“…Coupled models are used to study climate (Eyring et al, 2015), ecosystems (Lehodey, 2005;Fulton, 2010), earth systems (Sokolov et al, 2005;Warner et al, 2008), climate mitigation (Anthoff and Tol, 2010), the water-energy-food nexus (Hermann et al, 2011), and many other realms (Larson et al, 2005;Malleron et al, 2011). Coupled natural and human dynamics are of particular interest in understanding ecological and economic sustainability (Liu et al, 2007).…”