Tipping points in the climate system
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Tipping points in the climate system
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In climate science, a tipping point is a critical threshold that, when crossed, leads to large, accelerating and often irreversible changes in the climate system. If tipping points are crossed, they are likely to have severe impacts on human society and may accelerate global warming. Tipping behavior is found across the climate system, for example in ice sheets, mountain glaciers, circulation patterns in the ocean, in ecosystems, and the atmosphere. Examples of tipping points include thawing per
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Concept in climate science on critical thresholds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_points_in_the_climate_system
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2008-04-07T23:18:30Z
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2024-09-10T13:05:37Z
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