Arctic tipping points in an Earth System perspective

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Wassmann, Paul ^a   Lenton, Timothy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate tipping elements; Earth System; Points of no return; Resilience; Tipping points

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; VOLUME;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84860152327     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0230-9     Document Type: Article

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