature evolution: recent trends and some pitfalls. Environmental Research Letters 12(5): 054001.


• Kornhuber, K., V. Petoukhov, S. Petri, S. Rahmstorf and D. Coumou (2016). Evidence for wave resonance as a key mechanism for generating high-amplitude quasi-stationary waves in boreal summer. Climate Dynamics.


• Cahill, N., S. Rahmstorf, A. C. Parnell, 2015: Change points of global temperature. Environmental Research Letters 10, 6, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084002.


• Horton, B. P., S. Rahmstorf, S. E. Engelhart, and A. C. Kemp, 2014: Reply to comment received from JM Gregory et al. regarding "Expert assessment of future sea-level rise by 2100 and 2300 AD". Quaternary Science Reviews 84, 1-6. Quatern. Sci. Rev., 97, 195-196, DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.025


• Horton, B.P., S. Rahmstorf, S.E. Engelhart, A.C. Kemp, 2014: Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300. Quaternary Science Reviews, 84, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.002.


• Bittermann, K., S. Rahmstorf, M. Perrette and M. Vermeer, 2013: Predictability of twentieth century sea-level rise from past data. Environmental Research Letters, 8, 014013, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014013.


• Becker, A.H., M. Acciaro, R. Asariotis, E. Cabrera, L. Cretegny, P. Crist, M. Esteban, A. Mather, S. Messner, S. Naruse, A.K.Y. Ng, S. Rahmstorf, M. Savonis, D.-W. Song, V. Stenek and A.F. Velegrakis, 2013: A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society. Climatic Change, 120, 683-695, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0668-1.


• Feulner, G., S. Rahmstorf, A. Levermann, and S. Volkwardt, 2013: On the origin of the surface air temperature difference between the hemispheres in Earth's present-day climate. Journal of Climate 26, 7136-7150.


• Coumou, D., A. Robinson and S. Rahmstorf, 2013: Global increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures. Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0668-1.


• Rahmstorf, S., G. Foster and A. Cazenave, 2012: Comparing climate projections to observations up to 2011 Environmental Research Letters 7, 044035, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044035.


• Rahmstorf, S. 2012: Is journalism failing on climate? Environmental Research Letters 7, 041003, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/041003.


• Rahmstorf, S. 2012: Sea-level rise: towards understanding local vulnerability. Environmental Research Letters 7, 021001, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/021001.


• Kienert, H., S. Rahmstorf, 2012: On the relation between Meridional Overturning Circulation and sea-level gradients in the Atlantic. Earth Syst Dynam 3, 109-120, doi:10.5194/esd-3-109-2012.


• Foster, G. and S. Rahmstorf, 2011: Global temperature evolution 1979–2010. Environmental Research Letters 6, 044022.


• Rahmstorf, S., M. Perrette, and M. Vermeer, 2011: Testing the Robustness of Semi-Empirical Sea Level Projections. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1226-7.


• Hofmann, M., B. Worm, S. Rahmstorf, and H.J. Schellnhuber, 2011: Declining ocean chlorophyll under unabated anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Environmental Research Letters 6, 034035.


• Rahmstorf, S. and M. Vermeer, 2011: Discussion of: Houston, J.R. and Dean, R.G., 2011: Sea-Level Acceleration Based on U.S. Tide Gauges and Extensions of Previous Global-Gauge Analyses. Journal of Coastal Research 27, 784–787.


• Messner, D., H. J. Schellnhuber, S. Rahmstorf, and D. Klingenfeld, 2010: The budget approach: A framework for a global transformation toward a low-carbon economy. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2, 031003.


• Feulner, G. and S. Rahmstorf, 2010: On the effect of a new grand minimum of solar activity on the future climate on Earth. Geophysical Research Letters, 37 (L05707): 5 pp.


• Kuhlbrodt, T. et al, 2009: An Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation. Climatic Change, 96, 489-537.


