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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1191-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1191-2018
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The climate of a retrograde rotating Earth
Uwe Mikolajewicz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Florian Ziemen
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Guido Cioni
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Martin Claussen
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Universität Hamburg, Meteorologisches Institut, Bundesstr. 55, Hamburg, Germany
Klaus Fraedrich
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Universität Hamburg, Meteorologisches Institut, Bundesstr. 55, Hamburg, Germany
Marvin Heidkamp
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Cathy Hohenegger
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Diego Jimenez de la Cuesta
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Marie-Luise Kapsch
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Alexander Lemburg
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Thorsten Mauritsen
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Katharina Meraner
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Niklas Röber
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Bundesstr. 45a, Hamburg, Germany
Hauke Schmidt
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Katharina D. Six
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Irene Stemmler
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Talia Tamarin-Brodsky
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Alexander Winkler
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
Xiuhua Zhu
Universität Hamburg, Meteorologisches Institut, Bundesstr. 55, Hamburg, Germany
Bjorn Stevens
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, Hamburg, Germany
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Latest update: 12 Apr 2025
Short summary
Model experiments show that changing the sense of Earth's rotation has relatively little impact on the globally and zonally averaged energy budgets but leads to large shifts in continental climates and patterns of precipitation. The retrograde world is greener as the desert area shrinks. Deep water formation shifts from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific with subsequent changes in ocean overturning. Over large areas of the Indian Ocean, cyanobacteria dominate over bulk phytoplankton.
Model experiments show that changing the sense of Earth's rotation has relatively little impact...
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