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What are Tipping Points in the Climate Crisis?
Scientists writing for the journal, Nature, have warned that the planet has crossed a series of climate ‘tipping points’. They call the risk an ‘existential threat to civilisation’, saying that ‘we are...
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Global Warming Could Push Atlantic Past a Tipping Point by Mid-Century Under...
The large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean that regulates climate could reach a tipping point sooner than previously thought. — The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), one...
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The Tipping Points of Climate Change: How Will Our World Change?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution and all the subsequent detrimental human activities, the global average amount of carbon dioxide was about 280 parts per million (ppm). Today, that level is close to...
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Greenland Ice Sheet Loss Since 1985 Was Highly Underestimated, New Study Reveals
A new study revealed the alarming retreat of Greenland’s ice sheet in the past four decades, which has seen a loss of at least 1 trillion tons more than previously estimated, warning of the...
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What the Slowdown of Atlantic Ocean Circulation Means for the Future of the...
According to a 2021 paper published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience, the Atlantic Gulf Stream, a major climate-regulating oceanic current that plays a crucial role in redistributing heat...
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Atlantic Ocean Circulation On Track to Reach Tipping Point, Could Bring...
Disruptions to the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) will impact ocean currents, increase sea level rise, and bring freezing temperatures to Europe. — The circulation of the Atlantic...
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