ArticleAmbio2012
Tipping elements in the Arctic marine ecosystem.
Article in Ambio, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Global and Arctic climate sensitivity enhanced by changes in North Pacific heat flux.Nature communications · 2018Article
- The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean.Science advances · 2018Review
- Continuous daylight in the high-Arctic summer supports high plankton respiration rates compared to those supported in the dark.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Seasonal sea ice cover as principal driver of spatial and temporal variation in depth extension and annual production of kelp in Greenland.Global change biology · 2012Article
- Arctic climate tipping points.Ambio · 2012Review
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The Arctic marine ecosystem contains multiple elements that present alternative states. The most obvious of which is an Arctic Ocean largely covered by an ice sheet in summer versus one largely devoid of such cover. Ecosystems under pressure typically shift between such alternative states in an abrupt, rather than smooth manner, with the level of forcing required for shifting this status termed threshold or tipping point. Loss of Arctic ice due to anthropogenic climate change is accelerating, with the extent of Arctic sea ice displaying increased variance at present, a leading indicator of the proximity of a possible tipping point. Reduced ice extent is expected, in turn, to trigger a number of additional tipping elements, physical, chemical, and biological, in motion, with potentially large impacts on the Arctic marine ecosystem.
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