Humanity is moving “perilously close to the brink” of multiple environmental tipping points that could be disastrous to both people and the environment, United Nations researchers warned in a report ...

An acceleration in threats from Earth system tipping points, which occur when small changes spark often rapid and irreversible transformations, has set humanity on a disastrous trajectory, a new ...

Experts are calling for a global effort to identify "positive tipping points" to accelerate the green transition—and have devised a method to find them. A tipping point is a threshold where a small ...

The state of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has been a hot topic among climate scientists in recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tipping point is the point in which a loan borrower begins to pay back more of the principal than of the loan's interest. Prospective and current homebuyers are often surprised to learn that the ...