In hierarchical terms, what human-driven forces can potentially trigger abrupt transitions and non-linear response in biosphere? What critical thresholds and feed-mechanisms are involved and how do they operate?

We need to improve our understanding about still unknown functional mechanisms operating at the global Earth system scale that can be involved in unpredictable catastrophic events. Such knowledge is necessary to predict, prevent, adapt to and eventually manage unexpected consequences of human action on global change.

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