Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem
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 abru...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3357823 2023-05-15T14:32:55+02:00 Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem Duarte, Carlos M. Agustí, Susana Wassmann, Paul Arrieta, Jesús M. Alcaraz, Miquel Coello, Alexandra Marbà, Núria Hendriks, Iris E. Holding, Johnna García-Zarandona, Iñigo Kritzberg, Emma Vaqué, Dolors 2012-01-22 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357823 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22270704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 en eng Springer Netherlands http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357823 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22270704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 © Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2012 Article Text 2012 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 2013-09-04T07:36:26Z 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. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Ice Sheet Sea ice PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Arctic Ocean AMBIO 41 1 44 55 |
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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. |
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