Speaker: Mary-Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
Title: Understanding Tipping Points in Climate and Sustainability
Date: Monday, August 18, 2014
Abstract:
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no obvious trigger other than a slowly changing environment. Tipping points are difficult to predict and difficult to reverse. Examples […]
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Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
Waterloo Mathematics – Public Lecture
Monday, August 18, 2014
QNC 2502
4:30 p.m.
(Refreshments at 4:30 p.m., lecture begins at 5:00 p.m)
Abstract
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no […]
Speaker: Marten Scheffer
Title: Early Warning Signs for Critical Transitions
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Category: Talk
Professor Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University discusses his research on how to discern generic early-warning signals in complex systems that indicate a critical threshold is approaching. Such research is important because tipping points can cause […]
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