Dr Stefanie Rynders

Biography

I'm a global ocean modeller developing sea ice, ocean and wave models. My main interest are the polar regions, for which I do coupled simulations looking at various aspects of surface dynamics. I'm also interested in applied sciences and climate services, for instance I have worked on environmental risks for off-shore structures.

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Committee Memberships

Current activity:

Group safety advisor 

Past activity:

NOC Athena SWAN self-assessment team

Projects

Current projects:

  • BIOPOLE
  • CANARI
  • OptimESM

Past projects:

  • COMFORT: Our common future ocean in the Earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points
  • IMMERSE: Improving Models for Marine EnviRonment SErvices
  • UK-Russia Arctic bursary project
  • Towards a marginal Arctic sea ice cover
  • APEAR: Advective Pathways of nutrients and key Ecological substances in the ARctic
  • SOS-SOS: Safer Operations at Sea - Supported by Operational Simulations
  • Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme
  • CRESCENDO: Coordinated Research in Earth Systems and Climate: Experiments, Knowledge, Dissemination and Outreach 
  • SWARP: Ships and Waves reaching Polar Regions

 

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Publications

Authors

Loriani, Sina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-960X; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Armstrong McKay, David I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-7461; Bala, Govindasamy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-0600; Born, Andreas; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-8022; Dijkstra, Henk A.; Donges, Jonathan F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-7703; Drijfhout, Sybren; England, Matthew H.; Fedorov, Alexey V.; Jackson, Laura C.; Kornhuber, Kai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-2059; Messori, Gabriele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2032-5211; Pausata, Francesco S. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-8420; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Sallée, Jean-Baptiste; Sinha, Bablu; Sherwood, Steven C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7420-8216; Swingedouw, Didier ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-0850; Tharammal, Thejna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-8194. 2025 Tipping points in ocean and atmosphere circulations. Earth System Dynamics, 16 (5). 1611-1653. 10.5194/esd-16-1611-2025

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Anderson, Madeline P.B.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5967-311X; Arrowsmith, Carol; Baker, Chelsey A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-2333; Barry, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-848X; Belcher, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-5910; Benavides, Mar; Bischof, Milo J.D.; Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-7763; Bowes, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934; Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3700-8017; Brown, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-1114; Burson, Amanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-3793; Buzzard, Sammie C.; Callaghan, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6161; Coët, Arthur; Cook, Kathryn B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-3011; Coombs, Sarah; Evans, Chris D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-354X; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Ford, Elaina; Fournier, Isabelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-2338; Freer, Jennifer J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-9261; Garcia-Martin, E. Elena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-3287; Ghosh, V.R. Dipin; Giering, Sarah L.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Grant, Alanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7203-3260; Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X; Hamilton, Ruta; Hendry, Katherine R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-5895; Hill, Simeon L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-8769; Hubot, Nathan; Hunter, Aidan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-9978; Johnston, Nadine M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-1492; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Kitson, Ezra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-7001; Leng, Melanie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Lewis, Isabel H.; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047; Lofts, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-851X; Manno, Clara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-6173; Martin, Adrian P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612; Marzocchi, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-3574; Mawji, Edward; Mayor, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041; McKenzie, Rebecca M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9928-8780; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Meredith, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Munday, David R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-708X; Pereira, M. Glória ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; O'Brien, Alexandra V.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-0010; Olszewska, Justyna P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4910-2206; Painter, Stuart C.; Palmieri, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-5243; Patel, Shailee; Pickard, Amy E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3720; Richt, Jessica J.R.; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Sanders, Rachael N.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-8772; Saunders, Ryan A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-7222; Shepherd, Andrew; Slater, Thomas; Spears, Bryan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-0405; Stowasser, Gabriele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-0772; Swiggs, Amy E.; Taylor, Laura R.; ten Hoopen, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4242-4015; Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-6955; Timms-Wilson, Tracey M.; van Soest, Maud A.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-515X; Venables, Hugh J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-8462; Wright, Zoe; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776; Young, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-6109. 2025 BIOPOLE: biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts. Research Ideas & Outcomes, 11, e163757. 10.3897/rio.11.e163757

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Dong, Buwen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-7911; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Colfescu, Ioana; Harvey, Ben; Hirschi, Joël; Josey, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-8831; Lu, Hua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-5082; Mecking, Jenny; Oltmanns, Marilena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8959-4938; Osprey, Scott; Robson, Jon; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Shaffrey, Len; Sinha, Bablu; Sutton, Rowan; Weisheimer, Antje. 2025 Key drivers of large scale changes in North Atlantic atmospheric and oceanic circulations and their predictability. Climate Dynamics, 63 (2). 38, pp. 10.1007/s00382-025-07591-1

