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#News: 🌡️ The cost of reversing #climatechange damage quadruples after a #tippingpoint is crossed, new study reveals. From melting ice to rising seas, DELAY = MASSIVE PRICE to animals, planet and people! 🌏❄️
Act now: be #vegan 🔥 and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴⛔️
Delay and pay: Climate tipping point costs quadruple after waiting
The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work.ScienceDaily
Twelve of the world’s wealthiest billionaires produce more greenhouse gas emissions from their yachts, private jets, mansions and financial investments than the annual energy emissions of 2m homes, research shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds
Research shows impact from lifestyles and investments of likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon MuskSandra Laville (The Guardian)
Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of #carbon #emissions, a little-known—and potentially catastrophic—climate tipping point that could accelerate #globalwarming.
A study, published Thursday in Functional Ecology, found that rising temperatures cause a sudden shift in these microbes’ eating habits, flipping them from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters.
https://grist.org/science/plankton-climate-tipping-point-carbon-emissions/
Another climate tipping point to worry about: Plankton
Rising temperatures could turn one of the world's most common organisms into a major source of carbon emissions.Kate Yoder (Grist)