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Comment by vanilla-almond

From the article:

> The six tipping points "likely" to be crossed, according to the research, published in Science, are:

- Greenland Ice Sheet collapse

- West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse

- Collapse of ocean circulation in the polar region of the North Atlantic

- Coral reef die off in the low latitudes

- Sudden thawing of permafrost in the Northern regions

- Abrupt sea ice loss in the Barents Sea.

The Science research article:

Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7950

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