West Antarctic Ice Sheet

ANTARCTIC TIPPING POINTS: CRISIS, GLOBAL IMPACT, AND INDIA’S VULNERABILITY

A Nature Climate Change study indicates the Antarctic Ice Sheet has multiple tipping points: irreversible loss in West Antarctica (including Thwaites Glacier) risks starting at 1.3°C warming, and East Antarctica destabilizes beyond 2°C, which poses a threat to India’s coastline and monsoon, stressing the need for action under the Indian Antarctic Act, 2022.