Multiple climate "tipping points" are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

In a nutshell Current climate policies are dangerously insufficient. If we continue on our present path (about 2.7–2.8°C of ...

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The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.

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Scientists assessed the risk of “tipping” in 16 different parts of the Earth system – ranging from the collapse of major ice ...

Photosynthesising microbes in soil may increase their activity as temperatures rise, offsetting some of the carbon emissions ...

If warming continues, how will melting permafrost transform landscapes? Will forest grow in place of tundra? Will wetlands rise where forests once grew? And will these changes affect the carbon ...

Multiple climate 'tipping points' are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research shows.