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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

World reaches first climate tipping point as scientists issue urgent warning

A glacier calving into the ocean, Svalbard, Norway -

The planet has crossed its initial climate tipping point, with scientists warning that global warming is now causing widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs.

A landmark report, published on Monday, reveals that escalating temperatures are pushing several of Earth’s vital systems perilously close to thresholds where their decline accelerates, leading to increasingly irreversible global consequences.

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