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This could lead to catastrophic global consequences.

Climate phenomena such as the melting of Antarctic ice sheets can lead to dangerous “domino effects” that lead to knock-on impacts on other global systems, including the flow of water in the Atlantic Ocean and the drying of the Amazon rainforest, a team of researchers has revealed.

Accelerated melt. (Credit: TiPES/HP) (CN) — Scientists estimate the melting of Central-Western Greenland ice sheet may be reaching a tipping point, causing the thaw to accelerate. Even if the artic warming trend is reversed in the coming decades, the change may not be enough to save the massive ice sheet, which is a 660,000 square mile body of ice covering almost 80% of Greenland. It is the second largest ice formation in the world after the Antarctic ice sheet. Data from the Jakobshavn drai...

It’s also a defining timeline of an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout human history, this has never happened with such far-reaching extent so rapidly. The proof is found in the numbers. For example, Greenland and Antarctica combined ice mass loss is truly an eye-opener: “The assessment is supported by NASA and the European Space Agency… The team calculated that the two ice sheets together lost 81 billion tons per year in t...

by Robert Hunziker / April 20th, 2021 The 21st century serves as an inflection point of acceleration of climate instability caused by human-generated greenhouse gases, as CO2 emissions increase well beyond the rate of the prior century. It’s also a defining timeline of an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout human history, this has never happened with such far-reaching extent so rapidly. The proof is found in the numbers. For exa...

February 01, 2021 The UNM Tamarind Institute is collaborating with the City of Albuquerque to create opportunities for several local artists. Five artists have been selected to create lithographs through the project: Eric Garcia, Szu-Han Ho, Gabriela Hernandez, Jane Lackey, and Zahra Marwan. The plans for this project began well before the pandemic hit. Inspired by the momentum of the City’s initiative Tipping Points for Creatives, Tamarind’s project is providing an opportunity for ar...

Humanity is facing a climate emergency agrees 1.2 million people globally according to UN survey Nearly 75 percent of residents in small island states — facing the prospect of losing their homelands to rising seas — perceived the climate threat as an emergency. Jan 29, 2021 11:39:03 IST Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken. Young and old, rich and poor, respondents ...

UK academic study outlines a series of positive 'tipping points' in key sectors that, if reached, would catalyse the global net zero transition

UK academic study outlines a series of positive 'tipping points' in key sectors that, if reached, would catalyse the global net zero transition

As people prepare to travel for Christmas, experts are concerned about another spike in coronavirus cases.