Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-635-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-635-2024
Research article
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27 May 2024
Research article |  | 27 May 2024

Rate-induced tipping cascades arising from interactions between the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Ann Kristin Klose, Jonathan F. Donges, Ulrike Feudel, and Ricarda Winkelmann

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TippingInteractions_GIS-AMOC Ann Kristin Klose https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10807865

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We qualitatively study the long-term stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet and AMOC as tipping elements in the Earth system, which is largely unknown given their interaction in a positive–negative feedback loop. Depending on the timescales of ice loss and the position of the AMOC’s state relative to its critical threshold, we find distinct dynamic regimes of cascading tipping. These suggest that respecting safe rates of environmental change is necessary to mitigate potential domino effects.
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