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Here’s what they are and why they matter

ByALEXANDRIA HERR

PUBLISHED JULY 3, 2021 7:29AM (EDT)

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Adraft version of an upcoming report from the United Nations climate science advisory body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scheduled for release in February 2022,was leakedthis week to Agence France-Presse. It illustrates the existential risks posed by climate change to life on earth — and climate tipping points loom large.

Climate tipping pointsare the phenomenon by which small increases in temperature can trigger self-perpetuating loops in the natural world, “tipping” them towardsdramatic and widespread changeafter a certain temperature threshold is crossed — sometimes leading to even more emissions and warming. Examples of tipping points include the…