A new study by a top advisor to an EU-backed scientific research programme concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic is a symptom of global industrial civilization’s breach of key planetary boundaries, ...
Scientists are aware of planetary boundaries—a series of climate change thresholds that, once crossed, could cause a cascade of negative environmental effects. Now, scientists are developing a ...
One of the most pressing questions facing climate scientists, and the world at large, is whether human-caused global warming could trigger changes in the climate system that will radically reshape the ...
👋 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 ...
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 ...
Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the beginning of irreversible planetary shifts. As global temperatures move beyond ...
Irreversible and abrupt shifts likely above 1.5C of warming Scientists, policymakers ponder how to warn of and avert worst Positive tipping points for a resilient future also possible EXETER, England, ...
Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time the planet has reached a climate ‘tipping point’, researchers announced ...
Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time the planet has reached a climate ‘tipping point’, researchers announced ...