• Goelzer, H., A. Levermann, and S. Rahmstorf, 2009: Two-way coupling of an ENSO model to the global climate model CLIMBER-3 alpha. Ocean Modelling, 29, 94-101.


• Brovkin, V., A. Ganopolski, D. Archer, and S. Rahmstorf, 2007: Lowering of glacial atmospheric CO2 in response to changes in oceanic circulation and marine biogeochemistry. Paleoceanography, 22.


• Levermann, A., J. Mignot, S. Nawrath, and S. Rahmstorf, 2007: The role of Northern sea ice cover for the weakening of the thermohaline circulation under global warming. Journal Of Climate, 20, 4160-4171.


• Zickfeld, K., A. Levermann, M. G. Morgan, T. Kuhlbrodt, S. Rahmstorf, and D. W. Keith, 2007: Expert judgements on the response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to climate change. Climatic Change, 82, 235-265.


• Kuhlbrodt, T., A. Griesel, M. Montoya, A. Levermann, M. Hofmann, and S. Rahmstorf (2007), On the driving processes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, Rev. Geophys., 45, RG2001, doi:10.1029/2004RG000166.


• Goelzer, H., J. Mignot, A. Levermann, and S. Rahmstorf, 2006: Tropical versus high latitude freshwater influence on the Atlantic circulation. Climate Dynamics, 27, 715-725.


• Schneider von Deimling, T., A. Ganopolski, H. Held, and S. Rahmstorf, 2006: How cold was the Last Glacial Maximum? Geophysical Research Letters, 33, doi:10.1029/2006GL026484.


• Schneider von Deimling, T., H. Held, A. Ganopolski, and S. Rahmstorf, 2006: Climate sensitivity estimated from ensemble simulations of glacial climate, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0126-8.


• Rahmstorf, S., M. Crucifix, A. Ganopolski, H. Goosse, I. V. Kamenkovich, R. Knutti, G. Lohmann, R. Marsh, L. A. Mysak, Z. Wang, and A. J. Weaver, 2005: Thermohaline circulation hysteresis: a model intercomparison. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23605, doi:10.1029/2005GL023655.


• Montoya, M., A. Griesel, A. Levermann, J. Mignot, M. Hofmann, A. Ganopolski, and S. Rahmstorf, 2005: The Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity CLIMBER-3a. Part I: description and performance for present day conditions. Climate Dynamics.


• Levermann, A., A. Griesel, M. Hofmann, M. Montoya, and S. Rahmstorf, 2005: Dynamic sea level changes following changes in the thermohaline circulation. Climate Dynamics, 24, 347-354.


• Rahmstorf, S. and K. Zickfeld, 2005: Thermohaline circulation changes: a question of risk assessment. Climatic Change, 68, 241-247.


• Archer, D., P. Martin, B. Buffett, V. Brovkin, S. Rahmstorf, and A. Ganopolski, 2004: The importance of ocean temperature to global biogeochemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 333-348.


• Rahmstorf, S., et al., 2004: Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide and climate. Eos, 85(4), 38, 41.


• Rahmstorf, S., et al., 2004: Reply. Eos, 85(48), 511.


• Zickfeld, K., T. Slawig, and S. Rahmstorf, 2004. A low-order model for the response of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to climate change. Ocean Dynamics, 54, 8-26.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Timing of abrupt climate change: a precise clock. Geophys. Res. Let., 30, 1510.


• Rahmstorf, S., and R.B. Alley, 2002: Stochastic resonance in glacial climate, Eos, 83 Nr. 12, 129-135.


• Ganopolski, A. and S. Rahmstorf, 2002: Abrupt glacial climate changes due to stochastic resonance. Phys. Rev. Let. 88(3), 038501.


• Mogensen I.A., Johnsen S.J., Ganopolski A., and S. Rahmstorf, 2002: An investigation of rapid warm transitions during MIS2 and MIS3 using Greenland ice-core data and the CLIMBER-2 model. Annals of Glaciology 35, 398-402.


