Scientists are increasingly blunt about what lies ahead: the climate is edging toward thresholds that, once crossed, will ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Chinese Characters for Crisis The Chinese characters, Wei Ji, pictured here, have been popularly used to symbolize “crisis.” They have been popularized in speeches by political figures like ...