Climate experts question if Antarctica has reached a tipping point

Scientists wondered whether these events meant Antarctica had reached a tipping point, or a point of accelerated and irreversible sea ice loss.

NASA estimates show the Antarctic ice sheet has enough ice to raise the global mean sea level by up to 58 metres. Studies have shown that about ...

These observations have raised questions about whether Antarctica has reached a tipping point of irreversible sea ice loss, particularly in ...

The faster it liquefies, the more we're faced with the dire prospect of extreme sea level rise. Scientists have debated whether a "tipping point ...

The extent of the Antarctic ice pack is rather stable. There has been no significant trend in Antarctic sea ice area between 1979 and 2020 due ...

“If we simulate over a long period of time, the ice retreats more and then the tipping point in West Antarctica is crossed,” Langebroek says. In ...

Unfortunately, our research also shows that with ongoing climate change, we are headed to crossing tipping points in West Antarctica.”.

A hot topic was whether Antarctica has reached a tipping point, a point of accelerated, irreversible sea ice loss, especially West Antarctica ...

Climate tipping points are thresholds in the Earth's climate system. When passed, this system experiences abrupt and typically irreversible ...

Here we will focus on what he deems the three most critical tipping points: the Amazon rainforest, the West Antarctic ice sheet and the Gulf ...

One of these tipping points is the West Antarctic ice sheet. At some points, it is as thick as the Alps are high. Its melting due to global ...

Scientists warn Antarctica's ice loss may be irreversible, posing a threat to global sea levels and climate.

Headlines are screaming that the world is about to reach a climate tipping point, which feels like a point of no return where the climate is ...

Scientists once thought that Arctic sea ice could have a tipping point because the upper ocean layer would retain too much heat, warming too ...

... climate tipping point could lead to severe and potentially catastrophic impacts. However, even if we have already crossed some tipping points ...

One cause for concern is that continued global warming may cause some glaciers to cross a “tipping point” known as the “marine ice sheet ...

Scientists have argued for some time that this region of Antarctica could reach a tipping point and undergo an irreversible retreat from which ...

While all that ice isn't necessarily done for at this point, we're getting closer to the warming range (between 1.5 and 2 degrees C above pre- ...

Observations have revealed that parts of the West Antarctic ice sheet may have already passed a tipping point. Potential early warning signals ...

For the set of likely future scenarios we face today, the climate science literature has not identified any approaching global tipping point ...