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Climate tipping points are much more fantasy than science
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Climate tipping points are much more fantasy than science
ANY estimate of the timing of a “tipping point” must take the uncertainties into account, which are so substantial that they are all unsound when made.
The UN has cautioned that the world is dangerously close to six 'tipping points' that could lead to irreversible damage to the planet. Climate change and resource overuse have pushed the world to the brink of these interconnected tipping points. The report highlights the threats of accelerating rates of extinction, groundwater depletion, mountain glacial melt, unbearable heat, space debris, and an 'uninsurable' future.
The tipping points include groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat, species extinction, melting glaciers and space debris.
People have been close to tipping points and this affects their coping mechanism to natural disasters. Read more here.