Complexity and determining dangerous levels of climate impacts

A recent paper (Gerten et al 2013 Environ. Res. Lett.  8 034032) finds very different global warming thresholds of concern between water scarcity and ecosystem changes. This may at first appear surprising, as each process is controlled to some extent by functioning of the land surface. Hence this an...

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Main Author: Chris Huntingford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/1/011001