A key climate tipping point has been irreversibly breached for the first time, a new report has warned. With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm-water coral ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Tuesday unveiled a public-private partnership to help families experiencing homelessness, funded by his former Tipping Point Community nonprofit. The city's Family ...

The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future—thresholds beyond which ...

The world is on course to trigger several climate "tipping points" if global government policies stay on their current course, according to a new study April 23. These points of no return are specific ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Unstoppable ice loss in Antarctica. Irreversible permafrost thaw in the Arctic. The shutdown of a gigantic Atlantic Ocean current. Scientists have warned that these and other “tipping ...