Conveners: Katinka Bellomo (Università di Padova), Anita Di Chiara (INGV, Roma), Roberta D'Agostino (ISAC-CNR, Lecce), Francesco Marra (Università di Padova)
katinka.bellomo@unipd.it
katinka.bellomo@unipd.it
Understanding the Earth's climate evolution through time requires an interdisciplinary approach. Climate models are essential tools for exploring interactions between climate subsystems-such as the atmosphere, oceans, and solid Earth—and for assessing their response to past and future climate forcings. However, the inherent biases and complexity of these models limit our ability to fully understand intricate climate changes. Furthermore, their coarse resolutions prevent us from capturing the interactions between variations in weather regimes and sedimentary records. Paleoclimate reconstructions together with modern observations provide the most accurate benchmarks for validating climate models, yet they are constrained by limited spatial and temporal coverage. Combining globally resolving, albeit imperfect, climate models with precise but sparse observational reconstructions holds great promise for advancing our understanding of Earth's history and preparing for future climate change impacts. This session invites both modeling and all types of observational studies (e.g., direct observations, indirect proxy-based datasets, syntheses, or reconstructions) that address these challenges using diverse and innovative scientific tools.