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We can still prevent a climate disaster, but time is running out. How much time do we have before ‘no need to return’? Research now published indicates

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We can still prevent a climate disaster, but time is running out. How much time do we have before ‘no need to return’?
Research now published indicates that an important tipping point has already been passed.
Between 1900 and 2016, global warming caused sea levels to rise between 16cm and 21cm.
Some studies suggest that by the end of this century they may have been as high as 2.7 meters.
The second largest contributor to that rise would be the Greenland Ice Sheet; It is melting in the sea.

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