Sentences with phrase «for irreversible melting»

But in Bamber's second calculation the relatively sophisticated energy balance model, which he believes better represents ice sheet behaviour, gave a threshold of 8 degrees for irreversible melting of Greenland - double the previously published threshold.

But in Bamber's second calculation the relatively sophisticated energy balance model, which he believes better represents ice sheet behaviour, gave a threshold of 8 degrees for irreversible melting of Greenland — double the previously published threshold.

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This could prevent catastrophic, irreversible tipping points such as the melting of Arctic sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet, and buy time for implementation of critical strategies to cut long - lived greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenland's ice melt is a key concern: If we reach a tipping point there, with a certain degree of warming, that could cause sea levels to rise and have irreversible impacts for the next millennium.

Say we need 20 years to get our sh*t together and reduce emissions, but we only have 10 before the tipping point (where ice melting becomes irreversible, for example), maybe it's worthwhile to pump out massive amounts of harmful junk, paint roofs white, whatever is possible, to avoid that tipping point.

For example, the weakening of the THC under 1 degree of warming, a risk of collapse for 3 degrees, risk of irreversible melting of the Greenland Ice sheet at 2 degrees warming, sea level changes of 5 — 12 meters over several centuries, — these eventualities are debatable, and should certainly be viewed as the «adverse tail» of possible impacFor example, the weakening of the THC under 1 degree of warming, a risk of collapse for 3 degrees, risk of irreversible melting of the Greenland Ice sheet at 2 degrees warming, sea level changes of 5 — 12 meters over several centuries, — these eventualities are debatable, and should certainly be viewed as the «adverse tail» of possible impacfor 3 degrees, risk of irreversible melting of the Greenland Ice sheet at 2 degrees warming, sea level changes of 5 — 12 meters over several centuries, — these eventualities are debatable, and should certainly be viewed as the «adverse tail» of possible impacts.