UCC warning on climate change being rapid

Research by mathematicians at University College Cork (UCC) and the University of Exeter in England has found that our ability to adapt to global warming will be more di cult if the rate of change is too rapid.

Researchers say approaching critical levels of climate change at too fast a rate of change will create new tipping points. is will make it more di cult to combat the challenges posed.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, joint lead author, Dr Hassan Alkhayuon, from the School of Mathematical Sciences at UCC, said: " e typical way in understanding tipping points is normally