South American monsoon nears tipping point, likely causing Amazon dieback

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Post by myshpa » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

South American monsoon nears tipping point, likely causing Amazon dieback
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Re: South American monsoon nears tipping point, likely causing Amazon dieback

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Post by carmenjudson149 » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

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Re: South American monsoon nears tipping point, likely causing Amazon dieback

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Post by RetroTechie » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

It almost feels like having a 'shopping list' of tipping points:

* Arctic ocean ice-free

* Glacier x, y or z disappeared

* Amazon forest turned into savannah

* Greenland ice sheet melted

* Antarctic ice sheet melted

* Global temps 1.5, 2, 2.5°C etc above pre-industrial levels

* CO2 past 500ppm in the atmosphere. On to 550 & 600!

Etc, etc, and check off each 'achievement' 1 by 1.

Re: South American monsoon nears tipping point, likely causing Amazon dieback

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Post by myshpa » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 7:56 PM UTC

RetroTechie wrote: post #3

It almost feels like having a 'shopping list' of tipping points: * Arctic ocean ice-free * Glacier x, y or z disappeared * Amazon forest turned into savannah * Greenland ice sheet melted * Antarctic ice sheet melted * Global temps 1.5, 2, 2.5°C etc above pre-industrial levels * CO2 past 500ppm in the atmosphere. On to 550 & 600! Etc, etc, and check off each 'achievement' 1 by 1.

This might interest you ...

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/climate-tipping-po...