“Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland’s ice sheet — and it’s not far off

Greenland’s ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate.”

(27) Roger Hallam on X: “We could crash permanently through the 1.5C guardrail within the next five years, and shatter the 2C limit as soon as 2034. This will almost certainly result in the tipping points for collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets being crossed, committing us to the https://t.co/yIH0jojgvd” / X

The surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet gains an average of 370 billion tons of ice per year. Most years since 2017 it has gained more ice than average, and the only year it was significantly below was 2019.

Surface Conditions: Polar Portal