Tip the first tile in a line of dominoes and you’ll set off a chain reaction, one tile falling after another. Cross a tipping point in the climate system and, similarly, you might spark a cascading set of consequences like hastened warming, rising sea levels and increasingly extreme weather.
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Sea ice melt, warming ocean temperatures and emergency response: Experts discuss the return of El Niño
The University of Delaware boasts several experts who can talk about El Niño’s return and its wide-reaching impacts, from record-breaking temperatures to sea ice melt that has been shattering scientists’ expectations. Wei-Jun Cai: Air-sea CO2 flux; carbon cycling in estuaries…