Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly. The long-frozen soil beneath the ...
A new report on global tipping points warns of imminent serious disruptions in major Earth systems if global temperatures continue rising due to human-induced climate change. It suggests that current ...
New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. A tipping point is a moment in ...
Scientists are increasingly blunt about what lies ahead: the climate is edging toward thresholds that, once crossed, will lock in damage for generations and accelerate the very warming that caused the ...
Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points ...
Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...
A key climate tipping point has been irreversibly breached for the first time, a new report has warned. With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm-water coral ...
👋 Hi, everybody! Today’s newsletter is all about change — the scary kind, and the good kind, that we need. If you’re familiar with the concept of planetary tipping points, you probably think of them ...