When global warming stops, seas will still rise

13 Sept 12:19 Key points summarised by AI

Even if humanity caps global warming at 1.5°C, sea levels will continue to rise for centuries, threatening cities currently home to half a billion people.
Higher warming scenarios, such as 3-4°C, would escalate the threat dramatically, displacing nearly a billion people and necessitating massive defenses or relocation, with Asia facing the most severe impacts.
Current atmospheric CO2 levels already commit the planet to significant long-term sea level rise (up to two meters), making further increases from the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target (nearly three meters) a certainty, not a possibility.
Aggressive emissions cuts are crucial to mitigate the severity and slow the pace of this inevitable rise, offering vital time for global adaptation efforts, despite the long-term commitment to higher seas.

Uthenthawai students and alumni declare truce with Pathumwan rivals

Yesterday 20:34 Key points summarised by AI

Uthenthawai students and alumni have pledged to cease violent clashes with Pathumwan Institute rivals, coinciding with their campus's reopening after a 90-day closure.
The Minister of Higher Education is mediating the long-running conflict, while the campus closure has significantly disrupted in-person classes and laboratory work for over 1,000 students.
Uthenthawai resists relocation from its current site, citing a historical land grant from King Rama VI, despite Chulalongkorn University's plans to reclaim the land for an educational hub.
Concerns are mounting over the legality of the campus closure, its detrimental impact on uninvolved students, and the potential commercial development of the land, which critics argue contradicts the late King Rama VI's intentions.