#Regram #RG @guardian: Greenland’s ice sheet is melting much faster than previou...

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#Regram #RG @guardian:
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting much faster than previously thought.
This means sea level rises are likely to reach 67cm by 2100, about 7cm more than what was predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This will put 400 million people at risk of flooding every year, while sea level rises also add to the risk of storm surges, when the fiercer storms made more likely by global heating batter coastal regions. These impacts are likely to strike coastal areas all around the world.
The IPCC is the gold standard for climate science, but some experts are concerned that its findings don't take into account the potential for “tipping points” - thresholds beyond which climate breakdown accelerates and becomes catastrophic and irreversible.

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