Julius Garbe @juliusgarbe.github.io · Dec 15 At sustained >2°C global warming, large subglacial basins in #EastAntarctica could also cross their TPs, and irreversible collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets is likely to become locked in, with far-reaching impacts for the livelihoods of millions of people.
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Note: Because of the long response times of these systems, some impacts of crossing TPs will unfold over centuries to millennia. However, with the current trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, such largely irreversible changes might already be triggered within a few decades.