Marten Scheffer

Research interests

Publications

• Safe and just Earth system boundaries

  Nature · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8

• Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108146119

• Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

  AMBIO · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01544-8

• Future of the human climate niche

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910114117

• Inferring causation from time series in Earth system sciences

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10105-3

• Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 10.1073/pnas.1810141115

• Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2017 · 10.1021/acs.est.6b04702

• Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

  Nature · 2017 · 10.1038/nature22901

• Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 10.1073/pnas.1312114110

• Anticipating Critical Transitions

  Science · 2012 · 10.1126/science.1225244

• Methods for Detecting Early Warnings of Critical Transitions in Time Series Illustrated Using Simulated Ecological Data

  PLoS ONE · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0041010

• Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

  Science · 2011 · 10.1126/science.1205106

• The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship

  AMBIO · 2011 · 10.1007/s13280-011-0185-x

• Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

  Global Change Biology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02488.x

• Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

  Science · 2011 · 10.1126/science.1210657

• Resilience Thinking: Integrating Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability

  Ecology and Society · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.5751/es-03610-150420

• Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

  Ecology and Society · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.5751/es-03180-140232

• Early-warning signals for critical transitions

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08227

• Critical Transitions in Nature and Society

  Princeton University Press eBooks · 2009 · 10.1515/9781400833276

• A safe operating space for humanity

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/461472a

• Slowing down as an early warning signal for abrupt climate change

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 10.1073/pnas.0802430105

• Ecology of Shallow Lakes

  Journal · 2004 · 10.1007/978-1-4020-3154-0

• Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

  Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2004 · 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.021103.105711

• Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: linking theory to observation

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2003 · 10.1016/j.tree.2003.09.002

• Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

  Nature · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1038/35098000

• THE INTERPLAY OF FACILITATION AND COMPETITION IN PLANT COMMUNITIES

  Ecology · 1997 · 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1966:tiofac]2.0.co;2

• Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1993 · 10.1016/0169-5347(93)90254-m

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