A "tipping point" is a critical moment when an idea, behavior or trend crosses a threshold and gains unstoppable momentum. The term entered our leadership lexicon when Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling ...

Regardless of the threat of tipping points, climate change is already causing demonstrable and obvious harm around the world, said Robert Kopp, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and ...

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 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 ...

The climate keeps changing, despite the Trump administration's attempt to silence the entire phenomenon. A new study out April 23 reports that the world is on course to trigger several climate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points ...