Large, abrupt climate changes have affected hemispheric to global regions repeatedly, as shown by numerous paleoclimate records (Broecker, 1995, 1997). Changes of up to 16°C and a factor of 2 in ...

Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change is an updated look at the issue of abrupt climate change and its potential impacts. This study differs from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt ...

Permafrost thaw can stimulate the release of soil carbon, triggering a positive carbon-climate feedback that may be mediated by changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability. A research team led by Prof ...

Parts of the Earth’s climate system can change abruptly once warming pushes them beyond critical thresholds. The Greenland ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about sudden and dramatic changes unfolding across Antarctica. The icy continent, once thought to respond only slowly to climate shifts, is showing signs of rapid ...

The tourists stopped to spread picnic blankets at a scenic point overlooking the picturesque lake of Lough Tay in Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains. But the four scientists trekked on, climbing toward the ...