6 videos tagged feedback loops
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David Wasdell
What are ‘climate feedbacks’?
David Wasdell explains how the future of our climate will be affected by feedback mechanisms that may amplify global warming. Of the 20 feedback mechanisms that have been identified,…
Recorded: 20 February 2007
David Wasdell
How does climate change happen? (Part 1)
There are around 20 feedback mechanisms that could potentially accelerate climate change. In this two-part series David Wasdell examines three main categories of feedback. The best…
Recorded: 20 February 2007
David Wasdell
How does climate change happen? (Part 2)
There are around 20 feedback mechanisms that could potentially accelerate climate change. In this two-part series David Wasdell examines three main categories of feedback. The best…
Recorded: 20 February 2007
David Wasdell
What are climate ‘tipping points’?
The climate cycle fluctuates between alternating ice and warm ages. However, unprecedented levels of greenhouse gas concentrations now threaten to distort historic patterns. Amplifying…
Recorded: 20 February 2007
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
What will happen in the long term if we do nothing about climate change?
Professor Schellnhuber expresses caution when discussing possible runaway climate change. He does, however, believe that we are at a tipping point where human activity could tip…
Recorded: 11 December 2006
Sir Crispin Tickell
What are climate change ‘feedback loops’?
Climate change is a non-linear event, meaning that certain temperatures or weather patterns can trigger abrupt change. Surface temperatures could therefore accelerate or recede…
Recorded: 9 March 2005
