Communications

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Seminars

28/06/2017 Modelling the climate of the Pliocene, 3 million years ago : from the origins of humankind to future climate change, University of Reading, United Kingdom. Invited by Sandy Harrison.

7/12/2015 Caractérisation des réponses et des rétroactions du système Terre en période chaude grâce à la modélisation paléoclimatique, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence.

Conferences

2018

Dynamics of East Asian summer monsoon in past and future warmer climates: mid-Pliocene versus RCP4.5 scenario by Yong Sun et al., EGU 2018, poster.

2017

Schuster, M., Nutz, A., Bouchette, F., Contoux, C., Ghienne, J.-F. Wind-driven hydrodynamics and sediment transfers in a large rift lake (Lake Turkana, Kenya),

International Meeting of Sedimentology, IAS-ASF joint meeting, Toulouse, octobre 2017, poster.

Contoux, C., Bondeau, A., Barrier, N., Sylvestre, F. Variability of Sahel rainfall and Lake Chad extent during the Pliocene reconstructed by a chain of models,

5th PAGES Open Science Meeting, Zaragoza, May 2017, poster.

Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Banks, W., Sepulchre, P., Schuster, M., Zhang, Z. African climate and vegetation at the roots of humankind during the Pliocene, EGU 2017, Vienna, April 2017, oral presentation (sollicited talk).

Ramstein, G., Tan, N., Ladant, J.-B., Dumas, C., Contoux, C. Towards Greenland Glaciation: cumulative or abrupt transition? EGU 2017, Vienna, April 2017

2016

Tan, N., Ramstein, G., Dumas, C., Ladant, J.-B., Contoux, C. Providing favorable conditions to simulate the mid to late Pliocene glaciations (3.3-2.5 Ma), AGU 2016, San Francisco, December 2016.

Contoux, C., Zhang, Z., De Schepper, S., Li, C., Nisancioglu, K., Risebrobakken, B. Drastic changes in the Nordic Seas oceanic circulation and deepwater formation in a Pliocene context, EGU 2016, Vienna, April 2016, oral presentation.

Contoux, C., Bondeau, A., Barrier, N., Sylvestre, F. Downscaling precipitation in the Sahara-Sahelian region during the Holocene in order to decipher the paleo-variations of Lake Chad. EGU 2016, Vienna, April 2016, poster.

Ramstein, G., Zhang, Z., Le Hir, G., Contoux, C., Donnadieu, Y., Dumas, C., Schuster, M., Li, C. Unexpected climatic impacts of orbital forcing out of the Quaternary. EGU 2016, Vienna, April 2016.

Tan, N., Dumas, C., Ladant, J.-B., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C. Towards Greenland Glaciation: cumulative or abrupt transition? EGU 2016, Vienna, April 2016.

Tan, N., Ramstein, G., Dumas, C., Contoux, C. MIS M2 initiation and termination link to the shallow CAS open and close? EGU 2016, Vienna, April 2016.

2015

Ramstein, G., Zhang, Z.-S., Schuster, M., Li, C., Contoux, C., Yan Q.: Long term past and future climate sensitivity to orbital forcing, IUGG 2015, Prague, June 2015.

Sun, Y., Zhou, T., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Zhang, Z. Drivers and mechanisms for enhanced summer monsoon precipitation over East Asia during the mid-Pliocene in the IPSL-CM5A, IUGG 2015, Prague, June 2015.

Tan, N., Dumas, C., Ladant, J.-B., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Donnadieu, Y. Towards Greenland Glaciation: cumulative or abrupt transition? IUGG 2015, Prague, June 2015.

Tan, N., Ramstein, G., Dumas, C., Sepulchre, P., Contoux, C., De Schepper, S. Modeling MIS M2 glacial period during the early late warm Pliocene: Sensitivity experiment with shallow open Panama isthmus. IUGG 2015, Prague, June 2015.

Contoux, C., Zhang, Z.-S., Li, C., Nisancioglu, K., Risebrobakken, B.: Impact of increased salinity in the Mediterranean Sea on simulated Atlantic oceanic circulation during the Pliocene with NorESM, RCMNS colloquium Mediterranean-Atlantic gateways, Rabat, May 2015, oral presentation.

2014

Contoux, C., Zhang, Z.-S., Li, C., Nisancioglu, K., Risebrobakken, B.: How to sustain warm Northern high latitutes during the Late Pliocene ? Roles of CO2, orbital changes and Mediterranean salinity on oceanic circulation, AGU 2014, San Francisco, December 2014, poster.

Zhang, Z.-S., Ramstein, G., Schuster, M., Li, C., Contoux, C. and Yan, Q.: Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene, AGU 2014, San Francisco, December 2014.

Tan, N., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Ladant, J.-B., Dumas, C., Donnadieu, Y.: Towards Greenland glaciation: cumulative or abrupt transition?, AGU 2014, San Francisco, December 2014.

Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Sepulchre, P. and Schuster, M.: From Toumai to Lucy: climate and orographic forcing on Environment and Early Human. EGU 2014, Vienna, April 2014.

2013

Mattio, L., Sepulchre, P., Contoux, C., Kageyama, M., Dixon, R. and Bolton, J.: Using different paleo-scenarios and a molecular clock to explain the antitropical distribution of Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus. 10th International Phycological Congress, Orlando, August 2013.

Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A., Sepulchre, P., Schuster, M. and Braconnot, P.: African monsoon variations and persistence of the Megalake Chad during the late Pliocene. EGU 2013, Vienna, April 2013, oral presentation.

Contoux, C., Dumas, C., Ramstein, G. and Jost, A.: Greenland Ice Sheet during the Pliocene climate : a sensitivity study to CO2 level and orbital configuration. EGU 2013, Vienna, April 2013.

Sun, Y., Ramstein, G., Zhou, T., and Contoux, C.: Mid-Pliocene climate an analogue for near future climate? EGU 2013, Vienna, April 2013.

Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A., Schuster, M., Sepulchre, P., Braconnot, P.: Megalake Chad occurrences in the Pliocene: an insight into early hominid environment. 4th PAGES Open Science Meeting, Goa, February 2013, poster.

2012

Contoux, C., Jost, A., Sepulchre, P., Ramstein, G.: Modelling the mid-Pliocene Warm Period with the IPSL-GCM: contribution to PlioMIP and feedback mechanisms from the presence of Mega-Lake Chad. EGU 2012, Vienna, April 2012, poster.

Hamon, N., Sepulchre, P., Contoux, C., Jaeger, J.-J. and Ramstein, G.: Middle Miocene Hominoids dispersion and radiation: impact of climate and vegetation changes in Europe. EGU 2012, Vienna, April 2012.

Workshops & meetings

2019

Contoux, C., Tan, N., Marti, O., Kageyama, M., Sepulchre, P., Ramstein, G.: PlioMIP2 : the climate of 3 millions years ago with IPSL-CM6-LR. Atelier CMIP6-CLIMERI, Bordeaux, France, May 2019

2016

Contoux, C., Sylvestre, F., Bondeau, A., Barrier, N., Ramstein, G., Zhang, Z., Schuster, M.: Climate and environment in the Chad basin from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. ICDP workshop Chadrill, Aix-en-Provence, France, September 2016. Organised by F. Sylvestre.

Contoux, C., Sylvestre, F., Bondeau, A., Barrier, N.: Bridging the gap between models and data in the Sahara/Sahel during the Late Quaternary. Workshop The Environmental History of Africa since the Last Ice Age: Climate, Humans and Biogeochemistry, sollicited speaker, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2016. Organised by Jed Kaplan.

Contoux, C., Sylvestre, F., Bondeau, A., Barrier, N.: Numerical modelling from global climate to local hydrology : example of the Lake Chad basin. Modern and Ancient Lake Basins Research 1rst workshop, Strasbourg, France, May 2016, sollicited speaker. Organised by M. Schuster.

2015

Contoux, C., Jost, A., Ramstein, G., Schuster, M., Sepulchre, P., Sylvestre, F.: New constraints on Mega Lake Chad episodes during past warm periods. Symposium in memory of Françoise Gasse, Aix-en-Provence, July 2015, oral presentation.

Blanchet, C. L., Contoux, C., Leduc, G.: Runoff and precipitation dynamics in the Blue and White Nile catchments during the mid-Holocene: a data-model comparison, Symposium in memory of Françoise Gasse, Aix-en-Provence, July 2015.

Contoux, C., Sylvestre, F., Bondeau, A., Ramstein, G., et al.: Chad-UNITE: Understanding the Long-Term variability of Lake Chad environments : A paleoclimate modelling approach for a better assessment of future changes, Ateliers de Modélisation de l’Atmosphère, Toulouse, Janvier 2015, poster.

2014

Contoux, C., Dumas, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A., Dolan, A. M. and Tan, N.: Modelling Greenland Ice sheet inception and sustainability during the Late Pliocene, Pliocene workshop, Barcelone, Septembre 2014, poster.

Leduc, G., Garbe-Schonberg, D., Regenberg, M., Contoux, C., Etourneau, J. and Schneider, R.: The Late Pliocene Benguela upwelling status revisited by means of multiple temperature proxies, Pliocene workshop, Barcelone, Septembre 2014.

Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Dumas, C., Jost, A., Dolan, A., Sepulchre, P., and Schuster, M.: Polar and Tropical issues investigated with the IPSL-CM5A coupled climate model PMIP3 3rd meeting, Namur, Belgium, May 2014.

Leduc, G., Blanchet, C., Marriner, N., Vidal, L., Contoux, C.: Sources of uncertainties regarding the abruptness of the African humid period. Mediterranean Holocene climate and human societies, Messinia, Greece, April 2014.

2013

Contoux, C., Dumas, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A, Dolan, A.: How to initiate and maintain a Greenland ice sheet during the late Pliocene warm period? 2nd Pliocene workshop, Bristol, September 2013, oral presentation.

2012

Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A., Sepulchre, P.: The Mega-Lake Chad during the mid- Pliocene: occurrence and feedback on climate. PMIP3 2nd General Meeting, Crewe, UK, May 2012, oral presentation.

2011

Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A.: Climate of the Pliocene with the LMDZ5A model: contributions of ocean, ice sheets and vegetation. PlioMIP workshop, Washington, August 2011, oral presentation.