[aport]

Further in the paper

"The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095."

[stoneman24]

Climate change was sometimes dismissed (or reduced) by saying that’s it an issue for our grandchildren. With those error bars (NOW to +40 years), the immediate nature of the problem and the required response should hit home. Given recent heatwaves, I think nature is starting to hit us with the clue stick. I hope the important people are listening.

[digdugdirk]

Whoof. Those are some spooky error bars.

[mikeyouse]

Especially since almost every "long term" problem seems to be happening in the much shorter term than was originally predicted. Not great!