Ocean Tipping Points
- Description:
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The Ocean Tipping Points collaborative research project seeks to understand and characterize tipping points in ocean ecosystems. This idea is not new. Many scientists before us have studied the complex dynamics of marine ecosystems, highlighting the potential for rapid, dramatic changes in ocean conditions. However, past science has done little to influence the way we manage marine ecosystems. We have an opportunity to change this, as promising new science converges with a paradigm shift toward ecosystem-based management of our coasts and oceans. Tipping points occur when small shifts in human pressures or environmental conditions bring about large, sometimes abrupt changes in a system – whether in a human society, a physical system, an ecosystem or our planet’s climate. System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads GeoTIFF format.
- Resource Link:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/hs513mq2073
- Identifier:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/hs513mq2073
- Language:
- eng
- Publisher:
- Ocean Tipping Points Project
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Collections
- Subject:
- Marine ecology, Marine ecosystem management, Marine ecosystem health, Coastal ecosystem health, and Environmental impact analysis
- Spatial Coverage:
- Hawaii
- Rights:
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Please contact the Ocean Tipping Points project in advance of applying these data sets to project work so the PI can track and communicate data uses and ensure no duplicate efforts are underway. When applying these data for publication, please reference and cite the complete journal article, Wedding et al. 2017, http://oceantippingpoints.org/our-work/publications.
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright ownership resides with the originator.
- Access Rights:
- Public
- Georeferenced:
- false