World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says
SingaporeReuters The world is heading towards a series of environmental “tipping points” that could cause irreversible damage to water supplies and other life-sustaining systems, the research arm of the United Nations warned on Wednesday. Climate change and the overuse of resources have put the world on the brink of six interconnected tipping points that “could […]
Climate tipping points of coral die-off, ice sheet collapse closer than thought
London, UKReuters When might the world’s bleaching coral reefs pass the point of no return? When would warming temperatures cause the Greenland Ice Sheet to collapse and trigger severe sea level rise? These worrying scenarios could happen sooner than expected, according to new scientific research. For more than a decade, climate researchers have been monitoring […]