Uncertainties too large to predict tipping times of major Earth system components from historical data A new study published in Science Advances reveals that uncertainties are currently too large to accurately predict exact tipping times for critical Earth system components … Continued
Just like last year, CriticalEarth will again be well-represented at this year’s European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna from 15–19 April 2024. CriticalEarth PhD students will be giving 12 presentations (talks or posters) and convene one session (NP1.5 … Continued
Most CriticalEarth students presented their MSCA-ITN research at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly this Spring, in various sessions covering the following topics: ESR1 Kolja Kypke: Poster presenter: Dependence of Early Warning Signals on Time Scale Separation (poster) ESR2 Jade … Continued
The CriticalEarth organised WinterSchool for our 15 ITN PhD students, associated ECRs and TiPES collaborators kicked off in Munich this week. The WinterSchool has been organised by Professors Christian Kuehn and Niklas Boers of Technical University of Munich (TUM) and … Continued
AMOC Stabilization Under the Interaction With Tipping Polar Ice Sheets If the ice sheet of West Antarctica breaks down, the result can be a stabilisation of the Atlantic ocean current system transporting warm water to the coasts of Western Europe … Continued
Congratulations to Oliver Mehling at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, for publishing the first student-led CriticalEarth manuscript online in the Climate Dynamics journal. Many more papers by other CriticalEarth students are under review or close to submission, so do check out … Continued
Location: Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Technical University of Munich, Garching. Germany Date: 13th-24th Feb 2023 Meeting Agenda: 13-15 Feb: ESR workshop 2 “Methods of Stochastic Multiscale Dynamics” (Christian Kuehn) 16-17 Feb: Workshop 2 “Critical transitions in complex climate models” … Continued
A second in-person training training event was attended by all CriticalEarth PhDs, as well as a number of external students and Postdocs. The event took place 25-29th April 2022 at Berg en Dal, Netherlands, and was organised by CriticalEarth beneficiaries … Continued
The TiPES WP6 Team invites you to join the upcoming TiPES online workshop: “Challenges and new directions in risk analysis, decision making and policy advice for climate change.” It will take place on March 11th, 2022, from 10am to 1pm. There … Continued
Note that the deadline for abstract submission is January 12, 2022. You are encouraged to submit an abstract to the session on Tipping Points in the Earth System (TiPES), at the EGU General Assembly (EGU22, April 3-8 2022). Session Description: Several subsystems of the … Continued
The next CriticalEarth training event will take place in the beautiful city of Utrecht, Holland. General details of the event can be found in the Grant Agreement. The event will consist of three parts: SC1: Advanced Python course incl. machine learning … Continued
The study of critical transitions or tipping points in the Earth system involves increasingly complex mathematical techniques and understanding of the Earth system. CriticalEarth, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Innovative Training Network programme for young scientists, aims to prepare the … Continued
After successful recruitment rounds, 15 PhD students (Early Stage Researchers -ESRs) have now been appointed for CriticalEarth, and will form an exciting network that will close key knowledge gaps in our current understanding of fast-slow systems and high-dimensional dynamical systems. … Continued
The Kick-Off meeting will be held on 25-29th October 2021 in Denmark. Further details will be posted. The meeting will be the first event in the CriticalEarth Training Program, and will see the network’s 15 PhD students (ESRs) come together … Continued
There is a pressing need for skilled climate scientists with excellent insight into advanced mathematical theories as well as the physics of the Earth system. A European scientist training programme, CriticalEarth, is addressing the problem. In the CriticalEarth scientist training … Continued
