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How close are we to plant Temperature Tipping point?

January 18, 2021 by Dave
Temperature Tipping point

Earth’s ability to absorb carbon emissions through plants will likely cross a major tipping point within just two decades.

Categories biology, Climate Change, science, study Tags Plants, study, tipping point Leave a comment

Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Dave
ocean heat

New Study in Nature Climate Change reveals that the transport of ocean heat into the northern seas and the Arctic has increased dramatically.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, news, science, study Tags Arctic, ocean heat, study Leave a comment

Should we worry about Greenland melting?

November 19, 2020 by Dave
greenland

New study reveals that the Greenland ice sheet is very likely to start melting at rates that we haven’t seen for at least 130,000 years.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, science, study Tags greenland, melting, study Leave a comment

Study: Sea-level rise will have complex consequences

November 9, 2020 by Dave
sea-level

Sea-level is rising, how will this impact us? Historical case study: The Isles of Scilly, once one island, were split by rising sea-level

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science, study Tags climate, Isles of Scilly, sea-level, study Leave a comment

What caused largest ever mass extinction?

October 21, 2020 by Dave
extinction

New study provides comprehensive reconstruction of the Permian-Triassic extinction event that wiped out 96% of species 252 million years ago.

Categories Natural History, science, study Tags Extinction, study Leave a comment

Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study

October 12, 2020 by Dave
rainforest

”tipping point could be much closer. As much as 40% of the existing Amazon rainforest is now at a point where it could exist as a savannah”

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science, study Tags Amazon, rainforest, study, tipping point Leave a comment
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