The research was published in the journal One Earth and shows that global warming can create chain reactions in the climate system when it exceeds certain thresholds:
Interactive feedback loops can be triggered and accelerate warming. Processes such as melting glaciers, release of carbon from permafrost, and reduced reflectance can lead to the system becoming self-sufficient. This could reinforce a warming pattern called the greenhouse effect, causing temperatures to rise much higher in the long term. Scientists emphasize that exceeding such critical thresholds could make reversing climate change difficult or even impossible.
Temperature increase at record levels
The research emphasizes that the global average temperature has reached the highest levels and the greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in millions of years.
As a result, some critical elements in the climate system attract attention. It increases fracture risks for the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, weakens large patterns such as ocean currents,
It makes extreme weather events more frequent.
What does “greenhouse planet” mean?
The term “greenhouse planet” refers to a climate situation where intense greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere continually raise the surface temperature by reflecting heat back to the Earth. In this case, global average temperatures may stabilize at much higher levels, the natural balance mechanisms of the climate system may cease to function, and serious and long-term effects may occur in ecosystems and human societies.
Paris Agreement target exceeded
It has been observed for 12 consecutive months that global warming will increase by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2025. This threshold was determined as a critical limit in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Scientists say this makes efforts to limit temperature rise even more urgent.
Recent reports reveal that global warming is not just a slow process, but is also accelerating due to rapidly increasing feedback loops. This poses a stronger risk of climate change that could plunge the Earth into a “greenhouse effect.”
Experts say that this risk is not limited to just reducing atmospheric carbon; They also state that it requires urgent and comprehensive global policy measures.
