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Causes and consequences of tipping points in river delta social–ecological systems
The sustainability of social–ecological systems within river deltas globally is in question as rapid development and environmental change trigger...
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Tipping points of marine phytoplankton to multiple environmental stressors
Globally, anthropogenic climate change is threatening marine species. However, whether and how global marine phytoplankton, which represent the base...
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Soil Salinity and Water Level Interact to Generate Tipping Points in Low Salinity Tidal Wetlands Responding to Climate Change
Low salinity tidal wetlands (LSTW) are vulnerable to sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, thus their carbon sequestration capacity is threatened....
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Development of climate tipping damage metric for life-cycle assessment—the influence of increased warming from the tipping
PurposeThe multiple climate tipping points potential (MCTP) is a novel metric in life-cycle assessment (LCA). It addresses the contribution of...
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Exploring pastoralists�� perceptions of desertification tipping points in Namibia’s communal drylands: An ethnographic case study from Okakarara constituency
Most studies and conceptualizations of tipping points in environmental and climatic systems have been conducted using natural science perspectives...
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Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system that may shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state to another at specific thresholds. It is...
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On the discovery and enactment of positive socio-ecological tipping points: insights from energy systems interventions in Bangladesh and Indonesia
Notions, such as leverage points, sensitive interventions, social tipping points, transformational tipping points, and positive tipping points, are...
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No respite from permafrost-thaw impacts in the absence of a global tipping point
Arctic permafrost, the largest non-seasonal component of Earth’s cryosphere, contains a substantial climate-sensitive carbon pool. The existence of a...
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Global warming overshoots increase risks of climate tipping cascades in a network model
Current policies and actions make it very likely, at least temporarily, to overshoot the Paris climate targets of 1.5–<2.0 °C above pre-industrial...
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From niches to norms: the promise of social tipping interventions to scale climate action
The net-zero transition poses unprecedented societal challenges that cannot be tackled with technology and markets alone. It requires complementary...
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The Systemic Risk Perspective: Social Perception of Uncertainty and Tipping Points
Humankind is confronted with two types of risksRisk: conventional and systemicSystemic risk risksRisk. Conventional risksRisk can be contained in...
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What drives reindeer management in Finland towards social and ecological tipping points?
Reindeer management (RM) in northern Fennoscandia is an example of social-ecological systems (SESs) providing social, cultural, ecological, and...
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Implications of Earth system tipping pathways for climate change mitigation investment
Complex Earth systems under stress from global heating can resist change for only so long before tipping into transitional chaos. Convergent...
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Approaching a thermal tipping point in the Eurasian boreal forest at its southern margin
Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of extreme heat events. Ecological responses to extreme heat will depend on vegetation...
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Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Tipping Points in Botswana
Climate adaptation planning requires new ways of thinking and approaching the analysis of risks. Such thinking needs to be systemic in nature and...
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Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Tipping Points in Botswana
Climate adaptation planning requires new ways of thinking and approaching the analysis of risks. Such thinking needs to be systemic in nature and...
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Gene Drives Touching Tipping Points
Tipping pointsTipping point and tipping elements, phase transitionsPhase transition and similar critical phenomena are widely discussed in...
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Dynamics and Dependencies in Regional Collaboration for Biodiversity Restoration: Reflections from the Netherlands
Biodiversity restoration on a landscape level requires people with different backgrounds to connect and collaborate over an extended period of time....
