Tipping Points

PK & Tom explain climate tipping points. From permafrost, coral reef die-offs and melting ice sheets - which have we crossed, are they irreversible and what's happening behind laboratory doors with regards solutions. 

And here are some useful links referred to in the content of this episode, plus some extra reading if you want to know more. 

Carbon Brief Tipping Points:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-nine-tipping-points-that-could-be-triggered-by-climate-change/

Ice Sheets 10% lose per decade:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18934-3

Coral Reefs: 1 billion people depend...
https://sciencepolicyreview.org/2020/08/coral-reefs-are-critical-for-our-food-supply-tourism-and-ocean-health-we-can-protect-them-from-climate-change/

10th of Mountain Glaciers...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/world-lose-glacier-ice-climate-targets

Anthrax-Reindeer (aka - the name of PK’s band)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209140

Austrian Permafrost mountain summit collapse:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/14/europe/austrian-mountain-fluchthorn-rockslide-climate-intl/index.html

Plus …
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/08/world-on-brink-five-climate-tipping-points-study-finds