There is a recognized need to anticipate tipping points, or critical transitions, in social–ecological systems. Studies of mathematical and experimental systems have shown that systems may ‘wobble’ before a critical transition. Such early warning signals may be due to the phenomenon of critical slowing down, which causes a system to recover slowly from small impacts, or to a flickering phenomenon, which causes a system to switch back and forth between alternative states in response to relatively large impacts.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/flickering-gives-early-warning-signals-critical-transition-eutrophic-lake-state
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rong-wang
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/john-dearing
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lake-pollution