New Climate Research Warns of Faster Warming, AMOC Instability & Rising Tipping Point Risks

A wave of new climate research in 2026 is raising urgent questions about whether global warming is accelerating, how stable key Earth systems like the AMOC really are, and whether current models are underestimating the risks of tipping points and economic disruption. These developments have real consequences from intensifying heatwaves to energy security. So, perhaps practical individual steps like electrification and reducing fossil fuel dependence are now more important than ever. Help support this channel's independence at   / justhaveathink   Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhave... Reference Links Everything Electric video about retrofitting your home    • This Victorian Home is Now 75% More Energy...   Foster and Rahmstorf - Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... Copernicus - European State of the Climate 2025 https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/d... Portmann et al - ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1... New charts for IPCC AR7 https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/1... Ripple et al - The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fullte... BBC - Could the UK actually get colder with global warming? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark:    / simonoxfphys   ClimateTown:    / @climatetown   Dr Gilbz    / @drgilbz   zentouro:    / zentouro   Climate Adam:    / climateadam   Kurtis Baute:    / scopeofscience   Sarah Karvner:    / @sarahkarver   Beckisphere:    / @beckisphere   Our Changing Climate :    / @ourchangingclimate