Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system

Tipping Points, Abrupt Opinion Changes, and Punctuated Policy Change

Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics

1 Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bristol University, Bristol, UK 2 Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, UK 3 Institute of Hazard , Risk and Resilience, Durham University, Durham, UK 4 School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK 5 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK 6 Durham University Business School, Dur...

Tipping points in the climate system

In climatic time series abrupt changes are observed. We hypothesize that these abrupt changes are due to nonlinear responses inherent in the climate system, specifically, so-called tipping points. This behaviour result from non-linear climate response to either external forcing, internal stochastic fluctuations or a combination of both. At some point the forcing will cause the climate to jump f...

Correction for “ Tipping elements in the Earth System , ”

LETTER (ONLINE ONLY) Correction for “Parameters that influence the prediction of epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnosis,” by Janakiraman Vani, Mohan S. Maddur, Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes, Srini V. Kaveri, and Jagadeesh Bayry, which appeared in issue 46, November 17, 2009, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (106:E129; first published October 26, 2009; 10.10...

Correction for “ Tipping elements in the Earth System , ” by Hans

LETTER (ONLINE ONLY) Correction for “Parameters that influence the prediction of epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnosis,” by Janakiraman Vani, Mohan S. Maddur, Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes, Srini V. Kaveri, and Jagadeesh Bayry, which appeared in issue 46, November 17, 2009, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (106:E129; first published October 26, 2009; 10.10...