2008-02-04

Climate May Undergo Sudden Shifts

University of East Anglia
Lead author:
Tim Lenton
Where published:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Our findings suggest that a variety of tipping elements could reach their critical point within this century under human-induced climate change ... The greatest threats are tipping of the Arctic sea-ice and the Greenland ice sheet, and at least five other elements could surprise us by exhibiting a nearby tipping point.

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