Social physics

M Jusup, P Holme, K Kanazawa, M Takayasu, I Romić… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Optical fiber sensing for marine environment and marine structural health monitoring: A review

R Min, Z Liu, L Pereira, C Yang, Q Sui… - Optics & Laser …, 2021 - Elsevier
Optical fiber sensors have attracted considerable attention for marine environment and
marine structural health monitoring, owing to advantages including resistance to …

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

W Steffen, J Rockström, K Richardson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push the Earth System toward a
planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate at intermediate …

Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

N Boers - Nature Climate Change, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major ocean current
system transporting warm surface waters toward the northern Atlantic, has been suggested …

Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tip** course

RM van Westen, M Kliphuis, HA Dijkstra - Science advances, 2024 - science.org
One of the most prominent climate tip** elements is the Atlantic meridional overturning
circulation (AMOC), which can potentially collapse because of the input of fresh water in the …

Current Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakest in last millennium

L Caesar, GD McCarthy, DJR Thornalley, N Cahill… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—one of Earth's major
ocean circulation systems—redistributes heat on our planet and has a major impact on …

Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation

L Caesar, S Rahmstorf, A Robinson, G Feulner, V Saba - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)—a system of ocean currents in the
North Atlantic—has a major impact on climate, yet its evolution during the industrial era is …

Tip** elements in the Earth's climate system

TM Lenton, H Held, E Kriegler… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The term “tip** point” commonly refers to a critical threshold at which a tiny perturbation
can qualitatively alter the state or development of a system. Here we introduce the term …

Observations, inferences, and mechanisms of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review

MW Buckley, J Marshall - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This is a review about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its mean
structure, temporal variability, controlling mechanisms, and role in the coupled climate …

A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …