Descripción del proyecto
Formación de jóvenes científicos en puntos de inflexión climáticos
Los puntos de inflexión en el sistema climático son los umbrales a partir de los cuales un cambio mínimo podría provocar que el sistema entrase en un estado completamente nuevo. Resultan de especial interés teniendo en cuenta el preocupante calentamiento global. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos CriticalEarth formará a quince investigadores noveles en métodos nuevos para evaluar los mecanismos y los riesgos asociados de las transiciones críticas en el clima. En particular, investigará cómo se pueden utilizar las matemáticas complejas para predecir y evitar un cambio climático irreversible. La red ofrecerá a los investigadores una base excelente para trabajar con equipos interdisciplinares en el mundo académico, la industria y las instituciones, tanto gubernamentales como no gubernamentales.
Objetivo
The objective of CriticalEarth is to train a cohort of exceptional young scientists, and to advance our understanding of tipping points and assess possible connections between tipping elements in the climate. Fundamental development of the mathematics involved in such multi-scale problems and methods for exploring rare events and critical transitions in computationally heavy state-of-the-art climate models are in focus. The dynamical behavior of complex systems such as the climate in terms of bifurcations and the dependence on stochastic fluctuations as well as the feedbacks involved in the physical processes causing critical transitions will be subject of the research. This is important for underpinning the planetary boundaries and the response to increased levels of greenhouse gases. Ultimately, defining the thresholds for irreversible climate change is a grand scientific challenge and a matter of huge societal importance. Predicting the future climate beyond the linear response to greenhouse forcing, developing early warning systems and quantifying safe operating spaces are challenges for the next generation of scientists. CriticalEarth will train 15 early stage researchers to develop new methods for assessing the mechanisms and associated risks of critical transitions in the climate. The program will enable them to generate, integrate and apply multidisciplinary knowledge from applied mathematics, climate science (paleo and projected future) and numerical simulations. The network will give them an excellent background for collaborating in cross-disciplinary teams in academia, industry, governmental- and non-governmental institutions. CriticalEarth's main outcomes will be (i) a cohort of trained scientists within a research field with high demand for years to come; (ii) a ground-breaking understanding of multiscale dynamics in the Earth system and (iii) better foundations for understanding and better tools for assessing and avoiding irreversible climate change.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
1165 Kobenhavn
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