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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. An Uncharted Climate Territory

Author : Andrew Y. Glikson

Published in: Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

Since the onset of the industrial age in the 18th century and accelerating since the mid 1980s, the release of more than 560 billion ton of carbon (GtC) through industrial emission and land clearing has triggered unprecedented developments in the terrestrial climate at a rate faster by an order of magnitude than natural geological warming events. Whereas comparisons can be made with the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum of ~55 Ma, the scale and rate of modern global warming may compare more closely with those triggered by major volcanic and asteroid impact events. The non-linear nature of current climate change, multiple feedbacks and their synergy are driving the climate to uncharted territory and possible tipping points.

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Metadata
Title
An Uncharted Climate Territory
Author
Andrew Y. Glikson
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7331-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7332-5

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5_9