Antarctica is headed for a climate tipping point by 2060, with catastrophic melting if carbon emissions aren't cut quickly
By Julie Brigham-Grette, Professor of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrea Dutton, Professor of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
If emissions continue at their current pace, Antarctica will cross a threshold into runaway sea rise when today’s kids are raising families. Pulling CO2 out of the air later won't stop the ice loss.
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Monday, May 17, 2021