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Wunderling, Nico; von der Heydt, Anna S.; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Barker, Stephen; Bastiaansen, Robbin; Brovkin, Victor; Brunetti, Maura; Couplet, Victor; Kleinen, Thomas; Lear, Caroline H.; Lohmann, Johannes; Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria; Sinet, Sacha; Swingedouw, Didier; Winkelmann, Ricarda; Anand, Pallavi; Barichivich, Jonathan; Bathiany, Sebastian; Baudena, Mara; Bruun, John T.; Chiessi, Cristiano M.; Coxall, Helen K.; Docquier, David; Donges, Jonathan F.; Falkena, Swinda K. J.; Klose, Ann Kristin; Obura, David; Rocha, Juan; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Steinert, Norman Julius; Willeit, Matteo. 2024 Climate tipping point interactions and cascades: a review. Earth System Dynamics, 15 (1). 41-74. 10.5194/esd-15-41-2024

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Spaiser, Viktoria; Juhola, Sirkku; Constantino, Sara M.; Guo, Weisi; Watson, Tabitha; Sillmann, Jana; Craparo, Alessandro; Basel, Ashleigh; Bruun, John T.; Krishnamurthy, Krishna; Scheffran, Jürgen; Pinho, Patricia; Okpara, Uche T.; Donges, Jonathan F.; Bhowmik, Avit; Yasseri, Taha; Safra de Campos, Ricardo; Cumming, Graeme S.; Chenet, Hugues; Krampe, Florian; Abrams, Jesse F.; Dyke, James G.; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Spears, Bryan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-0405. 2024 Negative social tipping dynamics resulting from and reinforcing Earth system destabilization [in special issue: Tipping points in the Anthropocene] Earth System Dynamics, 15 (5). 1179-1206. 10.5194/esd-15-1179-2024

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Wunderling, Nico; von der Heydt, Anna; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Barker, Stephen; Bastiaansen, Robbin; Brovkin, Victor; Brunetti, Maura; Couplet, Victor; Kleinen, Thomas; Lear, Caroline H.; Lohmann, Johannes; Roman-Cuesta, Rosa M.; Sinet, Sacha; Swingedouw, Didier; Winkelmann, Ricarda; Anand, Pallavi; Barichivich, Jonathan; Bathiany, Sebastian; Baudena, Mara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Bruun, John T.; Chiessi, Cristiano M.; Coxall, Helen K.; Docquier, David; Donges, Jonathan F.; Falkena, Swinda K.J.; Klose, Ann Kristin; Obura, David; Rocha, Juan; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Steinert, Norman J.; Willeit, Matteo. 2023 Global Tipping Points Report 2023: Ch1.5: Climate tipping point interactions and cascades. University of Exeter.

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Loriani, Sina; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Dijkstra, Henk; England, Matt; Fedorov, Alexey; Messori, Gabriele; Pausata, Francesco; Sallée, JB; Sinha, Bablu; Sherwood, Steven; Tharammal, Thejna; Armstrong McKay, David I.; Gala, Govindasamy; Born, Andreas; Drifjhout, Sybren; Jackson, Laura; Kornhuber, Kai; Chiessi, Cristiano M.; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Swingedouw, Didier. 2023 Global Tipping Points 2023 Report: Ch1.4 – Tipping points in ocean and atmosphere circulations. University of Exeter.

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Winkelmann, Ricarda; Steinert, Norman J.; Armstrong McKay, David I.; Brovkin, Victor; Kääb, Andreas; Notz, Dirk; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Arndt, Sandra; Bathiany, Sebastian; Burke, Eleanor; Garbe, Julius; Gasson, Ed; Goelzer, Heiko; Hugelius, Gustaf; Klose, Ann Kristin; Langebroek, Petra; Marzeion, Ben; Maussion, Fabien; Nitzbon, Jan; Robinson, Alex; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Sudakow, Ivan. 2023 Global Tipping Points Report 2023: Ch1.2: Cryosphere tipping points. University of Exeter.

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Feltham, Danny L.; Hosekova, Lucia; Marsh, Robert; Skliris, Nikolaos; Bertino, Laurent; Williams, Timothy D.; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776; Nurser, A. J. George; Coward, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-7700; Bricheno, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Heorton, Harold. 2022 Safer operations in changing ice-covered seas: Approaches and perspectives. In: IUTAM Symposium on Physics and Mechanics of Sea Ice. Springer, 241-260.

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Book section

Authors

Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Feltham, Daniel L.; Nurser, A. J. George; Madec, Gurvan. 2022 Impact of granular behaviour of fragmented sea ice on marginal ice zone dynamics. In: IUTAM Symposium on Physics and Mechanics of Sea Ice. Springer, 261-274.

Publication year

2022

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Book section

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Skliris, Nikolaos. 2019 Safer operations in changing ice-covered seas: Approaches and perspectives. In: IUTAM Symposium on Physics and Mechanics of Sea Ice, Espoo, Finland, 3-7 Jun 2019.

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Marsh, Robert; Skrilis, Nicolaus; Hosekova, Lucia; Feltham, Danny; Bertino, Laurent; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Williams, Tim. 2018 Sea hazards on offshore structures: waves, currents, tides and sea ice combined. [Lecture] In: EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018.

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Conference item