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*'''Amazon Rainforest''': the current projection is that we have five to ten years before the rainforest tips into a new state, that of a savannah. | *'''Amazon Rainforest''': the current projection is that we have five to ten years before the rainforest tips into a new state, that of a savannah. | ||
*'''Greenland ice sheet''': we could lose this in 20 to 25 years, and if so, sea levels will eventually rise seven metres because of it. | *'''Greenland ice sheet''': we could lose this in 20 to 25 years, and if so, sea levels will eventually rise seven metres because of it. | ||
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Past these tipping points, scientists recon there is no way back[1].
- The Arctic: we have lost the frozen Arctic.
- West Antarctic sea ice: we could lose this within ten years, and if so, sea levels will eventually rise three metres because of it.
- Amazon Rainforest: the current projection is that we have five to ten years before the rainforest tips into a new state, that of a savannah.
- Greenland ice sheet: we could lose this in 20 to 25 years, and if so, sea levels will eventually rise seven metres because of it.
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