UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for ever lower costs

The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point." Tuesday's U.N. reports reveal that 92.5% of new electricity capacity in 2022 came from ... Read More

Scientists Are Mapping the End of the World. And Maybe, Just Maybe, a Way Out.

Scientists are aware of planetary boundaries—a series of climate change thresholds that, once crossed, could cause a cascade of negative environmental effects. Now, scientists are developing a ... Read More

Online Learning: Past the Tipping Point

Twin surveys of chief online learning officers highlight the gap between student expectations and institutional maturity when it comes to online education. Read More

Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points

Amazon dieback”, as this grim scenario is known, is just one example of what climate scientists refer to as a tipping point: a threshold beyond which self-sustaining processes irreversibly push a part ... Read More

Researchers propose new method to identify 'positive tipping points' for climate action

Experts are calling for a global effort to identify "positive tipping points" to accelerate the green transition—and have devised a method to find them. Read More

Gradual vs. sudden collapse: What magnets teach us about climate ...

It's also well known that even small increases in stress can push Earth systems, like rainforests, ice sheets or ocean currents, past tipping points, leading to major and often irreversible changes. Read More

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping ...

The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point." Tuesday's U.N. reports reveal that 92.5% of new electricity capacity in 2022 came from ... Read More

Predicting tipping points before they occur - ABC News

Though exceedingly complex, the gist of their work is simple: detecting patterns that tend to emerge in systems just before they hit a tipping point, hopefully in time to stop the process. Read More

Top Scientist Issues Chilling Warning About Antarctic Tipping Point

A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be worse than we’re ready to face. Rachel Dillin Jul 15, 2025 12:25 AM EDT ... Read More