Tipping points are thresholds within key Earth systems beyond which lasting changes to the environment occur. Breaching a tipping point kicks off a feedback loop that sends systems into a different ...
The Arctic is heating faster than any other region on Earth, and scientists now say a newly identified chain reaction in the atmosphere is helping to push that warming into overdrive. Instead of a ...
Climate scientists are warning that global warming could trigger a cascade of "tipping points" that threaten to plunge our planet into chaos. But what exactly are tipping points, what happens if we ...