• Titz, S., T. Kuhlbrodt, S. Rahmstorf, and U. Feudel, 2002: On freshwater-dependent bifurcations in box models of the interhemispheric thermohaline circulation. Tellus, 54A, 89-98.


• Morales Maqueda, M. A. and S. Rahmstorf, 2001: Did Antarctic sea ice expansion cause glacial CO2 decline? Geophys. Res. Let., 29, 111-113.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: A simple model of seasonal open-ocean convection. Part I: Theory. Ocean Dyn., 52, 26-35.


• Kuhlbrodt, T., S. Titz, U. Feudel and S. Rahmstorf, 2001: A simple model of seasonal open ocean convection. Part II: Labrador Sea stability and stochastic forcing. Ocean Dyn., 52, 36-49.


• Ganopolski, A., V. Petoukhov, S. Rahmstorf, V. Brovkin, M. Claussen and C. Kubatzki, 2001: CLIMBER-2: A climate system model of intermediate complexity. Part II: Model sensitivity. Clim. Dyn., 17, 735-751


• Rahmstorf, S., 2000: The thermohaline ocean circulation - a system with dangerous thresholds? Climatic Change, 46, 247-256.


• Kubatzki, C., M. Montoya, S. Rahmstorf, A. Ganopolski and M. Claussen, 2000: Comparison of a coupled global model of intermediate complexity and AOGCM for the last interglacial. Clim. Dyn., 16, 799-814.


• Petoukhov, V., A. Ganopolski, V. Brovkin, M. Claussen, A. Eliseev, C. Kubatzki and S. Rahmstorf, 2000: CLIMBER-2: A climate system model of intermediate complexity. Clim. Dyn. 16, 1-17.


• England, M. H. E. and S. Rahmstorf, 1999: Sensitivity of ocean model ventilation time-scales to subgrid-scale mixing in ocean models. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2802-2827.


• Claussen, M., V. Brovkin, A. Ganopolski, C. Kubatzki, V. Petoukhov and S. Rahmstorf, 1999: A new model for climate system analysis: Outline of the model and application to paleoclimate simulations. Environm. Modeling a. Assessm., 4, 209-216.


• Rahmstorf, S. and A. Ganopolski, 1999: Long-term global warming scenarios computed with an efficient coupled climate model. Climatic Change, 43, 353-367.


• Rahmstorf, S. and A. Ganopolski, 1999: Simple theoretical model may explain apparent climate instability. J. Clim., 12, 1349-1352.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1998: Influence of Mediterranean outflow on climate. Eos 79 (24), 281-282.


• Rahmstorf, S. and M. H. England, 1997: The influence of southern hemisphere winds on North Atlantic deep water flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 2040-2054.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1996: On the freshwater forcing and transport of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Clim. Dyn., 12, 799-811.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1996: Comment on "Instability of the thermohaline circulation with respect to mixed boundary conditions". J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 1099-1105.


• Rahmstorf, S. and J. Willebrand, 1995: The role of temperature feedback in stabilizing the thermohaline circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 787-805.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1995: Climate drift in an OGCM coupled to a simple, perfectly matched atmosphere. Clim. Dyn., 11, 447-458.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1995: Multiple convection patterns and thermohaline flow in an idealised OGCM. J. Clim., 8, 3028-3039.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1992: Modelling ocean temperatures and mixed-layer depths in the Tasman Sea off the South Island, New Zealand. N. Z. J. Mar. and Freshwater Res., 26, 37-51.


• Rahmstorf, S. 1991: A zonal-averaged model of the ocean's response to climatic change. J. Geophys. Res., 96 (C4), 6951-6963.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1989: Improving the accuracy of wind speed observations from ships. Deep Sea Research, 36, 1267-1276.


