Scientists launch an archive of paleoclimate data to facilitate analysis of abrupt transitions in the climate system Earth’s climate has undergone abrupt transitions in the past, which are often linked to the crossing of tipping points. Understanding how and why … Continued
It might be necessary to simulate thousands of years of climate change on large climate models in order to compare and evaluate them reliably An analysis by Robbin Bastiaansen, Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and … Continued
Evidence is mounting that the Earth’s climate system can change abruptly when tipping points are crossed, for example by anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases. We urgently need to understand and predict these abrupt transitions better. A list of priorities for … Continued
A new reconstructed index of sea surface temperatures confirms previous research: The North Atlantic ocean currents appear to be approaching a point of no return, where their strength will inevitably weaken in the coming decades and centuries. Researchers confirm find that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning … Continued
Crossing a tipping point may lead to many other situations than the generally assumed catastrophic outcome. The consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much more subtle and less severe than generally assumed. That is the conclusion of … Continued
In the last 66 million years, the climate of the Earth is known to have shifted abruptly between four different states; hothouse, warm house, cold house and icehouse. This was documented in 2020 by Westerhold et al. A further analysis … Continued
Note that the deadline for abstract submission is January 12, 2022. You are encouraged to submit an abstract to the session on Tipping Points in the Earth System (TiPES), at the EGU General Assembly (EGU22, April 3-8 2022). Session Description: Several subsystems of the … Continued
A new analytical tool can help find tipping events back millions of years, potentially improving the understanding of tipping points in the Earth system TiPES-researchers have developed an automated method for the detection and precise dating of abrupt climate events … Continued
Theoretical progress in climate science indicates algebraic topology applied to reduced climate models might help predict if and when the Earth system will tip The Earth’s climate system seems to have shifted abruptly between colder and warmer modes in the … Continued
TiPES scientists propose ideas for much more effective climate simulations than the traditional approach allows.
