Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems

Ritchie, Paul D. L.; Alkhayuon, Hassan; Cox, Peter M.; Wieczorek, Sebastian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-669-2023

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-669-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-669-2023

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Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems

Paul D. L. Ritchie, Hassan Alkhayuon, Peter M. Cox, and Sebastian Wieczorek

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Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems Paul Ritchie, Hassan Alkhayuon, Peter Cox, and Sebastian Wieczorek https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7920243

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Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems Paul Ritchie, Hassan Alkhayuon, Peter Cox, and Sebastian Wieczorek https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7920243

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Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems Paul Ritchie, Hassan Alkhayuon, Peter Cox, and Sebastian Wieczorek https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7920243

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Tipping points have potentially major detrimental impacts on natural and human systems. This study highlights how the rate of change in external conditions is arguably one of the key tipping mechanisms for both natural and human systems in the human-dominated anthropocene. This notion of rate-induced tipping -- namely an instability that occurs when external conditions vary faster than some critical rate -- will likely become an increasingly important topic of scientific research in the coming years.