title: Abrupt climate change and thermohaline circulation: mechanisms and predictability.
abstract: The ocean's thermohaline circulation has long been recognized as potentially unstable and has consequently been invoked as a potential cause of abrupt climate change on all timescales of decades and longer. However, fundamental aspects of thermohaline circulation changes remain poorly understood.
authors.affiliation: School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marotzke