Earth faces new hothouse risk

Scientists warned that the Earth was closer than previously thought to climate tipping points that could trigger self-reinforcing warming and lock the planet into a harder-to-reverse "hothouse Earth."

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The Guardian

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said. This would lock the world into a new and hellish “hothouse Earth” climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach . The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11, 000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed. Continue reading. . .

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Die Presse

Dangerously close climate tipping points: researchers warn of a 'hot era'

These include the melting of the great ice sheets over Greenland and Antarctica, the thawing of large areas of permafrost, and the disruption of the Gulf Stream. Crossing these tipping points could trigger a self-reinforcing warming.

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Handelsblatt

Analysis of Global Warming: Climate scientists warn of near tipping points

Tipping points in the climate system: Is the Earth headed for an irreversible heat phase? Researchers warn of cascading effects—and show how we can still change course.

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Der Standard