Tipping elements in the Earth's climate
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Lenton, T. M.; Held, H.; Kriegler, E.; Hall, J. W.; Lucht, W.; Rahmstorf, S.; Sc
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Article
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2008
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National Academy of Sciences
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English
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The term βtipping pointβ commonly refers to a critical threshold at which a tiny perturbation can qualitatively alter the state or development of a system. Here we introduce the term βtipping elementβ to describe large-scale components of the Earth system that may pass a tipping point. We critically