In this video I explain what physicists mean by "path dependence" or "hysteresis" and "tipping points". I go through the common example for hysteresis using the magnetization of a ferromagnet and talk about tipping points in climate models.

A list with tipping points in climate models is here:

https://www.pik-potsdam.de/ser....vices/infodesk/tippi

Here is the reference about the AMOC that I mention:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2554

Here is the figure from the IPCC report:

https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chap....ter/chapter-4-sea-le

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Chocolate
2:55 Ferromagnet
5:38 Sequins
5:55 Air Condition
6:26 Tipping Points
7:33 AMOC
9:57 Shellenberger