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Remotely sensing potential climate change tipping points across scales

Published:2024-01-06 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:
ISSN:2041-1723
Container-title:Nature Communications
language:en
Short-container-title:Nat Commun

Author:

Lenton Timothy M.^ORCID,Abrams Jesse F.^ORCID,Bartsch Annett,Bathiany Sebastian^ORCID,Boulton Chris A.^ORCID,Buxton Joshua E.^ORCID,Conversi Alessandra,Cunliffe Andrew M.^ORCID,Hebden Sophie^ORCID,Lavergne Thomas^ORCID,Poulter Benjamin^ORCID,Shepherd Andrew,Smith Taylor^ORCID,Swingedouw Didier^ORCID,Winkelmann Ricarda,Boers Niklas^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractPotential climate tipping points pose a growing risk for societies, and policy is calling for improved anticipation of them. Satellite remote sensing can play a unique role in identifying and anticipating tipping phenomena across scales. Where satellite records are too short for temporal early warning of tipping points, complementary spatial indicators can leverage the exceptional spatial-temporal coverage of remotely sensed data to detect changing resilience of vulnerable systems. Combining Earth observation with Earth system models can improve process-based understanding of tipping points, their interactions, and potential tipping cascades. Such fine-resolution sensing can support climate tipping point risk management across scales.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Physics and Astronomy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Chemistry,Multidisciplinary

Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44609-w.pdf

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