Tag: tipping point
Climate change: tipping point in Antarctica may have been passed – knowledge
Bad news for West Antarctica: accelerated ice loss, possibly even a collapse of the ice sheet, can no longer be avoided. And with it a long-term sea level rise of…
Climate change: Arctic sea ice is bleeding
Arctic sea ice lost volume abruptly in 2007 and hasn’t recovered since. source site
West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Possibly not lost yet – Knowledge
The Thwaites Glacier and other ice masses of West Antarctica are sensitive to regional climate variations. This could indicate that a complete collapse can still be avoided. from Benjamin von…
Tipping point reached in the Amazon. Over a quarter of Amazonia deforested. – Knowledge
Around a quarter of the forest in the Amazon Basin has been severely degraded or cleared, and parts of the region may have already passed a tipping point. NGOs are…