Arctic Tipping Points in an Earth System Perspective
We provide an introduction to the volume The Arctic in the Earth System perspective: the role of tipping points. The terms tipping point and tipping element are described and their role in current science, general debates, and the Arctic are elucidated. From a wider perspective, the volume focuses u...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3357830 2023-05-15T14:31:57+02:00 Arctic Tipping Points in an Earth System Perspective Wassmann, Paul Lenton, Timothy M. 2012-01-22 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357830 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22270702 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0230-9 en eng Springer Netherlands http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357830 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22270702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0230-9 © Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2012 Article Text 2012 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0230-9 2013-09-04T07:36:26Z We provide an introduction to the volume The Arctic in the Earth System perspective: the role of tipping points. The terms tipping point and tipping element are described and their role in current science, general debates, and the Arctic are elucidated. From a wider perspective, the volume focuses upon the role of humans in the Arctic component of the Earth system and in particular the envelope for human existence, the Arctic ecosystems. The Arctic climate tipping elements, the tipping elements in Arctic ecosystems and societies, and the challenges of governance and anticipation are illuminated through short summaries of eight publications that derive from the Arctic Frontiers conference in 2011 and the EU FP7 project Arctic Tipping Points. Then some ideas based upon resilience thinking are developed to show how wise system management could ease pressures on Arctic systems in order to keep them away from tipping points. Text Arctic PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic AMBIO 41 1 1 9 |
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