US EditionCoral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says
The Global Tipping Points Report warns coral reefs have passed a critical thermal limit with over 80% affected by bleaching, urging urgent emissions cuts before COP30 in Brazil.
- Global warming has caused the world's coral reefs to cross an irreversible tipping point into ecosystem collapse, according to a report by 160 researchers.
- The same report revised down the estimated temperature threshold for the potential collapse of the Amazon rainforest system to just 1.5°C of global warming.
- The report warns that even lower levels of global warming than previously thought could trigger catastrophic and irreversible changes, such as the collapse of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica.
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A report signed by 160 scientists published on Monday alert about the "unprecedented crisis" encountered by coral reefs of hot water.
Scientists Warn Planet Has Passed “Tipping Point” as Warm-Water Coral Reefs Die
Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. These changes are what scientists call tipping points. When a tipping point is reached, an Earth system abruptly and dramatically changes, often irreversibly, like the Amazon rainforest turning into a savanna — a point of no return that is already perilously close. Source
By Laura Paddison, CNN The planet is facing a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report by 160 scientists from around the world. As humans burn fossil fuels and temperatures rise, it is already creating more severe heat waves, floods, droughts, and wildfires. But even greater impacts are on the way. Cli…
Some climate ‘tipping points’ already being crossed, researchers warn
Some irreversible climate harms are already happening to the planet, researchers are warning ahead of this year’s global climate summit. In a new report, a group of researchers said that between 2023 and 2025, coral reefs saw their worst bleaching on record and that reefs’ estimated temperature “tipping point” has been crossed. Climate scientists often refer…
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