The further weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major system of currents throughout the Atlantic Ocean, is likely to have drastic climatic consequences in northern Europe and globally.
A newly published paper has outlined the looming dangers of the Amazon rainforest and what areas of the iconic location are expected to do over 30 years.
Tipping Point Large parts of the Amazon’s iconic rainforest have the possibility of reaching an irreversible “tipping point” and then collapsing into a sad shadow of it itself in less than 30 years due to deforestation and climate change impacts, scientists warn in a new paper published in the journal Nature. Because these “compounding disturbances” […]
The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with serious implications for the global climate system.