So, we shouldn't expect climate change to happen gradually, but rather abruptly.
And this was known in 1975.#ClimateChange #Science
Scientists are accustomed to gradual change.But for a large part of Wally Broecker's career — based on paleoclimate evidence — he was obsessed with the idea of abrupt climate change that arrives suddenly and dramatically.
Looks like Wally was right.
https://doi.org/10.1038/328123a0
Unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse? - Nature
There is now clear evidence that changes in the Earth's climate may be sudden rather than gradual. It is time to put research into the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on a better footing.Nature
Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift
Wally Broecker’s insight into the shutdown of the great ocean conveyor belt spurred the study of abrupt climate change.Alexandra Witze (Science News Magazine)