Climate change to push species over abrupt tipping points
Climate change is likely to abruptly push species over tipping points as their geographic ranges reach unforeseen temperatures, finds a ...
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Marine mammal reproduction rests on a precarious tipping point of ocean resources
Changing environmental conditions may threaten marine mammal populations by making it harder to find prey, and a new study shows ...
Ocean surface tipping point could accelerate climate change
The oceans help to limit global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide emissions. But scientists have discovered that intense warming ...
The ‘tipping point’ toward Alzheimer’s
Scientists are not yet clear on how the tau protein changes from a benign protein essential for normal function in ...
How do sustainable behaviors spread? The solutions of the new ERC Consolidator Grant Green Tipping
To meet the challenge of ecological transition, technological solutions and economic decisions are not enough. Behavioural changes, both individual and ...
1.5-degree goal not plausible: social change more important than physical tipping points
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released ...
Climate tipping: West Antarctica ice sheet collapse may stabilise northern ocean currents
It has been hypothesised, that the tipping of one element of the Earth’s system can catalyse the tipping of others ...
Tipping points complicate the evaluation of complex climate models
An analysis by Robbin Bastiaansen, Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Peter Ashwin, the University ...
Peatlands as climate tipping points
Not only seas and oceans sequester carbon from the atmosphere, but also peatlands. They are considered to contain the largest ...
Little Ice Age study reveals North Atlantic reached a tipping point
Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a "tipping point" before the ...
El Nino frequency drives tipping point in coastal ecological communities
When strong El Niño events become more frequent – occurring 5 or more times per century – eastern Pacific coastal ...
Risk of multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warming
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major ...
Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century controls coastal biotic communities
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon most famous for the El Niño phase characterized by warm ...
Problems in the powerhouse: Excessive degradation of mitochondria found to be a tipping point from normal, beneficial alcohol metabolism to alcoholic liver disease
While most commonly known as “the powerhouses of the cell” because of their energy producing capabilities, mitochondria also play important ...
Third day in hospital identified as a ‘tipping point’ in severity of COVID-19 pneumonia
New research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 ...
Permafrost peatlands approaching tipping point
University of Leeds Embargo: 14 March 2022 at 16:00 (London time), 14 March 2022 at 12:00 (US Eastern Time). Permafrost ...
Climate tipping might not always be disastrous
The consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much more subtle and less severe than generally assumed. That ...
The Amazon rainforest seems to be approaching a tipping point
More than three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest have been losing resilience since early 2000, and the rainforest now shows characteristic ...
COP26 deal sparks hope for positive tipping points
The Breakthrough Agenda agreed at COP26 could help trigger positive tipping points to tackle the climate crisis, researchers say. Credit: ...
Finding the tipping point for coastal wetlands
DURHAM, N.C. -- The Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula covers more than 2,000 square miles on the North Carolina coastal plain, a vast ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care