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 http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url 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/justhaveathink Reference Links Everything Electric video about retrofitting your home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CvilBdkXMg Foster and Rahmstorf - Global Warming has Accelerated Significantly https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL118804 Copernicus - European State of the Climate 2025 https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/2026-04/ESOTC-2025-summary.pdf Portmann et al - ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adx4298 New charts for IPCC AR7 https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/2627/2026/ Ripple et al - The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322%2825%2900391-4 BBC - Could the UK actually get colder with global warming? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