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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

We have direct AMOC measurements only since 2004, a time span too short for this type of study. For the AMOC (and other climate tipping points ), the only action we can take to minimise the risk is to get out of fossil fuels and stop deforestation as fast as possible. I’ve seen two main arguments there.

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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

To put this in perspective, Kees van der Leun tweeted last month, ” Annual global solar PV market hit the 1 GW mark in 2004. So, if our answers to climate change and air pollution are growing, with even global coal consumption peaking, why is there still more and more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?