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Early warning of climate tipping points (2011)

Timothy M. Lenton

Springer Nature

In: Nature Climate Change 1: 201-209.

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Publication Date: 2011-06-19

Description: A climate 'tipping point' occurs when a small change in forcing triggers a strongly nonlinear response in the internal dynamics of part of the climate system, qualitatively changing its future state. Human-induced climate change could push several large-scale 'tipping elements' past a tipping point. Candidates include irreversible melt of the Greenland ice sheet, dieback of the Amazon rainforest and shift of the West African monsoon. Recent assessments give an increased probability of future tipping events, and the corresponding impacts are estimated to be large, making them significant risks. Recent work shows that early warning of an approaching climate tipping point is possible in principle, and could have considerable value in reducing the risk that they pose.

Print ISSN: 1758-678X

Electronic ISSN: 1758-6798

Topics: Geosciences

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