Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. In a new paper, scientists say ...

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware ...

Earth’s climate is no longer edging toward danger in the abstract. Scientists now say at least one major part of the system ...

Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea level rise. View on euronews ...

Uncertainty in climate models could mean Earth systems are perilously close to their tipping points, scientists warn.

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 ...

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass ...

From Amazon dieback to removing coal from power mixes in the UK, discover the tipping points we have reached - and could hit - across the world ...

Earth has entered a dangerous new phase of climate change as scientists warn that the planet has entered a "danger zone" where billions of people could face irreversible, deadly changes. Global ...

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 ...

Five of Earth’s vital systems are close to a point of irreversible change, warns a new report released by a global network of scientists ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate change conference in Brazil.