Climate change: the tipping point of the iceberg

Climate change: the tipping point of the iceberg

The idea that passing a hidden threshold could drastically worsen man-made climate change has been current in the scientific literature for many years. Now it has a new name, a "tipping point", and suddenly the media have picked up on it. Walker gets back to the science to ask whether the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2006-06, Vol.441 (7095), p.802-805
1. Verfasser: Walker, Gabrielle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Arctic Regions
Climate change
Ecosystem
Food Chain
Glaciers
Greenhouse Effect
Greenland
Human Activities
Humans
Ice Cover
Icebergs
Media
Oceans and Seas
Seawater
Temperature
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:The idea that passing a hidden threshold could drastically worsen man-made climate change has been current in the scientific literature for many years. Now it has a new name, a "tipping point", and suddenly the media have picked up on it. Walker gets back to the science to ask whether the Arctic climate is really on the brink.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/441802a