Climate scientist Timothy Lenton first identified climate tipping points in 2008. In 2022, he and his team revisited temperature collapse ranges, integrating over a decade of additional data and more ...

It's official: we no longer live on a planet with temperatures that can sustain warm-water coral reefs. This is the first of many fragile Earth systems set to topple as human activities continue to ...

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 ...

From US President Donald Trump's all-out push for fossil fuels to political squabbles in Europe, governments are retreating ...

Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a ...

When we talk about climate change, one phenomenon scientists often use is the tipping point. A tipping point happens when small changes build up until they cause big, often irreversible effects on the ...

Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could soon reach a tipping point. Maria-José Viñas/NASA As the planet warms, it risks crossing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra A Phillips, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) As ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra A Phillips, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) As ...