Thanks for featuring this. His comments on Greenland Ice Sheet tipping point should be concerning: "Whats the worst thing about tipping points like Greenland? We will probably not know when we have crossed it for 50 years." A Potsdam Institute paper in 2012 lowered the likely tipping point for disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet down to 0.8-3.2 °C, with a best estimate of 1.6 °C. http://takvera.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/global-warming-threshold-for-greenland.html
Thanks for featuring this. His comments on Greenland Ice Sheet tipping point should be concerning:
ReplyDelete"Whats the worst thing about tipping points like Greenland? We will probably not know when we have crossed it for 50 years."
A Potsdam Institute paper in 2012 lowered the likely tipping point for disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet down to 0.8-3.2 °C, with a best estimate of 1.6 °C.
http://takvera.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/global-warming-threshold-for-greenland.html