Gletscher in der Antarktis. Von den vielen dramatischen Entwicklungen, die Klimaforscher nachts wach halten, sind Kipppunkte möglicherweise die gruseligsten.
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Download von www.picturedesk.com am 12.09.2021 (15:51).  TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARLOWE HOOD.(FILES) This file photo taken on November 9, 2007 shows shows glaciers in Antartica Of the many things that keep climate scientists awake at night, tipping points may be the scariest. To start with, these thresholds for deep, sometimes catastrophic change in the complex web of Earth's natural forces, caused by man-made global warming, are largely invisible. Ice sheets with enough frozen water to lift sea levels more than a dozen metres; powerful ocean currents that keep bone-chilling winters at bay on both sides of the Atlantic; monsoon rains upon which hundreds of millions in Asia depend for food -- all are at risk of irretrievable disruption / AFP PHOTO / RODRIGO ARANGUA - 20071109_PD4357 - Rechteinfo: Rights Managed (RM) Nur für redaktionelle Nutzung! Werbliche Nutzung erfordert Freigabe: bitte schicken Sie uns eine Anfrage.