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Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’

Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’

SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: December 20, 2019 SNIP: Deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned experts...
Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against

Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against

SOURCE: Nature DATE: November 27, 2019 SNIP: Politicians, economists and even some natural scientists have tended to assume that tipping points1 in the Earth system — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the West Antarctic ice sheet — are of low probability...
Amazon rainforest ‘close to irreversible tipping point’

Amazon rainforest ‘close to irreversible tipping point’

SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 22, 2019 SNIP: Soaring deforestation coupled with the destructive policies of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, could push the Amazon rainforest dangerously to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years, a prominent...