Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem
Carlos M. Duarte et al. The Arctic marine ecosystem contains multiple elements that present alternative states. The most obvious of which is an Arctic Ocean largely covered by an ice sheet in summer versus one largely devoid of such cover. Ecosystems under pressure typically shift between such alter...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/45167 2024-02-11T09:59:55+01:00 Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem Duarte, Carlos M. Agustí, Susana Alcaraz, Miquel Vaqué, Dolors 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/45167 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 en eng Springer #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/226248 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 Ambio 41(1): 44-55 (2012) 0044-7447 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/45167 doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 1654-7209 22270704 open Arctic Tipping points Ecosystem Non-linearity Ice Plankton artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2012 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 2024-01-16T09:35:51Z Carlos M. Duarte et al. The Arctic marine ecosystem contains multiple elements that present alternative states. The most obvious of which is an Arctic Ocean largely covered by an ice sheet in summer versus one largely devoid of such cover. Ecosystems under pressure typically shift between such alternative states in an abrupt, rather than smooth manner, with the level of forcing required for shifting this status termed threshold or tipping point. Loss of Arctic ice due to anthropogenic climate change is accelerating, with the extent of Arctic sea ice displaying increased variance at present, a leading indicator of the proximity of a possible tipping point. Reduced ice extent is expected, in turn, to trigger a number of additional tipping elements, physical, chemical, and biological, in motion, with potentially large impacts on the Arctic marine ecosystem. This is a contribution to the Arctic Tipping Points project (www.eu-atp.org) funded by FP7 of the European Union (contract #226248). Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Ice Sheet Sea ice Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Arctic Ocean Duarte ENVELOPE(-60.950,-60.950,-64.200,-64.200) AMBIO 41 1 44 55 |
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Carlos M. Duarte et al. The Arctic marine ecosystem contains multiple elements that present alternative states. The most obvious of which is an Arctic Ocean largely covered by an ice sheet in summer versus one largely devoid of such cover. Ecosystems under pressure typically shift between such alternative states in an abrupt, rather than smooth manner, with the level of forcing required for shifting this status termed threshold or tipping point. Loss of Arctic ice due to anthropogenic climate change is accelerating, with the extent of Arctic sea ice displaying increased variance at present, a leading indicator of the proximity of a possible tipping point. Reduced ice extent is expected, in turn, to trigger a number of additional tipping elements, physical, chemical, and biological, in motion, with potentially large impacts on the Arctic marine ecosystem. This is a contribution to the Arctic Tipping Points project (www.eu-atp.org) funded by FP7 of the European Union (contract #226248). Peer reviewed |
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