MONSOON SYSTEMS: Tipping Elements, Irreversibility, and Abrupt Change

9 March 2022 15:30-17:00 CET

Monsoon Systems & Potential Tipping

This was the sixth webinar by AIMES, Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity in a series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. The event covered presentations on monsoon tipping points from world leading researchers (MIRO board).

Presentations

South Asian Monsoon tipping – Ashwin Seshadri
African Monsoon and potential greening of the Sahara – Francesco Pausata
Q&A/ Discussion

Moderated by Hindumathi Palanisamy (WCRP) and Martin Claussen will moderate this event.

The event recording is provided below.

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All you need to know

This event is part of a series of online discussions aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. It supports efforts to increase consistency in treatment of tipping elements in the scientific community, develop a research agenda, and design joint experiments and ideas for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip).

This discussion series is a joint activity of the Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) global research project of Future Earth, the Earth Commission Working Group 1 Earth and Human Systems Intercomparison Modelling Project (EHSMIP) under the Global Commons Alliance and the Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity of World Climate Research Program (WCRP).

Speakers to be announced

Prof. Francesco Pausata
University of Quebec

Dr. Pausata is Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM).

Prof. Ashwin Seshadri
Indian Institute of Science

Dr. Seshadri is Assistant Professor at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change (DCCC) and the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS) at the Indian Institute of Science.

Organized by

Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES)

The Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) project is an international network of Earth system scientists and scholars that seek to develop innovative, interdisciplinary ways to understand the complexity of the natural world and its interactions with human activities. AIMES is a global research project of Future Earth.

WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity.

The Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity is an exploration of the routes to “safe landing” spaces for human and natural systems. It will explore future pathways that avoid dangerous climate change while at the same time contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those of climate action, zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, good health and well-being, affordable and clean energy, and healthy ecosystems above and below water. The relevant time scale is multi-decadal to millennial.

Earth Commission

The Earth Commission is a major scientific assessment, hosted by Future Earth, to define a safe and just corridor for people and planet. The Commission will inform the creation of science-based targets, the “1.5-degree equivalents”, to help maintain and protect critical global commons – our shared climate, land, biodiversity, freshwater, atmosphere and oceans. The Earth Commission is an international team of leading natural and social scientists and five working groups of additional experts. It forms the scientific cornerstone of the Global Commons Alliance.

Future Earth

Future Earth is a global network of scientists, researchers, and innovators collaborating for a more sustainable planet. Future Earth initiates and supports international collaboration between researchers and stakeholders to identify and generate the integrated knowledge needed for successful transformations towards societies that provide good and fair lives for all within a stable and resilient Earth system. Future Earth is the host of the Earth Commission.