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  • Scientists have identified both negative and positive “tipping points” that could determine Earth’s fate. While negative tipping points include critical ecological thresholds like ocean acidification and biosphere integrity that threaten planetary stability, researchers at the University of Exeter are now mapping positive tipping points that could help combat climate change[1].

    These positive cascading effects are already emerging - the widespread adoption of wind and solar energy has driven down renewable costs while increasing clean energy generation[1:1]. However, the global economy is still “decarbonizing at least five times too slowly to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius,” warns Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter[1:2].

    The researchers aim to identify potential positive tipping points, understand how close we are to achieving them, and determine what actions could trigger them - while avoiding “wishful thinking about their existence”[1:3]. Some sectors, like nuclear power and concrete production, may not have tipping points at all. But in others, like heat pump adoption and shifts away from meat consumption, positive cascading changes appear more likely[1:4].


    1. Popular Mechanics - Scientists Are Mapping the End of the World. And Maybe, Just Maybe, a Way Out ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎









  • Damage in the impact

    An estimated 189 people would be vaporized in the crater

    The crater is 542 m deep

    Your asteroid impacted the ground at 17 km/s

    The impact is equivalent to 5 Gigatons of TNT

    More energy was released than a hurricane releases in a day

    An impact this size happens on average every 88,000 years

    An estimated 355,850 people would die from the fireball

    An estimated 631,250 people would receive 3rd degree burns

    An estimated 1,076,394 people would receive 2nd degree burns

    Trees would catch on fire within 94 km of the impact

    An estimated 4,588 people would die from the shock wave

    Anyone within 33 km would likely receive lung damage

    Anyone within 43 km would likely have ruptured eardrums

    Buildings within 76 km would collapse

    Homes within 101 km would collapse

    An estimated 465,284 people would die from the wind blast

    Wind within 23 km would be faster than storms on Jupiter

    Homes within 37 km would be completely leveled

    Within 66 km it would feel like being inside an EF5 tornado

    Nearly all trees within 109 km would be knocked down

    An estimated 1,823 people would die from the earthquake.

    The earthquake would be felt 192 km away