GLOBAL TIPPING POINTS
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THE SCIENCE
WHAT'S ALARMING
A “tipping point” is a threshold at which a change can trigger a cascade of dramatic, unpredictable and possibly irreversible calamities in the climate. Examples often include melting of Greenland’s ice sheet, causing threatening rises in sea level, or an Arctic thaw that could release large amounts of highly dangerous methane emissions.
“…Deep uncertainty exists with regard to the biogeochemical processes potentially triggered by climate change. Climate scientists have shown not only that tipping points exist but remain difficult to estimate with precision, but also that they could generate tipping cascades on other biogeochemical processes, as shown in [graph above].” The Green Swan, Central banking and financial stability in the age of climate change, Bolton, Despres et al, January 2020