• Rose, B., S. Rahmstorf, H. Dehnen, 1988: Propagation of self-gravitating density waves in the deDonder gauge on a gravitational background field. Gen. Relativity Grav., 20, 1193-1201.

Book chapters (incomplete list)

• Rahmstorf, S., 2022: Klima und Wetter bei 3 Grad mehr (pdf)


• Rahmstorf, S., 2013: Der Klimawandel und seine Folgen für das Erdsystem, in Rolle der Wissenschaft im globalen Wandel, edited by D. Drenckhahn and J. Hacker, pp. 71-83, Leopoldina, Halle.


• Rahmstorf, S. and G. Feulner, 2013: Paleoclimatic Ocean Circulation and Sea-Level Changes In: Ocean Circulation and Climate, Editors: Siedler, G., S.M. Griffies, J. Gould, J.A. Church: Oxford : Academic Press. p. 31-56.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Climate Change: State of the Science. In: Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge. Earthscan: Oxon, U.K. p. 3-11.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Herausforderung Klimaschutz: Die naturwissenschaftliche Basis. In: 20 Jahre Recht der Erneuerbaren Energien. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft: Baden-Baden. p. 27-33.


• Rahmstorf, S., et al., 2010: Scientific understanding of climate change and consequences for a global deal. In Global Sustainability - A Nobel Cause, H.J. Schellnhuber, et al., Editors. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 67-80.


• Messner, D. and S. Rahmstorf, 2010: Tipping points in the earth system and their implications for world politics and economy. In Global Trends 2010, T. Debiel, Editor. S. Fischer Verlag: Frankfurt am Main. p. 63-80.


• Messner, D. and S. Rahmstorf, 2010: Kipp-Punkte im Erdsystem und ihre Auswirkungen auf Weltpolitik und Wirtschaft. In Globale Trends 2010, T. Debiel, Editor. S. Fischer Verlag: Frankfurt am Main. p. 261-280.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: Die globale Erwärmung. In: Jahrhundertproblem Klimawandel, S. Böhler, Editor. Wochenschau Verlag: Schwalbach. p. 17-42.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2008: Anthropogenic Climate Change: Revisiting the Facts. In: Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto., E. Zedillo, Ed., Brookings Institution Press, Washington, pp. 34-53.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels. In Der UN-Weltklimareport, M. Müller, U. Fuentes, and H. Kohl, Editors. Kiepenheuer und Witsch: Köln. p. 190-194.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2006: Thermohaline Ocean Circulation. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences, Edited by S. A. Elias. Elsevier, Amsterdam.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2006: Global climate change: What can we learn from the past? in Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change, edited by G. Winter, pp. 67-76, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.


• Rahmstorf, S. and F. Sirocko, 2004:Modes of Oceanic and Atmospheric Circulation During the Quaternary, in Earth System Analysis for Sustainability. Berlin. p. 129-142.


• Rahmstorf, S. and T.F. Stocker, 2004: Thermohaline Circulation: Past Changes and Future Surprises? In: A Planet Under Pressure - Global Change and the Earth System, W. Steffen, Editor. Springer: Berlin. p. 240-241.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2004: Abrupt climate change. In Weather catastrophes and climate change - Is there still hope for us? , Munich Re, Editor. pg-verlag: Munich. p. 70-75.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2004: Abrupte Klimawechsel. In Wetterkatastrophen und Klimawandel - Sind wir noch zu retten?, Münchner Rückversicherung, Editor. pg-verlag: München. p. 70-75.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2004: The climate skeptics. In Weather catastrophes and climate change - Is there still hope for us? , Munich Re, Editor. pg-verlag: Munich. p. 76-83.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2004: Die Klimaskeptiker. In Wetterkatastrophen und Klimawandel - Sind wir noch zu retten?, Münchner Rückversicherung, Editor. pg-verlag: München. p. 76-83.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Thermohaline circulation changes. In McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, edited by E. Geller, McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 425-427.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Abrupt Climate Change. In Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, edited by J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and  K. Turekian, Academic Press, London, pp. 1-6.


