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🚨📢 New Publication Alert
Our new study shows that the #WestAntarctic #IceSheet repeatedly crossed #TippingPoint thresholds in the past, with important implications for its future stability.
Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02366-2
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Study: collapse of #WestAntarctic #IceSheet could be triggered with very little #OceanWarming above present-day, leading to 4 metres of global #SeaLevelRise to play out over hundreds of years.
PIK researcher @juliusgarbe: “We have a narrow window to act.”
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/scientists-say-next-few-years-vital-to-securing-the-future-of-the-west-antarctic-ice-sheet