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Scientists:
1. Great Barrier Reef 'dead' by 2035
2. Amazon Rainforest 'dead' by 2048
3. E. Himilayan glaciers gone: 2035
4. Caribbean corals dead by 2034
5. no Arctic summer sea ice by 2028
6. simultaneous global crop failures and water scarcity crisis from 2029
THIS is news.
1. Great Barrier Reef 'dead' by 2035
2. Amazon Rainforest 'dead' by 2048
3. E. Himilayan glaciers gone: 2035
4. Caribbean corals dead by 2034
5. no Arctic summer sea ice by 2028
6. simultaneous global crop failures and water scarcity crisis from 2029
THIS is news.
From 2016:
'THE Great Barrier Reef is likely to be dead within two decades, experts have warned, with climate change leading to more frequent and severe coral bleaching.' https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/great-barrier-reef-could-be-dead-within-20-years-australia-scientists-have-warned/news-story/e68ad45740a3239afa52d9f22b09c4a0?__twitter_impression=true
'THE Great Barrier Reef is likely to be dead within two decades, experts have warned, with climate change leading to more frequent and severe coral bleaching.' https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/great-barrier-reef-could-be-dead-within-20-years-australia-scientists-have-warned/news-story/e68ad45740a3239afa52d9f22b09c4a0?__twitter_impression=true
Drying out of the rainforest threatens to ignite the tree-filled habitat and convert it ALMOST OVERNIGHT into barren desert
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fires-could-turn-amazon-rainforest-into-a-desert-as-human-activity-and-climate-change-threaten-lungs-9259741.html
Tropical forests hit an irreversible fragmentation tipping point:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1208911539266314240?s=19
2048 projection: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1209240060756934656?s=19
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fires-could-turn-amazon-rainforest-into-a-desert-as-human-activity-and-climate-change-threaten-lungs-9259741.html
Tropical forests hit an irreversible fragmentation tipping point:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1208911539266314240?s=19
2048 projection: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1209240060756934656?s=19
All glaciers situated near Mount Everest are in retreat.
'Some researchers believe that glaciers in the central and eastern Himalayas could disappear entirely by 2035.' https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ice-stupas-himalayan-answer-to-climate-change-water-shortage-and-glacial-flooding-a7742906.html
'Some researchers believe that glaciers in the central and eastern Himalayas could disappear entirely by 2035.' https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ice-stupas-himalayan-answer-to-climate-change-water-shortage-and-glacial-flooding-a7742906.html
'big biomes the size of Caribbean coral reefs could die off in only 15 years if they reach their own point-of-no-return'
Most tropical corals will die as we head over 1.5C of average global temperature rise (set to hit by 2023 - 2031). https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/big-ecosystems-collapse-faster-tipping-point-reached-200311085410870.html
Most tropical corals will die as we head over 1.5C of average global temperature rise (set to hit by 2023 - 2031). https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/big-ecosystems-collapse-faster-tipping-point-reached-200311085410870.html
Harvard's James Anderson suggested an ice-free Arctic summer by 2022.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1178331783642980353?s=19
It's very hard to project, but recent studies suggest 2023 as possible, with the early to mid 2030s likely.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1234923948099416064?s=19
My educated guess: 2026-2028.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1178331783642980353?s=19
It's very hard to project, but recent studies suggest 2023 as possible, with the early to mid 2030s likely.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1234923948099416064?s=19
My educated guess: 2026-2028.
Simultaneous catastrophes will certainly have begun to occur around 2C of global warming. The earliest scientific projection for 2C I've seen is 2030, but the risk of simultaneous crop failures will simply increase and increase from now on as we pass 1.5C. https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1226103077163425792?s=19
This thread suggests crop failure catastrophe is entirely possible before 2029. Read to the end: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1205577540531838977?s=19
4 billion suffer water scarcity today for at least one month of the year and the UN suggests this will become a global issue year round within a decade.
This has been understood for years.
From 2013: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1234629286642016260?s=19
This has been understood for years.
From 2013: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1234629286642016260?s=19
More information here: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1166089647740637184?s=19
