A major report warns that the Earth is at risk of triggering catastrophic tipping points due to fossil fuel use and climate change. These tipping points could lead to the dying-off of tropical coral reefs, loss of ice sheets, and other disastrous consequences. Scientists emphasize the urgent need to capture huge amounts of carbon to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, but time is running out for technologies to catch up to the challenge. The report also suggests that unless emissions are cut, ice sheets, forests, and ocean currents are headed for catastrophe, with Europe potentially facing an ice age. The Amazon rainforest is also highlighted as heading toward a catastrophic tipping point due to the crisis.
"This crisis is the latest reminder: The Amazon rainforest is heading toward a catastrophic tipping point." Read more from the Editorial Board: https://t.co/gWFwH22rpQ
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NEW - Europe could face an ice age because of "dangerous tipping points," a new "climate report" now claims. https://t.co/lB7gZfIL0N
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Unless we cut emissions, ice sheets, forests and ocean currents are headed for catastrophe https://t.co/f0aaLZBqrc
Scientists say that capturing huge amounts of carbon is essential to avoiding the worst consequences of climate change. But time is running out for technologies to catch up to the challenge. https://t.co/LTWpfdznxS
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Fossil fuel use is pushing the planet towards disaster… “Tipping points in the Earth system pose threats of a magnitude never faced by humanity,” https://t.co/j2fYYfHRon
We are already at risk of triggering five global tipping points that would have catastrophic effects, including the dying-off of tropical coral reefs and the loss of ice sheets, according to a major report 👇 https://t.co/yrRrLdD5rF