Martin Butzin

Physicist, research interests: Earth system modeling and tracers in the climate system

Current research projects

Radiocarbon in the glacial ocean and atmosphere

Climate change in Western Siberia (carried out at AWI Bremerhaven, see below)

Recent publications

M. Butzin, M. Prange, and G. Lohmann (2012): Readjustment of glacial radiocarbon chronologies by self-consistent three-dimensional ocean circulation modeling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 177-184, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.046.

X. Zhang, M. Prange, S. Steph, M. Butzin, U. Krebs, D. J. Lunt, K. H. Nisancioglu, A. Schmittner, W. Park, B. Schneider, and M. Schulz (2012): Changes in equatorial Pacific thermocline depth in response to Panamanian Seaway closure: Insights from a multi-model study. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 76-84, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.028.

G. Knorr, M. Butzin, A. Micheels, and G. Lohmann (2011): A warm Miocene climate at low atmospheric CO₂ levels . Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20701, doi:10.1029/2011GL048873.

T. Hesse, M. Butzin, T. Bickert, and G. Lohmann (2011): A model-data model-data comparison of δ¹³C in the glacial Atlantic Ocean. Paleoceanography, 26, PA3220, doi:10.1029/2010PA002085.

M. Butzin, G. Lohmann, and T. Bickert (2011): Miocene ocean circulation inferred from marine carbon cycle modeling combined with benthic isotope records. Paleoceanography, 26, PA1203, doi:10.1029/2009PA001901.

S. Kusch, Y. Kashiyama, N. O. Ogawa, M. Altabet, M. Butzin, J. Friedrich, N. Ohkouchi, and G. Mollenhauer (2010): Implications for chloro- and pheopigment synthesis and preservation from combined compound-specific δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and Δ¹⁴C analysis. Biogeosciences, Vol. 7, pp. 4105-4118, doi:10.5194/bg-7-4105-2010.

A.-J. Henrot, L. François, E. Favre, M. Butzin, M. Ouberdous, and G. Munhoven (2010): Effects of CO₂, continental distribution, topography and vegetation changes on the climate at the Middle Miocene: a model study. Climate of the Past, Vol. 6, pp. 675-694, doi:10.5194/cp-6-675-2010.

Link to some older publications

Popular science (and environmental politics)

M. Butzin (1998): Fakten und Prognosen - der aktuelle Stand der Klimaforschung. In Klimawende: Schritte gegen den Treibhauseffekt, ed. by Robin Wood e. V., pp. 11-48, Göttingen, ISBN 3-89533-180-5 (in German).

Contact:

Dr. Martin Butzin
*** New affiliation: ***
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Climate Sciences / Paleoclimate Dynamics
Bussestr. 24
D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany

This homepage will not be updated anymore. Link to my new homepage at AWI

Last change: 20 April 2012.