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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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:cd32ecea-041a-4c05-b256-21d83184df73 2023-05-15T14:32:29+02:00 Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem Duarte, Carlos M. Agusti, Susana Wassmann, Paul Arrieta, Jesus M. Alcaraz, Miquel Coello, Alexandra Marba, Nuria Hendriks, Iris E. Holding, Johnna Garcia-Zarandona, Inigo Kritzberg, Emma Vaque, Dolors 2012 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2826847 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 eng eng Springer https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2826847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 wos:000303462700005 scopus:84859414709 Ambio: a Journal of Human Environment; 41(1), pp 44-55 (2012) ISSN: 0044-7447 Ecology Arctic Tipping points Ecosystem Non-linearity Ice Plankton contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2012 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0224-7 2023-02-01T23:35:48Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Ice Sheet Sea ice Lund University Publications (LUP) 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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Duarte, Carlos M. Agusti, Susana Wassmann, Paul Arrieta, Jesus M. Alcaraz, Miquel Coello, Alexandra Marba, Nuria Hendriks, Iris E. Holding, Johnna Garcia-Zarandona, Inigo Kritzberg, Emma Vaque, Dolors |
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Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem |
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Tipping Elements in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem |
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