• Ganopolski, A. and S. Rahmstorf, 2001: Stability and variability of the thermohaline circulation in the past and future: a study with a coupled model of intermediate complexity. In The Oceans and Rapid Climate Change: Past, Present and Future, edited by D. Seidov, M. Maslin and B. J. Haupt, AGU, Washington, pp. 261-275.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2000: Ocean currents and climate change. In Climate Impact Research: Why, How and When?, edited by B. Parthier and D. Simon, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, pp. 37-45.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2000: Anthropogenic climate change: the risk of unpleasant surprises. In Flexible mechanisms for an efficient climate policy, edited by K. L. Brockmann and M. Stronzik, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 7-11.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1999: Rapid transitions of the thermohaline ocean circulation - a modelling perspective. In Reconstructing ocean history: A window into the future, edited by F. Abrantes and A.C. Mix, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, pp. 139-149.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1999: Decadal variability of the thermohaline circulation. In Beyond El Niño: Decadal and interdecadal climate variability, edited by A. Navarra, Springer, pp. 309-332.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1998: The ocean in the climate system. In From urban air pollution to extra-solar planets, ERCA Vol. 3, edited by C. Boutron, Les Editions de Physique, Les Ulis.


• Rahmstorf, S., J. Marotzke and J. Willebrand, 1996: Stability of the thermohaline circulation. In The warm water sphere of the North Atlantic ocean, edited by W. Krauss, Borntraeger, Stuttgart, pp. 129-158.

Books

• Rahmstorf, S. 2012: Wolken, Wind & Wetter. Alles, was man über Wetter und Klima wissen muss. DVA Sachbuch, 224 Seiten.
  Aktualisierte Neuausgabe 2023: Impian Verlag.


• Archer, D. and S. Rahmstorf, 2010: The Climate Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 249 pages.


• Rahmstorf, S. and K. Richardson, 2009: Our Threatened Oceans. London: Haus Publishing. 240 pages.


• Rahmstorf, S. and K. Richardson, 2007: Wie bedroht sind die Ozeane? Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. 280 pages.


• Rahmstorf, S. and H.J. Schellnhuber, 2006: Der Klimawandel. Munich: Beck Verlag. 144 pages.

Reports

• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2013: Welt im Wandel: Menschheitserbe Meer. Berlin: WBGU. 385 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2013: World in Transition: Governing the Marine Heritage. Berlin: WBGU. 362 pages.


• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2011: Welt im Wandel: Gesellschaftsvertrag für eine Große Transformation. Berlin: WBGU. 420 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2011: World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability. Berlin: WBGU. 400 pages.


• Allison, I. et al, 2009: The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science. Sydney: University of New South Wales. 60 pages.


• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2009: Kassensturz für den Weltklimavertrag - Der Budgetansatz. Berlin: WBGU. 58 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2009: Solving the climate dilemma: The budget approach. Berlin: WBGU. 58 pages.


• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2008: Zukunftsfähige Bioenergie und nachhaltige Landnutzung. Berlin: WBGU. 388 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2008: World in Transition: Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use. Berlin: WBGU. 388 pages.


• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2007: Welt im Wandel: Sicherheitsrisiko Klimawandel. Berlin: WBGU. 268 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2007: World in Transition: Climate Change as a Security Risk. Berlin: WBGU. 248 pages.


• WBGU - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen, 2006: Die Zukunft der Meere – zu warm, zu hoch, zu sauer. Berlin: WBGU. 114 pages.


• WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2006: The Future Oceans - Warming Up, Rising High, Turning Sour. Berlin: WBGU. 110 pages.

Popular Science (incomplete list)

[Blog articles are not listed - see links to weblogs on right]

• Rahmstorf, S. 2016: Climate Science. Alliance Magazine, Issue June 2016.


