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Climate Tipping Points

Provided by: LabXchange |Published on: February 1, 2024
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  • This short video defines the concept of a climate tipping point as the point within a changing climatic system that pushes past stability and results in a breakdown of order and normal function.
  • The narrating professor describes examples of climate tipping points, including the breakdown of the rain cycle in the Amazon Rainforest, melting Arctic ice, and changing ocean circulation.
  • The professor effectively conveys how the consequences of large systems in the biosphere tipping past the point of equilibrium can have major effects on the biosphere.
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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: LabXchange
Region: Global
Languages: English

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Harvard University’s LabXchange is a free online platform for science education, created with support from the Amgen Foundation. It makes learning science online flexible and fun, with interactives, lab simulations, and more. 

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