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Tipping points in coupled human–environment system models: a review
Isaiah Farahbakhsh
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Chris T. Bauch
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada
Madhur Anand
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School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Thomas S. Bianchi, Madhur Anand, Chris T. Bauch, Donald E. Canfield, Luc De Meester, Katja Fennel, Peter M. Groffman, Michael L. Pace, Mak Saito, and Myrna J. Simpson
Biogeosciences, 18, 3005–3013, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3005-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3005-2021, 2021
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Better development of interdisciplinary ties between biology, geology, and chemistry advances biogeochemistry through (1) better integration of contemporary (or rapid) evolutionary adaptation to predict changing biogeochemical cycles and (2) universal integration of data from long-term monitoring sites in terrestrial, aquatic, and human systems that span broad geographical regions for use in modeling.
Rachel Dietrich and Madhur Anand
Biogeosciences, 16, 4815–4827, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4815-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4815-2019, 2019
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In shade-tolerant tree species, growth is not strictly related to tree age. In this study we show that novel tree ring standardization models that incorporate tree size in the year of ring formation produce more accurate chronologies than those produced by contemporary, age-based standardization models. These findings are important for accurate and reliable long-term trend reconstruction in tree ring studies in all species but are especially so for shade-tolerant species.
J. Cecile, C. Pagnutti, and M. Anand
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-9-4499-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-9-4499-2013, 2013
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ESD Ideas: Positive tipping points towards global regenerative systems
J. David Tàbara
Earth Syst. Dynam., 15, 853–857, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-853-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-853-2024, 2024
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Fast, self-propelling positive synergies between improvements in social and biophysical systems' conditions are necessary to ensure a safe and just world for possibly 10 billion people by 2050. A regenerative view of human–environmental interactions in science, policy, education, and across many individual and organisational practices can contribute to achieving such a future – a global net-positive tipping point for people and the planet.
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Mathematical models that include interactions between humans and the environment can provide valuable information to further our understanding of tipping points. Many social processes such as social norms and rates of social change can affect these tipping points in ways that are often specific to the system being modeled. Higher complexity of social structure can increase the likelihood of these transitions. We discuss how data are used to predict tipping events across many coupled systems.
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