Hansen 2008
Hansen, J., 2008: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist. In State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans. W. Woods, 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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Hansen, J.: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist, in: State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, edited by Woods, W., 6-15, Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2008.
Hansen, J. (2008), Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist, in State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, edited by W. Woods, pp. 6-15, Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Hansen, J., 2008: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist. In State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans. W. Woods, Ed. Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, pp. 6-15.
Hansen, J. 2008, in State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, ed. Woods, W., 6 (Washington, D.C.: Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press).
Hansen J. Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist. In: Woods W, editor. State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, pp. 6-15. Washington, D.C.: Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press; 2008.
J. Hansen, In State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, W. Woods, Ed. (Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2008), pp. 6-15.
