Earth's climate is approaching irreversible tipping points
9 days ago
- #global warming
- #tipping points
- #climate change
- Current global warming levels likely to trigger major tipping points above pre-industrial levels.
- Boreal permafrost could face abrupt thaw and collapse.
- Greenland ice sheet and Barents Sea ice may collapse or abruptly lose ice.
- Arctic winter sea ice could collapse.
- Boreal forest may experience northern expansion and southern dieback.
- Labrador Sea/subpolar gyre and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could collapse.
- Sahel/west African monsoon might see greening.
- Low-latitude coral reefs could die off.
- Amazon rainforest may dieback.
- Mountain glaciers could be lost.
- West Antarctic ice sheet, East Antarctic ice sheet, and East Antarctic subglacial basins may collapse.