COMMENTARY: Abrupt climate change in the Arctic

被引:90
作者
Duarte, Carlos M. [1 ,2 ]
Lenton, Timothy M. [3 ]
Wadhams, Peter [4 ]
Wassmann, Paul [5 ]
机构
[1] Inst Mediterraneo Estudios Avanzados, Global Change Res Dept, IMEDEA CSIC UIB, Esporles 07190, Mallorca, Spain
[2] Univ Western Australia, UWA Oceans Inst, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
[3] Univ Exeter, Hatherly Labs, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Exeter EX4 4PS, Devon, England
[4] Univ Cambridge, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Cambridge CBE 0WA, England
[5] Univ Tromso, Fac Biosci Fisheries & Econ, Inst Arctic & Marine Biol, N-9037 Tromso, Norway
关键词
OCEAN; CARBON;
D O I
10.1038/nclimate1386
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Semantic arguments about the definition of 'tipping points' are distracting attention away from the causes and impacts of climate change in the Arctic.
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页码:60 / 62
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