Maya Ben-Yami

I work on climate tipping elements, with a focus on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). I use both real-world and model data to determine the impacts of and find early warning signals for a potential AMOC collapse.

Nian, D., Bathiany, S., Sakschewski, B., Drüke, M., Blaschke, L., Ben-Yami, M., von Bloh, W., & Boers, N. (2024). Rainfall seasonality dominates critical precipitation threshold for the Amazon forest in the LPJmL vegetation model. Science of The Total Environment, 947, 174378. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174378

Blaschke, L. L., Nian, D., Bathiany, S., Ben-Yami, M., Smith, T., Boulton, C. A., & Boers, N. (2024). Spatial correlation increase in single-sensor satellite data reveals loss of Amazon rainforest resilience. Earth's Future, 12, e2023EF004040. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004040

Ben-Yami, M., Skiba, V., Bathiany, S. et al. Uncertainties in critical slowing down indicators of observation-based fingerprints of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation. Nat Commun 14, 8344 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44046-9

Nian, D., Bathiany, S., Ben-Yami, M. et al. A potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may stabilise eastern Amazonian rainforests. Commun Earth Environ 4, 470 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01123-7

Fohlmeister, J., Sekhon, N., Columbu, A., Vettoretti, G., Weitzel, N., Rehfeld, K., Veiga-Pires, C., Ben-Yami, M., Marwan, N., & Boers, N. (2023). Global reorganization of atmospheric circulation during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(36). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302283120

Ben-Yami, M., Oetjen, H., Brindley, H., Cossich, W., Lajas, D., Maestri, T., Magurno, D., Raspollini, P., Sgheri, L., & Warwick, L. (2022). Emissivity retrievals with FORUM’s end-to-end simulator: challenges and recommendations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(6), 1755–1777. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1755-2022

Sgheri, L., Belotti, C., Ben-Yami, M., Bianchini, G., Carnicero Dominguez, B., Cortesi, U., Cossich, W., Del Bianco, S., Di Natale, G., Guardabrazo, T., Lajas, D., Maestri, T., Magurno, D., Oetjen, H., Raspollini, P., & Sgattoni, C. (2022). The FORUM end-to-end simulator project: architecture and results. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(3), 573–604. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-573-2022

Ben-Yami, M., Madhusudhan, N., Cabot, S. H. C., Constantinou, S., Piette, A., Gandhi, S., & Welbanks, L. (2020). Neutral Cr and V in the Atmosphere of Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b. The Astrophysical Journal, 897(1), L5. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab94aa

Müller, S., Ben-Yami, M., & Helled, R. (2020). Theoretical versus Observational Uncertainties: Composition of Giant Exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal, 903(2), 147 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abba19

Seminar on Tipping Points in the Climate System at the Technical University of Munich