but increasingly likely as the Earth warms. But how close the world is to crossing these so-called “tipping points” is a matter of vigorous scientific debate. The phrase “tipping point” was first ...

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I reached out to three climate scientists who have written at length about tipping points in the Earth system. I wanted to better understand the history of the term, where it had come from, how it was ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

It's been over a decade since Tipping Point began and in his 12-year tenure as host, Ben Shephard has witnessed some eye-watering wins on the beloved quiz show. Here we remember the biggest ...