Delay and pay: Climate tipping point costs quadruple after waiting

ScienceDaily
Nov 26, 2024, 1:56 pm64 pts
The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much work has been done to explore the environmental costs tied to climate change. But this new study marks the first…

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