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Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds (www.nature.com)
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[–] joelthelion 4 points 1 year ago

we found that tropical forests can withstand up to a 3.9 ± 0.5 °C increase in air temperatures before a potential tipping point in metabolic function

Not that close, fortunately. There are tons of other terrible disasters that will strike before we reach this point.