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 ...

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 ...

The following conversation with Tim Lenton, the founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter and lead author of the 2008 paper that formally introduced the idea of ...

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 ...

That warm-water coral reefs are passing their thermal tipping point is a tragedy for nature and the people that rely on them for food and income. "This grim situation must be a wake-up call that, ...

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 ...