Scientists have long been concerned about the Earth reaching a climate "tipping point," when changes to the planet's natural systems trigger various environmental catastrophes. Now a study has ...
Political opinion usually shifts slowly, but history shows that certain events can force sudden, irreversible change. The ...
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 ...
The term tipping point provides a useful way of thinking about that theoretical juncture along any path when the possible becomes the inevitable. We often use the term in connection with climate ...
The year 2024 was the world’s hottest on record, according to the U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global land and ocean temperatures were 2.32 degrees F (1.29 degrees C) above the 20 ...
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 ...
Wisconsin put Republican Donald Trump over the top in the Electoral College in 2016. Then it did the same for Democrat Joe Biden four years later. Based on the two most recent elections, Wisconsin is ...
RICHLAND, Wash. —Tip the first tile in a line of dominoes and you’ll set off a chain reaction, one tile falling after another. Cross a tipping point in the climate system and, similarly, you might ...
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