Regardless of the threat of tipping points, climate change is already causing demonstrable and obvious harm around the world, said Robert Kopp, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future—thresholds beyond which ...

Spread the loveOn March 30, 2026, the German blog Klimanachrichten raised significant concerns regarding the methodologies used by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The blog’s ...

Some of the scariest scenarios in climate science come from the concept of tipping points, small events that trigger larger, systemic changes that amplify and build on themselves. Scientists warn that ...

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 ...

The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but ...