Critical insolation-CO2 relation for diagnosing past and future glacial inception

Nature

Volumn 529, Issue 7585, 2016, Pages 200-203

  Ganopolski, A ^a   Winkelmann, R ^a,b   Schellnhuber, H J ^a,c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPLEXITY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DEGLACIATION; EXHAUST GAS; GLACIAL PERIOD; HUMAN; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; LATE HOLOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBIT; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954271165     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16494     Document Type: Article

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