• Rahmstorf, S. 2015: The Wild Ocean. LA+ Design Journal, Issue 1.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2015: Gefährliche Ignoranz. ZEO2 (3/2015).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2015: Erst die Dürre, dann der Krieg. ZEO2 (2/2015).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2015: In Rekordlaune. ZEO2 (1/2015).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2014: Eisschild im freien Fall. ZEO2 (4/2014).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2014: So billig wäre der Klimaschutz. ZEO2 (3/2014).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2014: Rückfall ins klimapolitische Mittelalter. ZEO2 (2/2014).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2014: Bild des Wandels. ZEO2 (1/2014).


• Wergen, G., et al. 2014: Klimarekorde. Spektrum (2/2014).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2013: Verharmloste Umdeutung. ZEO2 (4/2013).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2013: The known knowns of climate change. Project Syndicate, 18.9.2013.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2013: Eine Chance für die Meere. ZEO2 (2/2013).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2013: Zwei Grad sind möglich! ZEO2 (1/2013).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Das Eis und Du. ZEO2 (4/2012).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Immer mehr schwarze Schwäne. ZEO2 (3/2012).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Eispanzer könnte bald Geschichte sein. ZEO2 (2/2012).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Klimawandel: Die Ausgewogenheitsfalle und andere Probleme. In: Recherche Reloaded, Was Journalisten von anderen Rechercheberufen lernen können. nr-Werkstatt Nr. 21, Netzwerk Recherche, März 2012.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Welche Rolle spielt die Sonne? Spektrum.de, 08.02.2012.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Durban und die große Transformation. ZEO2 (1/2012).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Melting on Top of the World. Project Syndicate, 10.09.2012.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: If 2013 breaks heat record, how will deniers respond? New Scientist, 03.09.2012.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2012: Der Trend geht klar nach oben. Spektrum.de, 12.09.2012.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Der kälteste Juli des Jahrtausends. ZEO2 (4/2011).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Mit diesem Risiko ist etwas faul. ZEO2 (3/2011).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Ökostrom, EU und Du. ZEO2 (2/2011).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Vergesst Amerika! ZEO2 (1/2011).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Aus dem Physiklabor auf die international Agenda. SENCKENBERG natur, forschung, museum, 141 (1/2 2011).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: The Vanishing Arctic. Project Syndicate, 17.10.2011.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2011: Our Summer of Extremes. Project Syndicate, 16.08.2010.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: The Heat Age. Project Syndicate. 15.06.2010


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: Das Jahrzehnt der Wetterextreme. ZEO2 (4/2010).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: Neue Qualität des Surrealen. ZEO2 (2/2010).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: Die Kopenhagen-Diagnose. ZEO2 (1/2010).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: Es gibt keinen IPCC-Skandal. The European, 28.02.2010.


• Rahmstorf, S., et al., 2010: IPCC errors: facts and spin. The Guardian, 15.02.2010.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2010: Will this summer of extremes be a wake-up call? The Guardian, 16.08.2010.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: Climate sceptics confuse the public by focusing on short-term fluctuations. The Guardian, 09.03.2009.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: We must shake off this inertia to keep sea level rises to a minimum. The Guardian, 03.03.2009.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: Last Exit Copenhagen. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Dez. 2009.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: Wie wäre es mit Sachargumenten? Spektrum.de, 11.12.2009.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: The Scientific Road to Copenhagen. Project Syndicate. 01.12.2009.


• Schneider von Deimling, T. and S. Rahmstorf, 2009: Die Wetter-Zurücksage. forschung(4/2009).


