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Major climate tipping points could be triggered within a decade

Warming oceans could lead to the mass die-off of tropical coral reefs Helmut Corneli / Alamy The climate has warmed so much that we are already at risk of triggering five global “tipping points” that would have catastrophic effects worldwide and couldn’t be reversed easily if at all, according to a major report. As the…

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We can trigger positive tipping points to cut carbon emissions faster

The rapid growth of solar energy in recent years can be seen as a positive tipping point Henry Do/Solent News/Shutterstock There are tipping points in technological, economic, political and social systems that could lead to carbon emissions falling faster if triggered, according to a major report. The authors of the Global Tipping Points Report are…

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