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Earth System Thresholds

Earth System Thresholds is a theoretical construct within Earth system science that demarcates a critical limit beyond which the stable functioning of key planetary-scale processes is disrupted, thereby altering the safe operating space for human societies.

19

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8.4K

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91

Authors

54

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

Timothy M. Lenton, Hermann Held, Elmar Kriegler et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 4K citations · Full text

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Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Richardson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The potential role of spectral properties in detecting thresholds in the Earth system: application to the thermohaline circulation

Thomas Kleinen, Hermann Held, Gerhard Petschel‐Held · Ocean Dynamics · 2003 · 213 citations

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Reversibility in an Earth System model in response to CO <sub>2</sub> concentration changes

Oliviér Boucher, Paul R. Halloran, Eleanor Burke et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 2012 · 209 citations · Full text

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Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics

R. Alexander Bentley, Eleanor J. Maddison, P. H. Ranner et al. · Frontiers in Environmental Science · 2014 · 104 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. TK
    Thomas Kleinen

    Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany

    3 publications · 264 citations

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  2. HH
    Hermann Held

    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

    2 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. TM
    Timothy M. Lenton

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 7.1K citations

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  4. HJ
    Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

    2 publications · 7.1K citations

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  5. B
    Victor Brovkin

    Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany

    2 publications · 51 citations

    2

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Institutions

54

  1. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Potsdam, Germany

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    30K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

    Hamburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    149 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  5. Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    24.6K citations

  6. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories

    Miami, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    209 citations

  8. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    3.1K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 7.2K citations

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  2. Environmental Research Letters

    ERL · 2 publications · 295 citations

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  3. Climate of the past

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  5. Environmental Politics

    1 publications · 46 citations

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