Scientific publications

This page presents a list of the scientific publications (peer-reviewed articles) published (top) and in preparation (bottom).

Published articles

Occurrence of an unusual extensive ice-free feature within the pack ice of the central Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Authors: Babula Jena, John Turner, Tylei Reeves-Francois, C. C Bajish, Caroline Holmes, Thomas Caton Harrison, Tony Phillips & Zhaomin Wang. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol. 7. Published: 29 June 2024.

An Ocean Practices Maturity Model: From Good to Best Practices. Authors: Carlo Mantovani, Jay Pearlman, Anna Rubio, Rachel Przeslawski, Mark Bushnell, Pauline Simpson, Lorenzo Corgnati, Enrique Alvarez, Simone Cosoli. Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol. 11. Published: 20 August 2024.

The Crucial Role of the Subpolar North Atlantic for Skillful Decadal Climate Predictions. Authors: Annika Drews, Torben Schmith, Tian Tian, Yiguo Wang, Marion Devilliers, Noel S. Keenlyside, Shuting Yang, Steffen M. Olsen. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 51, No. 16. Published: 20 August 2024.

The Coldest And Densest Overflow Branch Into The North Atlantic is Stable in Transport, But Warming. Authors: Karin M. H. Larsen, Bogi Hansen, Hjálmar Hátún, Guðrið E. Johansen, Svein Østerhus, Steffen M. Olsen. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 51, No. 16. Published: 21 August 2024.

The Ocean Carbon Sink Enhances Countries’ Inclusive Wealth and Reduces the Cost of National Climate Policies. Authors: Wilfried Rickels, Felix Meier, Sonja Peterson, Sina Rühland, Sneha Thube, Johannes Karstensen, Conny Posern, Claudia Wolff, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Patricia Grasse, Martin Quaas. Nature, Communications Earth and Environment, Vol. 5. Published: 17 September 2024.

Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea: A Literature Review. Authors: Sofia Darmaraki, Dimitra Denaxa, Iason Theodorou, Eleni Livanou, Dionysia Rigatou, Dionysios Raitsos E., Orestis Stavrakidis-Zachou, Donna Dimarchopoulou, Giulia Bonino, Ronan McAdam, Emanuele Organelli, Alexia Pitsouni, Antonios Parasyris. Mediterranean Marine Science, Vol. 25, No. 3. Published: 7 October 2024.

Assessing the Representation of Arctic Sea Ice and the Marginal Ice Zone in Ocean–Sea Ice Reanalyses. Authors: Francesco Cocetta, Lorenzo Zampieri, Julia Selivanova, Doroteaciro Iovino. The Cryosphere, Vol. 18, No. 10. Published: 15 October 2024.

A Novel Ensemble-Based Parameter Estimation for Improving Ocean Biogeochemistry in an Earth System Model. Authors: Tarkeshwar Singh, François Counillon, Jerry Tjiputra, Yiguo Wang. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol. 17. Published: 25 February 2025.

Ocean heat content in 2024. Authors: Yuying Pan, Audrey Minière, Karina von Schuckmann, Zhi Li, Yuanlong Li, Lijing Cheng, Jiang Zhu. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Vol. 6, 249–251 (2025). Published: 11 April 2025.

On the wind-driven European shelf sea-level variability and the associated oceanic circulation. Authors: Sam T. Diabaté, Neil J. Fraser, Martin White, Barbara Berx, Louis Marié, Gerard D. McCarthy. Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 291. Published: 15 April 2025.

Constraining CMIP6 simulations for Atlantic Water in the Arctic using an AMOC-SST index. Authors: Marion Devilliers, Steffen M. Olsen, Helene R. Langehaug, Chuncheng Guo, Rashed Mahmood, Tian Tian, Shuting Yang. Frontiers in Climate, Vol. 7. Published: 30 April 2025.

Kuroshio Extension and Gulf Stream dominate the Eddy Kinetic Energy intensification observed in the Global Ocean. Authors: Bàrbara Barceló-Llull, Pere Rosselló, Vincent Combes, Antonio Sánchez-Román, M. Isabelle Pujol, Ananda Pascual. Scientific Reports, Vol. 15. Published: 1 July 2025.

Mediterranean summer marine heatwaves triggered by weaker winds under subtropical ridges. Authors: Giulia Bonino, Ronan McAdam, Panos Athanasiadis, Leone Cavicchia, Regina R. Rodrigues , Enrico Scoccimarro, Stefano Tibaldi, Simona Masina. Nature Geoscience. Published: 14 August 2025.

Surface and subsurface biogeochemical impacts of the 2019 Northeast Pacific marine heatwave. Authors: C. Kohlman, S. Mogen, J. T. Cohen, J. Araujo, E. Beaudin, G. Bonino, A. Gagliardi, and N. S. Lovenduski. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 52. Published: 18 August 2025.

Reduced transport of overflow water in the West Greenland boundary current system: The role of upstream entrainment. Authors: Yan Sun, Robert S. Pickart, Peigen Lin, Astrid Pacini, Andreas Macrander, Karin-Margretha H. Larsen, Hjálmar Hátún, Eleanor Frajka-Williams, Jian Lan, Ahmad Fehmi Dilmahamod. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 55, No. 11. Published: 21 August 2025.

