17 Nov 2025
Climate change is transforming our planet – irreversibly in some cases. How much time do we have left to act before the climate tips? And what new realities will we have to confront?
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The consequences of global warming – currently around 1.5°C above preindustrial levels – are already decidedly tangible. Meanwhile, some parts of the Earth system are beginning to radically change. Over a hundred researchers from all over the world and from numerous scientific disciplines have come to the conclusion that some of these tipping points have either already been reached or will be very shortly.
From a scientific perspective, moreover, it is certain: To avoid such major upheavals, we need a complete reduction of emissions and the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The article presents five critical climate tipping points from the current Global Tipping Points Report 2025. LMU researchers explain how we can deal with an increasingly unstable climate system.
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Five critical climate tipping points: Read the article in the digital research magazine here