What does the new IPCC report say about climate tipping points and feedbacks?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first part of its sixth assessment report (AR6) in August. Much … More

Smouldering stumps and ground following a rainforest wildfire in Porquinhos Indigenous Territory in Brazil's Maranhão state, in the south-eastern Amazon.

Dieback: how deforestation and climate change could push the Amazon to a tipping point

The Amazon contains half of the Earth’s remaining rainforest, but is being degraded by deforestation and climate change. It’s possible … More

Fact-Check: is an Arctic “Methane Bomb” about to go off?

This is the fourth post in a new climatetippingoints.info series fact-checking claims that various climate tipping points have been crossed, … More

A raging wildfire consumes the forest next to Highway 63 twenty four kilometres south of Fort McMurray Saturday, May 7, 2016. The "Beast", as it was called by Wood Buffalo fire chief Darby Allen, is a 1500 square kilometre inferno that has prompted the mass evacuation of nearly 90,000 people from the northern Alberta city. (photograph by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)

Fact-Check: do tipping points commit us to rapid catastrophic warming?

This is the third post in a new climatetippingoints.info series fact-checking claims that various climate tipping points have been crossed, … More

Why is Climate Change so Hard to Address? (Article for #SciRoom)

Back in November we held a public discussion with The Science Room, which as part of their mission to get … More

“Why is climate change so hard to address?” #sciroom event on 19/11

This coming Saturday we’ll be co-hosting a session of The Science Room – a regular meetup in Southampton where scientists … More

New video! A quick animated guide to Climate Tipping Points

We’ve just released a quick animated guide to Climate Tipping Points on our YouTube channel – give it a watch … More

Can Tipping Points have Early Warnings?

Tipping points can trigger rapid shifts to a new normal state that can seemingly come from out of the blue. … More

Arctic Methane and Tipping Points

~Have you heard that an Arctic Methane Bomb could cause a climate catastrophe? Check out our new Arctic methane Fact-Check … More

Researchers’ Café Round-up

We had a great time at Researchers’ Café on Friday evening – we hosted two lively discussion circles about Climate … More

Sustainability Researchers’ Café on Friday 14th

Our next public event will be at the next Researchers’ Café at Mettricks Old Town on Friday 14th October from … More

Getting the ball rolling at the Family Festival of Science

We had a great time at the Family Festival of Science at Thomas Hardye School on Saturday, talking to kids … More

Welcome to climatetippingpoints.info!

Welcome to climatetippingpoints.info, the online home for the ReCoVER-funded Outreach Project: “The point of no return? An Interactive Stall and … More