Publications

Submitted & In Revision

Zhu, F., Hopcroft, P.O., Albani, S., Fu, M., Crocker, A.J., Xuan, C., & Wilson, P.A. (2026). Dipole in North African dust deposition between the pre-industrial and Last Glacial Maximum controlled by meridional temperature gradients. (submitted)

Fu, M., Graham, R.J., & Abbot, D.S. (2026). Paleogeography strongly influences CO$_2$ threshold for Sturtian Snowball Earth initiation. (submitted)

Graham, R.J., Cael, B.B., Fu, M., & Abbot, D.S. (2026). Shifting mechanisms of climate stabilization across the Phanerozoic. (submitted)

Fu, M. & Fedorov, A.V. (2026). Contrasting Tropical SST Warming in Two Climate Models: The Roles of Winds, Clouds, Evaporative Cooling, and Ocean Dynamics. (in revision)

Borreggine, M., Powell, E.M., Fu, M., Yang, X., Weeks, E., Zhang, B., Wilkinson, K., Mitrovica, J.X., Tryon, C., & Meadow, R. (2026). Combining Paleocurrents and Sea Level in a Least-Cost Pathway Model of Human Dispersal from Sunda to Sahul, 65–45,000 Years Ago. (in revision)

Koepnick, K., Fu, M., & Tziperman, E. (2026). Comparing the surface mass balance of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation with geophysical reconstructions. (in revision)

Published/Accepted

Griffin, C., Gernon, T. M., Fu, M., Rugen, E. J., Spencer, A. M., Warrington, G., & Hincks, T. K. (2026). Interannual to multidecadal climate oscillations occurred during Cryogenian glaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 679, 119891.

Wilcox, P.S. & Fu, M. (2025). Minimal AMOC impact in Alaska during the Younger Dryas. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 40(12), e2025PA005324.

Baek, S.H., Lora, J.M., Skinner, C.B., Fu, M. & Zhu, J. (2025). Atmospheric and oceanic energy transport during North Atlantic freshening events: influences of moisture transport and hydrologic cycle feedbacks. Climate Dynamics, 63(8), 301.

Stuivenvolt-Allen, J., Fedorov, A., Fu, M., & Heede, U. (2024). Widening of wind-stress anomalies amplifies ENSO in a warming climate. Journal of Climate, 38(2), 497–512.

Fu, M. & Fedorov, A. (2024). Impacts of an active Pacific Meridional Overturning Circulation on the Pliocene climate and hydrological cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 642, 118878.

Fu, M., Abbot, D. S., Koeberl, C., & Fedorov, A. (2024). Impact-induced initiation of Snowball Earth: A model study. Science Advances, 10(6), eadk5489.

Smith, A. J., Ito, E., Burls, N., Clarke, L., Donders, T., Hatfield, R., … & PlioWest Working Consortium (2023). Workshop report: PlioWest–drilling Pliocene lakes in western North America. Sci. Dril., 32, 61–72.

Fu, M. & Fedorov, A. (2023). The role of Bjerknes and shortwave feedbacks in the tropical Pacific SST response to global warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105061.

Fu, M. (2022). Revisiting western United States hydroclimate during the last deglaciation. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(3), e2022GL101997.

Baum, M. & Fu, M. (2022). Simple Stochastic Modeling of Snowball Probability Throughout Earth History. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(11), e2022GC010611.

Bhattacharya, T., Feng, R., Tierney, J.E., Knapp, S., Burls, N.J., & Fu, M. (2022). Expansion and intensification of the North American Monsoon during the Pliocene. AGU Advances, 3(6), e2022AV000757.

Baum, M, Fu, M., & Bourguet, S. (2022). Sensitive dependence of global climate to continental geometry. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL098843.

Fu, M., Cane, M.A., Molnar, P., & Tziperman, E. (2022). Warmer Pliocene upwelling site SST leads to wetter subtropical coastal areas: a positive feedback on SST. Paleoceanography, 37(2), e2021PA004357.

Fu, M., Cane, M.A., Molnar, P., & Tziperman, E. (2021). Wetter Subtropics Lead to Reduced Pliocene Coastal Upwelling. Paleoceanography, 36(10), e2021PA004243.

Fu, M. & Tziperman, E. (2021). A model study of the role of convection in the dynamics of westerly wind bursts. Journal of Climate, 34(15), 6235–6246.

Fu, M. & Tziperman, E. (2019). Essential ingredients to the dynamics of westerly wind bursts. Journal of Climate, 32(17), 5549–5565.

Book Chapters

Fu, M. & Tziperman, E. (2022). “Clouds”, Global Warming Science. Princeton University Press.