Leading scientists have warned that nine of the tipping points identified over a decade ago are now active. One of those tipping points is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Thwaites glacier, also known as the doomsday glacier, has been alarming scientists about a looming collapse that could raise sea levels rapidly.
The land ice of Thwaites has the potential to raise sea levels two feet, and if West Antarctica goes down with it, eleven feet of sea-level rise will occur.
Nine climate tipping points now 'active,' warn scientists
You have probably heard of most of them, and you might have heard something about how bad some of them are getting. Let's take a quick look at each one. We will come back to them individually and in greater depth from time to time, whenever one or another gets even more dire.