20 years ago on 23 June, 1987, James Hansen, an eminent climatologist at NASA warned of a point of no return regarding climate change, a "tipping point". This year he speaks again on the subject. A recent article published in EOS, a newsletter from the American Geophysical Union shows the Arctic Ice sheet is melting faster than ever and may be ice-free in the summers in a few years: Arctic_sea_ice_plummets.pdf
Here is a PDF of his latest warning: Global Warming Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near: Tipping_Points_near.pdf
Here is a recent interview with him:
We really need to demand of our political leaders to do more than talk, to implement the changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change... if that's even possible at this point.