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# Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit too high for glaciers
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/tipping-point-1751835380/
- Published: 2025-07-06T22:45:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-30T07:31:46.000Z
- Description: Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can’t prevent dangers of melting glaciers
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_8cffda75-37ea-41a0-8878-2f21da363054, #extra

The 2015 Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is too high to prevent the catastrophic consequences of sea level rise due to melting glaciers. John Yang speaks with Chris Stokes, one of the study’s authors, to learn more.