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Johan Rockström discusses the potential climate tipping points that could lead to drastic changes in Earth's climate.

The climate catastrophe once dismissed as science fiction. Leading climate scientist, Johan Rockström, on the tipping points that would plunge Europe into an ice age while catapulting the southern hemisphere into an endless heatwave. Watch the full episode here Could climate change trigger an ice age in Europe? On this episode of 30, world-leading climate scientist Johan Rockström explains the growing fears around the collapse of the AMOC, the Atlantic ocean circulation system, that helps regulate the planet’s climate. Rockström warns the world has now breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, and says we are approaching dangerous tipping points that could reshape life on Earth. 30 with Guyon Espiner: long-form conversations with the world’s leading thinkers, scientists and changemakers. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Host: Guyon Espiner

Guest: Johan Rockström

Topics covered

• climate change
• tipping points
• AMOC
• planetary boundaries
• ice age
• heatwave

Keywords

• climate change
• Johan Rockström
• AMOC
• tipping points
• planetary boundaries
• ice age
• heatwave

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNZ

Places: Europe, southern hemisphere, Atlantic ocean

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