Burning satellites in the stratosphere: Emerging questions for climate

The sky is getting crowded. In the last few years, the number of satellite launches has increased by an order of magnitude as mega-constellations of internet-powering hardware crowd into low Earth ...
Nature

State Key Laboratory of Climate System Prediction and Risk Management

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs. Identify research insights to guide ...
Phys.org

Climate tipping points are close: Scientists urge radical action before it's too late

New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. A tipping point is a moment in ...
New York Post

Surprise! Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles — climate is more complex than we know

When it comes to climate change, to invoke one of Al Gore’s favorite sayings, the biggest challenge is not what we don’t know, but what we know for sure but just isn’t so. Two new studies show that ...
USA Today

Earth is headed toward several catastrophic climate 'tipping points,' study warns

The world is on course to trigger several climate "tipping points" if global government policies stay on their current course, according to a new study April 23. These points of no return are specific ...
Opinion

Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather

After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the town of ...
The Economist

Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...
Science Daily

Earth has hit its first climate tipping point, scientists warn

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Climate change will surprise us, but so-called ‘tipping points’ may lead us astray

Broecker, W. S. 1997. “Thermohaline Circulation, the Achilles Heel of Our Climate System: Will Man-Made CO2 Upset the Current Balance?” November 28. Science. 278 ...
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Legendary NASA scientist warns Earth hit a climate point of no return

Earth’s climate is now warming so quickly that one of NASA’s most influential former scientists says the planet has crossed a line it can no longer simply step back from. His warning, delivered nearly ...
The Conversation

Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late

Laura Pereira receives funding from Oppenheimer Research and Conservation, Formas, European Research Council, NRF. New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system ...