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UN-backed report warns of permanent cryosphere damage from overshooting 1.5C

Original: Ajit Niranjan: # Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn. UN-backed report finds e

A new UN-backed report warns that the world's cryosphere faces permanent damage even if global temperatures only temporarily exceed the 1.5C limit set by the Paris Agreement. Scientists say such overshoots could cause lasting harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica, with no guarantee of recovery once temperatures return below the threshold.

Why now: The report's finding that even temporary warming above 1.5C may cause irreversible ice loss challenges assumptions that the Paris target can be safely breached.

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• Ajit Niranjan: # Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn. UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets. # UN # ClimateChange # Antarctica # Arctic https://www.… · Bongolian@mstdn.social · 2

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