World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds (OH NO!!!)

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The Guardian

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Thu 8 Sep 2022 14.00 EDT

The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study.

It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1C of global heating caused by humanity to date.

These include the collapse of Greenland’s ice cap, eventually producing a huge sea level rise, the collapse of a key current in the north Atlantic, disrupting rain upon which billions of people depend for food, and an abrupt melting of carbon-rich permafrost.

At 1.5C of heating, the minimum rise now expected, four of the five tipping points move from being possible to likely, the analysis said. Also at 1.5C, an additional five tipping points become possible, including changes to vast northern forests and the loss of almost all mountain glaciers.

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WE'RE ALL  GONNA DIE!!!