CV

Education

• Ph.D in Physical Oceanography titled Carbon Cycle Feedbacks and Climate Tipping Behavior, Utrecht University, 2024
• M.Sc. in Climate Physics, Utrecht University, 2019
• M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2019
• B.Sc. in Civiele Techniek (Civil Engineering), University of Twente, 2015

Work experience

• 2026 - present: Assistant professor at DTU Aqua
• 2024 - 2025: Postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University

Skills

• Python
• Fortran
• Earth System Model data analysis

Publications

Multi-Stability of the Present-Day Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Dijkstra, H. A., R. M.vanWesten, A. A.Boot, et al. 2026. “Multi-Stability of the Present-Day Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change17, no. 2: e70049. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.70049.

A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping: Impacts and Strategies for Prevention and Governance

Nummelin, A., et al. (2026). A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping: Impacts and Strategies for Prevention and Governance. TemaNord 2026:504. Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd

Collapse of deep convection in the North Atlantic leads to ecological system reorganization under future emission scenarios

Boot, A.A., and Dijkstra, H. A.: Collapse of deep convection in the North Atlantic leads to ecological system reorganization under future emission scenarios. ESS Open Archive. 24 December 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176659546.63479861/v1

The effect of freshwater biases on AMOC stability across the model complexity spectrum

Amber Adore Boot, Henk A. Dijkstra. The effect of freshwater biases on AMOC stability across the model complexity spectrum, 10 December 2025, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8208950/v1]

Global Tipping Point Report 2025

Lenton, T. M., et al. (2025), The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Physics of AMOC multistable regime shifts due to freshwater biases in an EMIC

Boot, A. A. and Dijkstra, H. A.: Physics of AMOC multistable regime shifts due to freshwater biases in an EMIC, Earth Syst. Dynam., 16, 1221–1235, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1221-2025, 2025.

Observation-based temperature and freshwater noise over the Atlantic Ocean

Boot, A. A. and Dijkstra, H. A.: Observation-based temperature and freshwater noise over the Atlantic Ocean, Earth Syst. Dynam., 16, 115–150, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-115-2025, 2025.

Global Marine Ecosystem Response to a Strong AMOC Weakening Under Low and High Future Emission Scenarios

Boot, A. A., Steenbeek, J., Coll, M., von derHeydt, A. S., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2025). Global marine ecosystem response to a strong AMOC weakening under low and high future emission scenarios. Earth's Future, 13, e2024EF004741. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004741

Potential effect of the marine carbon cycle on the multiple equilibria window of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Boot, A. A., von der Heydt, A. S., and Dijkstra, H. A.: Potential effect of the marine carbon cycle on the multiple equilibria window of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Earth Syst. Dynam., 15, 1567–1590, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1567-2024, 2024.

The role of sea ice insulation effects on the probability of AMOC transitions

van Westen, R. M., V. Jacques-Dumas, A. A. Boot, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2024: The Role of Sea Ice Insulation Effects on the Probability of AMOC Transitions. J. Climate, 37, 6269–6284, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0060.1.

Response of atmospheric pCO\(_2\) to a strong AMOC weakening under low and high emission scenarios

Boot, A.A., von der Heydt, A.S. & Dijkstra, H.A. Response of atmospheric pCO2 to a strong AMOC weakening under low and high emission scenarios. Clim Dyn 62, 7559–7574 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07295-y

Carbon Cycle Feedbacks and Climate Tipping Behavior

Boot, A. (2024). Carbon Cycle Feedbacks and Climate Tipping Behavior. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/2147

Predicting the contribution of climate change on North Atlantic underwater sound propagation

Possenti L, Reichart G, de Nooijer L, Lam F, de Jong C, Colin M, Binnerts B, Boot A, von der Heydt A. 2023. Predicting the contribution of climate change on North Atlantic underwater sound propagation. PeerJ 11:e16208 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16208

Effect of Plankton Composition Shifts in the North Atlantic on Atmospheric pCO2

Boot, A., von derHeydt, A. S., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2023). Effect of plankton composition shifts in the North Atlantic on atmospheric pCO2. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL100230. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100230

Effect of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on atmospheric pCO\(_2\) variations

Boot, A., von der Heydt, A. S., and Dijkstra, H. A.: Effect of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on atmospheric pCO2 variations, Earth Syst. Dynam., 13, 1041–1058, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1041-2022, 2022.

Multidecadal polynya formation in a conceptual (box) model

Boot, A., van Westen, R. M., and Dijkstra, H. A.: Multidecadal polynya formation in a conceptual (box) model, Ocean Sci., 17, 335–350, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-335-2021, 2021.

Invited talks

The effect of freshwater biases on AMOC stability across the model hierarchy

May 08, 2026

Talk at EGU26 session NP1.2, Vienna

Biological impacts of ocean circulation disruption

May 01, 2026

Talk at Skill Trade B.V., Leiden

Van Klimaat tot Zeeleven: hoe de oceaan verandert

January 11, 2026

Talk at Leidse Winterlezing, Online

How to engage people in EDI

October 01, 2025

Talk at Earth Sciences for All day, Free University of Amsterdam

Marine ecosystem response to Atlantic Ocean tipping elements in a changing climate

May 01, 2025

Talk at ClimTip webinar, Online

Carbon cycle feedbacks and climate tipping behavior

November 01, 2024

Talk at IMAU colloquium, Utrecht University

Global marine ecosystem response to a strong Atlantic Ocean circulation weakening

March 01, 2024

Talk at Women Net Physics Day, Utrecht University

Potential effect of the marine carbon cycle on AMOC stability

March 01, 2023

Talk at TiPES, Online

Teaching

Physical Oceanography

Service and leadership

• 06-2026 - present: Academic editor at PLOS Climate.
• 2026: co-convener at the EGU26 of Session ITS2.5/CL0.5: AMOC changes and impacts on physical, biogeochemical, and societal systems.
• 2025: member of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee at the Insitute for Marine and Atmospheric Researach Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University.
• 2025: organization of lunch talks and tutorials for the Centre for Complex System Studies (CCSS), Utrecht University.
• 2025: co-convener at the Global Tipping Point Conference 2025 of the session Forecasting and Governing Tipping Points in the SPG, AMOC and the Greenland Ice Sheet .
• 2020 - 2023: organization of biweekly group meetings of the Oceans and Cliamte group at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University.

Outreach

• 2026: invited talk for Skill Trade.
• 2026: invited talk for the ‘Leidse winterlezingen’.
• 2025: participated in constructing the ‘ZeeWijzer’, a voting help for the 2025 Duthc parliament elections with a focus on protection of the sea (in Dutch).
• 2025: interviewed for an article on Nemo Kennislink (in Dutch).
• 2025: interviewed for the podcast ZEE (in Dutch).
• 2022 - 2023: outreach activites for Tipping Point Ahead with a focus on small lessons on tipping points for secondary schools.