Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state

Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile

A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a "hothouse" state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile, a group of leading climate scientists has warned.

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