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| Title: |
Local ecosystem feedbacks and critical transitions in the climate |
| Author: |
M. Rietkerk V. Brovkin P. M. van Bodegom M. Claussen S. C. Dekker H. A. Dijkstra S. V. Goryachkin P. Kabat E. H. van Nes A.-M. Neutel S. E. Nicholson C. Nobre V. Petoukhov A. Provenzale M. Scheffer S. I. Seneviratne |
| Appeared in: |
Biogeosciences discussions |
| Paging: | Volume 6 (2009) nr. 5 pages 10121-10136 |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Contents: |
Global and regional climate models, such as those used in IPCC assessments, are the best tools available for climate predictions. Such models typically account for large-scale land-atmosphere feedbacks. However, these models omit local vegetation-environment feedbacks that are crucial for critical transitions in ecosystems. Here, we reveal the hypothesis that, if the balance of feedbacks is positive at all scales, local vegetation-environment feedbacks may trigger a cascade of amplifying effects, propagating from local to large scale, possibly leading to critical transitions in the large-scale climate. We call for linking local ecosystem feedbacks with large-scale land-atmosphere feedbacks in global and regional climate models in order to yield climate predictions that we are more confident about. |
| Publisher: |
Copernicus GmbH (provided by DOAJ) |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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