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The Math of Climate Change Tipping Points

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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major tipping point

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Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

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First climate tipping point reached after coral reef diebacks, scientists warn

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Key climate tipping point is BREACHED for the first time  and scientists warn it will cause catastrophic harm unless urgent action is taken

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Coral die-off marks Earths first climate tipping point, scientists say

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Earths Climate Has Passed Its First Irreversible Tipping Point and Entered a New Reality

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Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate

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New reality as world reaches first climate tipping point

Time

The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed

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Worlds coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts

Science News

Coral collapse signals Earths first climate tipping point

Guardian

Planets first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing widespread dieback

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Watts Up With That?

Climate Cult Fantasy and Duplicity Precede COP30

Charles III

Donald Trump

Elon Musk

Joe Biden

Nancy Pelosi

Xi Jinping

Rishi Sunak

Kamala Harris

Justin Trudeau

Narendra Modi

Bill Gates

Pope Francis

Janet Yellen

Emmanuel Macron

Olaf Scholz

Angela Merkel

Yuval Noah Harari

António Guterres

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Barack Obama

Kofi Annan

Michael Mann

James Inhofe

Greta Thunberg

David Attenborough

Giorgia Meloni

Patrick Michaels

Jane Goodall

Bjorn Lomborg

Freeman Dyson

Metaculus

"[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax."

"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

"There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change."

"The time for seeking global solutions [to climate change] is running out."

"The climate crisis is the existential threat. That's not hyperbole; it's a fact."

"[W]e are killing our planet."

Climate change is "above all, an existential crisis."

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges mankind faces."

"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon."

"Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting fast."

"We haven't yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we're getting close."

Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?

Simon Stiell

Jim Skea

World Meteorological Organization

Myles Allen

Sheldon Whitehouse

"At this point it is virtually certain we will blow through [the 1.5C] target."

'"On our current path... we will reach that 1.5-degree limit sometime in the 2030s."

"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible [to limit global warming to 1.5C]"

"We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5C world."

We won't have "extreme cases like of 4 degrees [Celsius] warming," but will "miss the 2-degree goal."

"[C]utting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees."

Keeping global warming to 1.5C is "entirely doable" and "simply a matter of political willpower."

Will Global Warming Be Limited to 1.5°C or "Well Below" 2°C?

Catherine Rampell

Samantha Gross

The International Energy Agency

Myles McCormick

Fatih Birol

UN Environment Programme

Katrine Petersen

Angela Picciariello

Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber

Steve Pye

Kelly Trout

Aurelien Saussay

Rachel Cleetus

Natalie Jones

Thomas Covert

Will There Be an End to Fossil Fuels, and If So When?

Adam Scaife

Paulo Ceppi

Berkeley Earth

ECCC

Russell Vose

Gavin A. Schmidt

NOAA

Zeke Hausfather

Samantha Burgess

Ben Noll

James Hansen

Stephen Leahy

The Met Office

"There is a 7% chance that 2025 will rank as the warmest year on record."

"It's unlikely 2025 will be as hot as 2024."

"Years such as 2025 which aren't dominated by the warming influence of El Niño, should be cooler."

"2025 will be moderately cooler than 2024."

"It is likely that 2025 will not be as hot as recent years."

"Don't count 2025 out in the race for hottest year."

"The global mean temperature in 2025 is expected to surpass the earlier record set during the exceptionally strong 2014-2016 El Niño."

"The high January temperatures have increased the odds of 2025 being the warmest year on record."

Will 2025 Be the Hottest Year Ever Recorded?

Scientists from the University of Exeter released the second Global Tipping Points report, involving 160 researchers from 87 institutions across 23 countries, declaring that Earth has reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point with warm-water coral reefs.</span

Scientists from the University of Exeter released the second Global Tipping Points report, involving 160 researchers from 87 institutions across 23 countries, declaring that Earth has reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point with warm-water coral reefs.

Global temperatures have risen to approximately 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.2-degree threshold scientists identified as the tipping point for widespread coral reef dieback and mortality.</span

Global temperatures have risen to approximately 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.2-degree threshold scientists identified as the tipping point for widespread coral reef dieback and mortality.

More than 80 percent of coral reefs across over 80 countries experienced the fourth and most severe global bleaching event on record, affecting ecosystems that support nearly one billion people and a quarter of all marine species.</span

More than 80 percent of coral reefs across over 80 countries experienced the fourth and most severe global bleaching event on record, affecting ecosystems that support nearly one billion people and a quarter of all marine species.

The Amazon rainforest faces a lower temperature threshold for widespread dieback than previously estimated, with scientists now warning that collapse could begin at 1.5 degrees Celsius warming due to combined climate change and deforestation.</span

The Amazon rainforest faces a lower temperature threshold for widespread dieback than previously estimated, with scientists now warning that collapse could begin at 1.5 degrees Celsius warming due to combined climate change and deforestation.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation faces potential collapse below 2 degrees Celsius of warming, which would cause harsher winters in northwestern Europe and disrupt monsoon patterns affecting global food security.</span

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation faces potential collapse below 2 degrees Celsius of warming, which would cause harsher winters in northwestern Europe and disrupt monsoon patterns affecting global food security.

Researchers identified positive tipping points in renewable energy adoption, with solar power and electric vehicles experiencing rapid global uptake, while renewable sources generated more electricity than coal for the first time in 2024.</span

Researchers identified positive tipping points in renewable energy adoption, with solar power and electric vehicles experiencing rapid global uptake, while renewable sources generated more electricity than coal for the first time in 2024.

Earth Hits First Climate Tipping Point as Coral Reefs Collapse

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Earth Hits First Climate Tipping Point as Coral Reefs Collapse

Planet’sEarth firstHits catastrophicFirst climateClimate tippingTipping pointPoint reachedas Coral Reefs Collapse

The Controversies

Trump

Michaels

Harris

Sunak

Francis

Biden

Macron

Thunberg

Merkel

Attenborough

Guterres

Mann

Whitehouse

Guterres

Skea

Stiell

Gates

Thunberg

Mann

NOAA

Ceppi

Scaife

Earth

Leahy

Hansen

ECCC

Hausfather

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