• Rahmstorf, S., 2009: The BBC should report climate change facts rather than political spin. Guardian online, 19 Oct 2009.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Klimawandel - einige Fakten. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 47, pp. 7-13.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Die Vorboten ernst nehmen. Politische Ökologie, 106-107, pp. 16-20.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels. In: Der UN-Weltklimareport, M. Müller, U. Fuentes, and H. Kohl, Eds., Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 190-194.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Alles nur Klimahysterie? Universitas 9/2007, pp. 895-913.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Six degrees: Our future on a hotter planet. Nature, 448, pp. 136-136.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Die Wahrheit zum Klima. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10.4.2007.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: Al Gore's "Unbequeme Wahrheit": Fachlich korrekt? Tagesspiegel, 21.3.2007.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2007: The IPCC sea level numbers. RealClimate.org, 27.3.2007.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2005: Kampf um zwei Grad Celsius. tageszeitung, 18.11.2005.


• Rahmstorf, S. Bahnfahrt nach Dresden, in: Im Klimawandel angekommen. Was nun? (ed. D. Lehmann), pp. 15-18 (Projekte-Verlag, Halle, 2005).


• Rahmstorf, S. and U. Neu, 2004: Klimawandel und CO2: haben die "Skeptiker" recht?


• Scott, E. C., .... [S. Rahmstorf] et al. 2004. The Morphology of Steve. Annals of Improbable Research, July/August. pp. 24-29.


• Solanki, S., A. Ohmura, J. Beer, C. Fröhlich, M. Latif, S. Rahmstorf, C. Schönwiese, U. Neu, 2003: Sonne spielt nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Chemische Rundschau, Juli 2003.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Golfstrom. In: Öko Lexikon, edited by U.E. Simonis, Verlag C.H. Beck, pp. 94-95.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Flutkatastrophe - befinden wir uns im Klimawandel? In: Brockhaus Jahrbuch 2002, Brockhaus Verlag, pp. 140-143.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2003: Rote Karte für die Leugner, Bild der Wissenschaft 1/2003, pp. 56-61.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2002: Klimawandel - ein Fall für Physiker, Portal (1-2), 26.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2002: Flotte Kurven, dünne Daten, DIE ZEIT, 37/2002.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2002: Warum das Eiszeitklima Kapriolen schlug, Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Dossier 1/2002), 48-49.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Ozeane und marine Zirkulationssysteme. In: Brockhaus Weltatlas, edited by J. Radtke, Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig, pp. 18-19.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Der globale Klimawandel und die Rolle des Menschen. In: Brockhaus Weltatlas, edited by J. Radtke, Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig, pp. 24-25.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Warum das Eiszeitklima Kapriolen schlug, Spektrum der Wissenschaft (September), 12-13.


• Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Treibhauseffekt und Klimawandel. Schriftenreihe der Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung, Heft 22. Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung, Jena, 16 pp.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1999: Die Welt fährt Achterbahn. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3. Juli.


• Rahmstorf, S. and M. Claussen, 1998: Eiszeitsimulation im Computer. Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Mai 1998), 16-22.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1997: An Atlantic Conveyor - Refinement of a Good Idea. Ocean Challenge, 7 (3), 26-27.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1997: Ice-cold in Paris. New Scientist (8 February 1997), 26-30.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1995: Risiko von Strömungsveränderungen im Atlantik. Tagesspiegel (26. Februar 1995).


• Rahmstorf, S., 1993: Science and politics in the greenhouse. New Scientist, 46-47.

Newsletters

• Schneider von Deimling, T., H. Held, A. Ganopolski and S. Rahmstorf, 2008: Are paleo-proxy data helpful for constraining future climate change? PAGES News, 16(2), 20-21.


• Montoya, M, V. Brovkin, S. Rahmstorf and M. Claussen, 2002: Paleoperspectives on global sustainability. Global Change Newsletter 52, 16-19.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1994: An energy-balance boundary condition for ocean climate models. Ocean Modelling, 102, 9-11.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1994: Multiple equilibria of an OGCM caused by different convection patterns. Ocean Modelling, 103, 2-3.


• Rahmstorf, S., 1993: A fast and complete convection scheme for ocean models. Ocean Modelling, 101, 9-11.

 

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