Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system'
We discuss potential transitions of six climatic subsystems with large-scale impact on Europe, sometimes denoted as tipping elements. These are the ice sheets on Greenland and West Antarctica, the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, Arctic sea ice, Alpine glaciers and northern hemisphere stratospheri...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:50682 2024-10-20T14:04:13+00:00 Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' Levermann, Anders Bamber, J L Drijfhout, S Ganopolski, A Haeberli, Wilfried Harris, N R P Huss, Matthias Krüger, K Lenton, T M Lindsay, R W Notz, D Wadhams, P Weber, Susanne 2012 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/50682/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/50682/1/2011_HaeberliW_Levermann.pdf eng eng Springer https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/50682/1/2011_HaeberliW_Levermann.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-50682 doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0126-5 urn:issn:0165-0009 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Levermann, Anders; Bamber, J L; Drijfhout, S; Ganopolski, A; Haeberli, Wilfried; Harris, N R P; Huss, Matthias; Krüger, K; Lenton, T M; Lindsay, R W; Notz, D; Wadhams, P; Weber, Susanne (2012). Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system'. Climatic Change, 110(3-4):845-878. Institute of Geography 910 Geography & travel Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-5068210.1007/s10584-011-0126-5 2024-10-09T15:01:16Z We discuss potential transitions of six climatic subsystems with large-scale impact on Europe, sometimes denoted as tipping elements. These are the ice sheets on Greenland and West Antarctica, the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, Arctic sea ice, Alpine glaciers and northern hemisphere stratospheric ozone. Each system is represented by co-authors actively publishing in the corresponding field. For each subsystem we summarize the mechanism of a potential transition in a warmer climate along with its impact on Europe and assess the likelihood for such a transition based on published scientific literature. As a summary, the ‘tipping’ potential for each system is provided as a function of global mean temperature increase which required some subjective interpretation of scientific facts by the authors and should be considered as a snapshot of our current understanding. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Arctic Greenland Sea ice West Antarctica University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive Arctic Greenland West Antarctica |
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We discuss potential transitions of six climatic subsystems with large-scale impact on Europe, sometimes denoted as tipping elements. These are the ice sheets on Greenland and West Antarctica, the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, Arctic sea ice, Alpine glaciers and northern hemisphere stratospheric ozone. Each system is represented by co-authors actively publishing in the corresponding field. For each subsystem we summarize the mechanism of a potential transition in a warmer climate along with its impact on Europe and assess the likelihood for such a transition based on published scientific literature. As a summary, the ‘tipping’ potential for each system is provided as a function of global mean temperature increase which required some subjective interpretation of scientific facts by the authors and should be considered as a snapshot of our current understanding. |
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Levermann, Anders Bamber, J L Drijfhout, S Ganopolski, A Haeberli, Wilfried Harris, N R P Huss, Matthias Krüger, K Lenton, T M Lindsay, R W Notz, D Wadhams, P Weber, Susanne |
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Levermann, Anders Bamber, J L Drijfhout, S Ganopolski, A Haeberli, Wilfried Harris, N R P Huss, Matthias Krüger, K Lenton, T M Lindsay, R W Notz, D Wadhams, P Weber, Susanne |
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Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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potential climatic transitions with profound impact on europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system' |
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Levermann, Anders; Bamber, J L; Drijfhout, S; Ganopolski, A; Haeberli, Wilfried; Harris, N R P; Huss, Matthias; Krüger, K; Lenton, T M; Lindsay, R W; Notz, D; Wadhams, P; Weber, Susanne (2012). Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe: review of the current state of six 'tipping elements of the climate system'. Climatic Change, 110(3-4):845-878. |
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