Related Terms
- Tipping Level or tipping point - Climate forcing (greenhouse gas amount) reaches a point such that no additional forcing is required for large climate change and impacts
- Point of No Return - Climate system reaches a point with irreversible climate impacts (irreversible on a practical time scale) Example: disintegration of large ice sheet
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