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BitterPuddin t1_iu6ooof wrote

Those guys don't remember why 1.5 was the target.

Once you get over that, feedback loops come into play. Once we hit the Blue Ocean Event, and the permafrost/methane loop cranks up, it won't matter if you are driving a Tesla or not. Runaway global warming ensues, no matter what we do.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Gemini884 t1_iu8mb72 wrote

There is no evidence for projected warming <3-4C of any tipping points that significantly change the warming trajectory. Read what scientists say instead of speculating-

https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann/status/1495438146905026563

https://nitter.kavin.rocks/hausfath/status/1571146283582365697#m

https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/2c-not-known-point-of-no-return-as-jonathan-franzen-claims-new-yorker/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-the-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report-on-climate-science/#tippingpoints

"Some people will look at this and go, ‘well, if we’re going to hit tipping points at 1.5°C, then it’s game over’. But we’re saying they would lock in some really unpleasant impacts for a very long time, but they don’t cause runaway global warming."- Quote from Dr. David Armstrong Mckay, the author of one of recent studies on the subject to Newscientist mag. here are explainers he's written before-

https://climatetippingpoints.info/2019/04/01/climate-tipping-points-fact-check-series-introduction/ (introduction is a bit outdated and there are some estimates that were ruled out in past year's ipcc report afaik but articles themselves are more up to date)

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Tam1 t1_iucm92c wrote

Thank you heaps for posting this. This was a really interesting and somewhat uplifting rabbit hole to go down

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