Tipping Points: Climate Change and Society

A tipping point occurs when there’s a shift in the state of a system towards a new equilibrium. We’re now facing tipping points in our climate system that could accelerate the dangerous effects of climate change. Natural systems will change, as will human systems. In the future, we could see the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, dieback of the Amazon or droughts across the Sahel but also behavioral changes and regional warfare.

In this course, explore the concept of tipping points from an interdisciplinary perspective, discovering how rapid changes to natural systems may make Earth look very different in the future.

Source: Future Learn

Offered by: University of Exeter

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