The vital ecosystem could also flip between rainforest and Savanna-like vegetation if drought deepens, the research finds. The Amazon rainforest is approaching a tipping point which would have devastating consequences for the world’s climate system, new research shows. Up to 47 per cent of ‘the planet’s lungs’ could be threatened by rising temperatures, droughts, deforestation...
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible. The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked...
The former VP says he’s nonetheless encouraged that the world is “close to a tipping point” beyond which leaders will “oppose progress at their peril.” Read more: edition.cnn.com Photo: edition.cnn.com