Climate Tipping Points: Approaching Thresholds to Cause Catastrophic Changes in Climate System
The continuously rising temperatures and increasing sea levels are the utmost concern of the 21 st century. The temperature on planet Earth is getting warmer day by day. The industrial revolution has played the major causes behind it by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases globally. Researchers around the world are deeply concerned about the climate tipping points as they may cause catastrophic changes in the earth’s climate system. Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/warming-up-to-climate-change-climate-tipping-points-9156991/ According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Tipping Points of Climate Change are the critical thresholds in the ecosystem which when overstepped cause notable changes where the climate system may not return to its prior state. The Global Tipping Points report highlighted 5 crucial tipping points that have crossed the risk margin . By 2030 three more are expected to cross if the Earth gets warmer th...