Talk:Climate surprise
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Where does the "IPCC defines" come from? The glossary http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/518.htm says "Rapid climate change The non-linearity of the climate system may lead to rapid climate change, sometimes called abrupt events or even surprises. Some such abrupt events may be imaginable, such as a dramatic reorganisation of the thermohaline circulation, rapid deglaciation, or massive melting of permafrost leading to fast changes in the carbon cycle. Others may be truly unexpected, as a consequence of a strong, rapidly changing, forcing of a non-linear system." which is not quite the same thing. William M. Connolley 20:30:22, 2005-09-05 (UTC).
Merge into Abrupt climate change[edit]
The article states they are synonyms, and both are only stubs so they would do well to be combined and fleshed out. I'm happy to do it if no-one has any objections?--PhilMacD (talk) 23:13, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I agree. The link to the IPPC definition doesn't work and the term "climate surprise" isn't in the WG1 FAR glossary http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/glossary/ar4-wg1.pdf. "Surprises" is mentioned as a synonym for abrupt CC, along with "rapid climate change" and "abrupt events". Merging this article with abrupt CC would be an improvement. Energybeing (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)