Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at ...
Phys.org

A walk across Alaska's Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data

As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat ...

Expedition to the North Pole: Polar Researchers Fear an Ecological Collapse in the Arctic

The research ship Polarstern spent two months in the ice of the Arctic this summer. What they found could be evidence of an ecological collapse.

What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism

A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at ...
The Conversation

A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data

Alexandra Jahn receives funding from the National Science Foundation. As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of ...

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans—why there's still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and ...