Search Results - "McKay, David I. Armstrong"
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Safe and just Earth system boundaries
Published in Nature (London) (06-07-2023)“…The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably linked 1 – 3 , yet their interdependencies are generally…”
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A resilience sensing system for the biosphere
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (15-08-2022)“…We are in a climate and ecological emergency, where climate change and direct anthropogenic interference with the biosphere are risking abrupt and/or…”
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Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (09-09-2022)“…Climate tipping points occur when change in a part of the climate system becomes self-perpetuating beyond a warming threshold, leading to substantial Earth…”
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Global carbon cycle perturbation across the Eocene‐Oligocene climate transition
Published in Paleoceanography (01-02-2016)“…The Eocene‐Oligocene transition (EOT), ~34 Ma, marks a tipping point in the long‐term Cenozoic greenhouse to icehouse climate transition. Paleorecords reveal…”
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Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points
Published in Earth's future (01-11-2023)“…Many scenarios for limiting global warming to 1.5°C assume planetary‐scale carbon dioxide removal sufficient to exceed anthropogenic emissions, resulting in…”
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Global warming overshoots increase risks of climate tipping cascades in a network model
Published in Nature climate change (01-01-2023)“…Current policies and actions make it very likely, at least temporarily, to overshoot the Paris climate targets of 1.5–<2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels. If…”
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To what extent has sustainable intensification in England been achieved?
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2019)“…Agricultural intensification has significantly increased yields and fed growing populations across the planet, but has also led to considerable environmental…”
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Estimating the impact of the cryptic degassing of Large Igneous Provinces: A mid-Miocene case-study
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (01-10-2014)“…Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) have been emplaced throughout Earth's history, erupting great quantities (>104 km3) of lava in long-lived (>105 y) events that…”
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Reduced carbon cycle resilience across the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Published in Climate of the past (22-10-2018)“…Several past episodes of rapid carbon cycle and climate change are hypothesised to be the result of the Earth system reaching a tipping point beyond which an…”
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Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water
Published in Nature sustainability (01-01-2024)“…Safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the…”
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Resolving ecological feedbacks on the ocean carbon sink in Earth system models
Published in Earth system dynamics (14-07-2021)“…The Earth's oceans are one of the largest sinks in the Earth system for anthropogenic CO2 emissions, acting as a negative feedback on climate change. Earth…”
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Applying earth system justice to phase out fossil fuels: learning from the injustice of adopting 1.5 °C over 1 °C
Published in International environmental agreements : politics, law and economics (01-03-2024)“…The Paris Agreement has seen the adoption of a 1.5° to 2 °C climate target, based on the belief that climate change becomes ‘dangerous’ above this level. Since…”
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Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality
Published in Nature sustainability (01-02-2023)“…The Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve access to resources and services, reduce environmental degradation, eradicate poverty and reduce inequality…”
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Tipping point detection and early warnings in climate, ecological, and human systems
Published in Earth system dynamics (19-08-2024)“…Tipping points characterize the situation when a system experiences abrupt, rapid, and sometimes irreversible changes in response to only a gradual change in…”
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