New TiPACCs publication on Antarctica’s long-term stability and tipping points
The hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice Sheet More than half of Earth’s freshwater resources are held frozen in the Antarctic Ice Sheet, making the ice sheet the single largest potential source for global sea-level rise under future warming. At the same time, its future evolution will be determined by the interplay of several strong feedbacks between the ice and its environment, implying threshold behavior and the existence of tipping points…
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October 26, 2020