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Research article
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28 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 28 Jul 2021
| 28 Jul 2021
Abrupt climate change as a rate-dependent cascading tipping point
Johannes Lohmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniele Castellana
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Peter D. Ditlevsen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Henk A. Dijkstra
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Tipping of one climate subsystem could trigger a cascade of subsequent tipping points and even global-scale climate tipping. Sequential shifts of atmosphere, sea ice and ocean have been recorded in proxy archives of past climate change. Based on this we propose a conceptual model for abrupt climate changes of the last glacial. Here, rate-induced tipping enables tipping cascades in systems with relatively weak coupling. An early warning signal is proposed that may detect such a tipping.
Tipping of one climate subsystem could trigger a cascade of subsequent tipping points and even...
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