The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate ...

Scientists say the collapse of AMOC could plunge Iceland into extreme winter temperatures.

Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is often described as the planet’s great conveyor belt, moving warm water north and cold water south to keep regional climates within familiar bounds.

Scientists say that multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger of following a "hothouse" path driven by feedback ...

Scientists warn of rising risk of Earth becoming irreversible ‘hothouse’ - ‘We could be entering a period of unprecedented ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - It is just one scenario among many, but by far the most cataclysmic.

Uncertainty in climate models could mean Earth systems are perilously close to their tipping points, scientists warn.

When certain Earth systems reach “tipping points,” the already noticeable warming is likely to accelerate on its own. In a ...

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware ...