Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system that may shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state to another at specific thresholds. It is not well understood to what degree tipping of one system can influence other regions or tipping elements. Here, we propose a climate network approach t...
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ftleibnizopen:oai:oai.leibnizopen.de:DLu2IJEBBwLIz6xG2BOT 2024-09-15T17:48:15+00:00 Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system Liu, Teng Chen, Dean Yang, Lan Meng, Jun Wang, Zanchenling Ludescher, Josef Fan, Jingfang Yang, Saini Chen, Deliang Kurths, Jürgen Chen, Xiaosong Havlin, Shlomo Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim 2023 application/pdf https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/11897 https://doi.org/10.34657/10930 eng eng London : Nature Publ. Group CC BY 4.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 550 China Qinghai-Xizang Plateau Earth ice rainforest snow cover teleconnection Article Text 2023 ftleibnizopen https://doi.org/10.34657/10930 2024-08-05T12:41:46Z Tipping elements are components of the Earth system that may shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state to another at specific thresholds. It is not well understood to what degree tipping of one system can influence other regions or tipping elements. Here, we propose a climate network approach to analyse the global impacts of a prominent tipping element, the Amazon Rainforest Area (ARA). We find that the ARA exhibits strong correlations with regions such as the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and West Antarctic ice sheet. Models show that the identified teleconnection propagation path between the ARA and the TP is robust under climate change. In addition, we detect that TP snow cover extent has been losing stability since 2008. We further uncover that various climate extremes between the ARA and the TP are synchronized under climate change. Our framework highlights that tipping elements can be linked and also the potential predictability of cascading tipping dynamics. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet LeibnizOpen (The Leibniz Association) |
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Tipping elements are components of the Earth system that may shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state to another at specific thresholds. It is not well understood to what degree tipping of one system can influence other regions or tipping elements. Here, we propose a climate network approach to analyse the global impacts of a prominent tipping element, the Amazon Rainforest Area (ARA). We find that the ARA exhibits strong correlations with regions such as the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and West Antarctic ice sheet. Models show that the identified teleconnection propagation path between the ARA and the TP is robust under climate change. In addition, we detect that TP snow cover extent has been losing stability since 2008. We further uncover that various climate extremes between the ARA and the TP are synchronized under climate change. Our framework highlights that tipping elements can be linked and also the potential predictability of cascading tipping dynamics. publishedVersion |
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Liu, Teng Chen, Dean Yang, Lan Meng, Jun Wang, Zanchenling Ludescher, Josef Fan, Jingfang Yang, Saini Chen, Deliang Kurths, Jürgen Chen, Xiaosong Havlin, Shlomo Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim |
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Liu, Teng Chen, Dean Yang, Lan Meng, Jun Wang, Zanchenling Ludescher, Josef Fan, Jingfang Yang, Saini Chen, Deliang Kurths, Jürgen Chen, Xiaosong Havlin, Shlomo Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim |
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Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system |
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Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system |
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