Sentences with phrase «passed critical tipping points»

I think we've already passed critical tipping points, so the only way to keep temps below the two degree target will be with geoengineering.

Not exact matches

I.e., we could have passed a critical climate tipping point 20 years ago that only smacks upside the head this year.

The Arctic sea - ice has long passed its tipping point, and so also have the other critical features in the polar north.

Last year Prof Duarte was lead author of a paper in the Royal Swedish Academy of Science's journal AMBIO warning that the Arctic was at risk of passing critical «tipping points» that could lead to a cascading «domino effect once the summer sea ice is lost.»

So we have passed a de facto tipping point, «the critical point in an evolving situation that leads to a new and irreversible development.»

The scientific literature and recent observations — along with our ongoing lack of climate action — have long passed the worrisome stage (see the post last month «Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Nearing Critical «Tipping Point» «and links below).