Bringing temperatures back closer to pre-industrial levels sufficiently fast may prevent tipping of the Greenland ice sheet and avoid drastic sea level rise even if critical temperature thresholds are crossed temporarily, a study finds Crossing critical temperature thresholds of the … Continued
Observations and simulations suggest the South American monsoon might be approaching an abrupt transition due to the combined threat of deforestation, fires, and droughts in the Amazon rainforest Using observations and computer modeling Nils Bochow, University of Tromsø, Norway, and Niklas … Continued
I medierne har du kunnet læse en del historier om tipping points i klimasystemet. Nogle af disse historier er temmelig uhyggelige. Andre er måske knap så foruroligende. På denne side kan du læse om, hvilke tipping points forskere har fundet … Continued
During the last 66 million years two events set the scene for further climate tipping and for the evolution of the climate system in particular
Data analysis suggests that the AMOC, an ocean current system responsible for the relatively mild climate in Western Europe and a cooling of the tropics, will likely shift to a less active state within decades The North Atlantic Overturning circulation … Continued
Scientists launch an archive of paleoclimate data to facilitate analysis of abrupt transitions in the climate system Earth’s climate has undergone abrupt transitions in the past, which are often linked to the crossing of tipping points. Understanding how and why … Continued
If the ice sheet of West Antarctica breaks down, the result can be a stabilisation of the Atlantic ocean current system transporting warm water to the coasts of Western Europe It has been hypothesised, that the tipping of one element … Continued
A new method for estimating how much decisions under uncertainty matter suggests that, when the goals of decision-making are set, taking the best decisions (for those goals, under moderate uncertainty) still pays off when the probability of success becomes very … Continued
It might be necessary to simulate thousands of years of climate change on large climate models in order to compare and evaluate them reliably An analysis by Robbin Bastiaansen, Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and … Continued
Theoretical work confirms the method used to predict climate tipping is indeed mathematically sound Recently, scientists from the TiPES project have found early warning signals for climate tipping of the Amazon Rainforest, the West-Central Greenland ice sheet, and the Atlantic … Continued
