Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against

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Climate changeAction (physics)PoliticsNatural resource economicsTipping point (physics)Political actionEnvironmental scienceEconomicsPolitical scienceEcologyLawBiology

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 575
Issue: 7784
Pages: 592-595
Citations: 2033
Access: Closed

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                                    Timothy M. Lenton, 
                                
                                    Johan Rockström, 
                                
                                    Owen Gaffney
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against. 
                            Nature
                            , 575
                            (7784)
                            , 592-595.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03595-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-03595-0
PMID: 31776487

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