Alice Nadeau, Cornell University, Mathematical Causes of Tipping Points: Bifurcations and Heteroclinic Connections in Time
ZoomQualitatively, a tipping point in a dynamical system is when a small change in system inputs causes the system to move to a drastically different state. The discussion of tipping points in climate and related fields has become increasingly urgent as scientists are concerned that different aspects of Earth’s climate could tip to a qualitatively different state without…