Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
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Articles | Volume 30, issue 4
Articles | Volume 30, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-30-481-2023
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Rate-induced tipping in ecosystems and climate: the role of unstable states, basin boundaries and transient dynamics

Ulrike Feudel

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This study suggests a necessary shift in the paradigm of nonlinear dynamical systems analysis in climate science, ecology, and beyond. The author delves into a relatively unexplored facet of critical transitions, which is of great importance in examples within the Earth and environmental sciences. In particular, she explains mechanisms based on these ideas in examples of systems that describe population dynamics and climate transitions.
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Many systems in nature are characterized by the coexistence of different stable states for given environmental parameters and external forcing. Examples can be found in different fields of science, ranging from ecosystems to climate dynamics. Perturbations can lead to critical transitions (tipping) from one stable state to another. The study of these transitions requires the development of new methodological approaches that allow for modeling, analyzing and predicting them.
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