irreversible warming

Sprache: de

📖 Definitionen

Irreversible Erwärmung; Kipppunkt-Erwärmung

EN: A long-term increase in global average temperature that cannot be reversed by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, often due to feedback loops such as melting ice or releasing methane from permafrost.; Climate change effects that have crossed a tipping point, resulting in sustained heating of the Earth's system regardless of future mitigation efforts.

The latest climate report warns of irreversible warming if carbon emissions are not drastically cut.

Der neueste Klimabericht warnt vor irreversibler Erwärmung, wenn die CO2-Emissionen nicht drastisch reduziert werden.
Scientists fear that irreversible warming could lead to catastrophic sea-level rise within decades.

Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass irreversible Erwärmung innerhalb von Jahrzehnten zu einem katastrophalen Meeresspiegelanstieg führen könnte.