New Climate Research Warns of Faster Warming, AMOC Instability & Rising Tipping Point Risks
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A wave of new climate research in 2026 is raising urgent questions about whether global warming is accelerating, how stable key Earth systems like the AMOC really are, and whether current models are underestimating the risks of tipping points and economic disruption. These developments have real consequences from intensifying heatwaves to energy security. So, perhaps practical individual steps like electrification and reducing fossil fuel dependence are now more important than ever.
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Reference Links
Everything Electric video about retrofitting your home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CvilBdkXMg
Foster and Rahmstorf - Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL118804
Copernicus - European State of the Climate 2025
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/2026-04/ESOTC-2025-summary.pdf
Portmann et al - ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adx4298
New charts for IPCC AR7
https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/2627/2026/
Ripple et al - The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322%2825%2900391-4
BBC - Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo
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Reference Links
Everything Electric video about retrofitting your home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CvilBdkXMg
Foster and Rahmstorf - Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL118804
Copernicus - European State of the Climate 2025
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/2026-04/ESOTC-2025-summary.pdf
Portmann et al - ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adx4298
New charts for IPCC AR7
https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/2627/2026/
Ripple et al - The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322%2825%2900391-4
BBC - Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo
Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators
Simon Clark:
youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
ClimateTown:
youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Dr Gilbz
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zentouro:
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Climate Adam:
youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute:
youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Sarah Karvner:
youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
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