Nonlinearities, Feedbacks and Critical Thresholds within the Earth's Climate System

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Consuming the Planet to Excess (2010, background): “(Rial et al., 2004: 33) To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment . . . would result in the demolition of society. . ..”
Detection of climate system bifurcations by degenerate fingerprinting (2004, background): “Introduction [2] The climate modeling community increasingly recognizes multi-stability as an important concept that allows for abrupt climate changes in response to gradual changes in forcing [e.g., Rial et al., 2004].”
Cap and Trade, Rehabilitated: Using Tradable Permits to Control U.S. Greenhouse Gases (2008, background): “In fact, there is growing scientific evidence that climatic responses to temperature increases are highly nonlinear and characterized by abrupt changes (Lockwood 2001; Natural Research Council 2002; Rial et al. 2004).”