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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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/356784 2024-01-07T09:39:14+01:00 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 Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) 2023-04-03T09:28:03Z 11 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/356784 eng eng Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41558-022-01558-4 Liu , T , Chen , D , Yang , L , Meng , J , Wang , Z , Ludescher , J , Fan , J , Yang , S , Chen , D , Kurths , J , Chen , X , Havlin , S & Schellnhuber , H J 2023 , ' Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system ' , Nature Climate Change , vol. 13 , no. 1 , pp. 67–74 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01558-4 85145742776 a6a4f22c-a420-45ee-9980-213f33ebb5be http://hdl.handle.net/10138/356784 000909420200001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Climate 114 Physical sciences Article publishedVersion 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:08:56Z 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. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet Nature Climate Change 13 1 67 74 |
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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. Peer reviewed |
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