Present international warming ranges*
prone to set off main tipping factors, °C
*Above pre-industrial ranges
Boreal permafrost, abrupt thaw
Greenland ice sheet, collapse
Barents Sea ice, abrupt loss
Boreal permafrost, collapse
Arctic winter sea ice, collapse
Boreal forest, northern enlargement
Labrador Sea/subpolar gyre, collapse
Boreal forest, southern dieback
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, collapse
Sahel/west African monsoon, greening
Low-latitude coral reefs, die-off
Amazon rainforest, dieback
Mountain glaciers, loss
West Antarctic ice sheet, collapse
East Antarctic ice sheet, collapse
East Antarctic subglacial basins, collapse
Supply: “Exceeding 1.5°C international warming may set off
a number of
local weather tipping factors”, by D. Armstrong McKay et al., 2022