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Tipping Points

Is the Amazon Approaching a Tipping Point? A New Study Shows the Rainforest Growing Less Resilient

Beset by worsening drought and more fires, the forest could become a savannah within decades. A study co-author says it is losing the ability “to restore itself back to a stable state.”

By Georgina Gustin

Aerial view showing smoke rising from an illegal fire destroying Amazonia rainforest in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on Sept. 15, 2021. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
Ice floats near the coast of West Antarctica viewed from a window of a NASA Operation IceBridge airplane on Oct. 27, 2016 in-flight over Antarctica. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

New Research Explores the Costs of Climate Tipping Points, and How They Could Compound One Another

By Bob Berwyn

Greenland ice sheet

Study: Predicting Tipping Points Within Reach

By Lisa Song, SolveClimate News

James Hansen on Climate Tipping Points and Political Leadership

By James Hansen

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