👋 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 ...

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 ...

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...

Earth’s climate is no longer edging toward danger in the abstract. Scientists now say at least one major part of the system has already tipped into a new state, with others close behind. The question ...

New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. A tipping point is a moment in ...

Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C as quickly as possible to limit the risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say. The new paper, by an international team of researchers, ...

Coral reefs in Kenya, Senegal, Cape Verde, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar have been hit hard by rapidly warming seawater. Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images New research has found that the ...