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Hansen 2008
, 2008: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist. In State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans. E. Fearn, Ed., Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, pp. 6-15.
I describe how two fundamental properties of our climate system, its predominance of "positive feedbacks" and its ponderous inertia, have together brought climate to a great tipping point, a planetary emergency. I then discuss emerging impacts of climate change on the wild. Finally I summarize fundamental data on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, providing an outline of actions needed to reverse the forces driving climate change.
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@inbook{ha04310w, author={Hansen, J.}, editor={Fearn, E.}, title={Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist}, booktitle={State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans}, year={2008}, pages={6--15}, publisher={Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press}, address={Washington, D.C.}, }
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TY - CHAP ID - ha04310w AU - Hansen, J. ED - Fearn, E. PY - 2008 TI - Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist BT - State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans SP - 6 EP - 15 PB - Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press CY - Washington, D.C. ER -
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