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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Tipping Point''' β A critical threshold that, when crossed, leads to large, accelerating, and often irreversible changes in the state of a system. * '''Feedback Loop''' β A process where the "Output" of a system "Feeds back" into the "Input," either magnifying the change (Positive) or dampening it (Negative). * '''Positive Feedback (Amplifying)''' β Warming leads to more warming (e.g., "Ice-Albedo" feedback). * '''Negative Feedback (Stabilizing)''' β Warming leads to cooling (e.g., "Cloud" feedback that reflects sun). * '''Permafrost''' β Frozen ground in the Arctic that contains "Gigatons of Methane" (a gas 30x stronger than CO2). * '''Albedo''' β The "Whiteness" of the Earth. White ice reflects heat; dark water absorbs it. * '''Amazon Dieback''' β The tipping point where the rainforest becomes so dry that it turns into a "Savanna" (a grassy plain), releasing all its stored carbon. * '''Coral Bleaching''' β When the ocean gets too hot, corals "Spit out" their algae and die, leading to the collapse of the ocean ecosystem. * '''Hysteresis''' β The idea that a system "Remembers" its change; it might take 10x more effort to "Go back" than it did to "Break" it. * '''Cascading Tipping Points''' β A "Domino Effect" where one tipping point (like Greenland melting) triggers another (like the Ocean Conveyor stalling). </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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