COP28 Video of the Week: “Antarctica and Greenland: Nearing Thresholds from Different Ends” with Chris Stokes

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are both losing ice; and have the potential to undergo rapid and self-sustaining retreat that triggers accelerated sea level rise if the climate warms. Especially if temperatures pass 2°C above pre-industrial, triggered ice loss from these regions will cause massive and largely irreversible global sea level rise, potentially within the next couple of centuries; the WMO recently concluded that the 2023 global average was about 1.45°C above pre-industrial. In this side event, Dr. Chris Stokes from Durham University summarizes these latest findings. The event was moderated by Dr. Grant Macdonald, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Victoria and Early Career Scientist volunteer at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLm1MCM82n0