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According to a study, as many as 2 billion people will be exposed to extreme heat if global warming raises temperatures by 2.7°C. Read more here.
Climate change is predicted to drive up to 30 per cent of species over tipping points. When the thermal exposure threshold is exceeded, the animal does not necessarily die out, but there is no evidence that it can survive
MIT's STRESS platform enables users to assess multiple, co-evolving, compounding environmental and economic hazards within a U.S. geographical region. This screening-level visualization tool can pinpoint risk “hot spots” that can be subsequently investigated in greater detail.
Although the trait concept is increasingly used in research, quantitative relations that can support in determining ecological tipping points and serve as a basis for environmental standards are lacking. This study determines changes in trait abundance along a gradient of flow velocity, turbidity and elevation, and develops trait–response curves, which facilitate the identification of ecological tipping points. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and abiotic conditions were determined at 88 different locations in the streams of the Guayas basin. After trait information collection, a set of trait dive...
When Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, the news overshadowed reporting of a critical review of climate tipping points, published in Science. Did you miss it?