What is the future of the majestic ice masses of Antarctica that store enough water to make sea levels rise many meters, if it gets released? The science is clear that what we do today, if we keep on emitting greenhouse gases for just a few further decades, will shape our planet’s coastlines for millennia to come. From shrinking Arctic sea-ice to weakening critical currents such as the Gulf Stream or crumbling ecosystems like the coral reefs - the oceans, covering two thirds of our planet, are one major life-support system for people all around the world.
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Timely reversal of global warming could prevent Greenland ice sheet tipping
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Stability inspection for West Antarctica: marine ice sheet not destabilized yet, but possibly on tipping path
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Greenland’s Ice Sheet might be close to first tipping point
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Earlier, higher, smaller: Climate change alters glacial lake outburst floods
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Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold
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Parts of Greenland may be on the verge of tipping: new early-warning signals detected
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Melting ice: Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could reduce sea level rise by 50 percent
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PIK at the Chaos Communication Congress rC3
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Ice loss due to warming leads to warming due to ice loss: a vicious circle
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