Publications by authors named "Colin Summerhayes"
We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push the Earth System toward a planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate at intermediate temperature rises and cause continued warming on a "Hothouse Earth" pathway even as human emissions are reduced. Crossing the threshold would lead to a much higher global average temperature than any interglacial in the past 1.2 million years and to sea levels significantly higher than at any time in the Holocene.
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- Human activities are changing the Earth in a big way, leading to talks about a new time period called the Anthropecene.
- This period is marked by items made by humans, like plastics and metals, showing up in the Earth’s layers.
- These changes also include rising sea levels, climate problems, and many animals going extinct faster than before.
The possible links between climate change and health form one of the most controversial topics of our time. In this interview, Dr Colin Summerhayes talks about how the world’s climate is changing and the expected consequences on health.
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