Tracking Marine Heatwaves in the Balearic Sea: Temperature Trends and the Role of Detection Methods, Authors: B. Fernández-Álvarez, Barceló-Llull, B., and Pascual, A. Ocean Science, Vol. 21, No. 5. Published: 15 September 2025.

Dispersion monitoring services in the Mediterranean Sea: A multi-model statistical approach. Authors: Beatrice Maddalena Scotto, Andrea Lira Loarca, Antonio Novellino, Giovanni Besio. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 222. Published: 24 September 2025.

Northern North Atlantic climate variability controls on ocean carbon sinks in EC-Earth3-CC. Authors: Anna Pedersen, Carolin R. Löscher, and Steffen M. Olsen. Biogeosciences, Vol. 22, No. 18. Published: 26 September 2025.

Characterizing the interannual variability of North Atlantic subpolar overturning. Authors: Yao Fu, M. Susan Lozier, Amy Bower, Kristin Burmeister, Tiago Carrilho Biló, Frédéric Cyr, Stuart A. Cunningham, Brad deYoung, Ahmad Fehmi Dilmahamod, M. Femke de Jong, Nora Fried, N. Penny Holliday, Neil J. Fraser, William E. Johns, Feili Li, Johannes Karstensen, Robert S. Pickart, Fiammetta Straneo, Igor Yashayaev. Geophysical Research LettersVol. 52, No. 19. Published: 27 September 2025.

Characteristics of Mesoscale-to-Submesoscale Eddies in the Labrador Sea: Insights from Ship Observations. Authors: Arne Bendinger, Ahmad Fehmi Dilmahamod, Aurélie Albert, Julien Le Sommer, Johannes Karstensen. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 55, No. 11. Published: 20 October 2025

Global Ocean Indicators: Marking Pathways at the Science-Policy Nexus. Authors: Karina von Schuckmann, Alex Godoy-Faundez, Véronique Garçon, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Karen Evans, Ward Appeltans, Narissa Bax, Lisandro Benedetti Cecchi, Anthony Bernard, Kim Bernard, Jarret Byrnes, Gabrielle Canonico, Lucille Chapuis, Malcolm R. Clark, Audrey M. Darnaude, Claire Davies, Pia Englyst, Agneta Fransson, Samantha Hallam, Emma Heslop, Elisabeth Holland, Maria Hood, Stefan Kern, Aurélien Liné, Ana Lara-Lopez, Nora Loose, Belén Martín Míguez, Clive R. McMahon, Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Joanna Post, Sabrina Speich, Adrienne Sutton, Toste Tanhua, Maciej Telszewski, Dimitris Poursanidis, Weidong Yu. Marine Policy Journal, Vol. 184. Published: February 2026.

In preparation and/ or in review

Eddy Kinetic Energy Variability From 30 Years of Altimetry in the Mediterranean Sea. Authors: Hargous Paul, Combes Vincent, Barceló-Llull Bàrbara, Pascual Ananda

A fundamental issue in marine heatwave research. Authors: G. Liguori, Dommenget, Di Lorenzo

Global ocean change in the era of the triple planetary crisis. Authors: Karina Von Schuckmann, Flora Gues, Lorena Moreira, Aurélien Liné and Alvaro de Pascual

Ocean change in the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas: A multi-dimensional challenge for the environment, society, and economy. Authors: Karina Von Schuckmann, Flora Gues, Lorena Moreira, Aurélien Liné and Alvaro de Pascual

Observed large-scale and deep-reaching compound ocean state changes over the past 60 years. Authors: Zhetao Tan, Karina von Schuckmann, Sabrina Speich, Laurent Bopp, Jiang Zhu, Lijing Cheng

A Climate Data Record of Sea Ice Age Using Lagrangian Advection of a Triangular Mesh. Authors: Anton Korosov, Léo Edel, Heather Regan, Thomas Lavergne, Emily Jane Down, and Signe Aaboe

The added value of Med-CORDEX Coupled Simulations for Sea Surface Temperature and Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea. Authors: De Rovere et al.

Role of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration on biometric health indicators on suspended blue mussels (Mytilus sp.) in Irish waters from 1992-2022. Authors: Morris, Kirsty J., McHugh, Brendan, Hallam, Samantha, O’Neill, Rebecca, McCarthy, Gerard D.

Hurricane Intensity in the Carribean – Past present and future and the relationship with ocean temperature. Authors: Samantha Hallam, Jake Hallam, Randy Aird, Donovan Campbell, Gerard D. McCarthy, Mark Guishard,

Gyre slowdown fuels Lofoten Basin warming and marine heatwaves. Authors: Sourav Chatterjee, Roshin P Raj, Dimitra Denaxa, Ronan McAdam, Alex Hayward, Ranith R Pillai

Reversible Atlantic overturning despite Greenland Ice Sheet melt. Authors: C Guo, S Yang, I Schiller-Weiss, J Bernales, SM Olsen, T Koenigk, R Mahmood, T Tian, K Wyser