Scientists warn that the Amazon rainforest is near its “tipping point” as more trees die. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, more than three-quarters of the Amazon has lost ...

The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a ...

Coral Reefs Have Already Crossed the Line The planet has already reached its first climate tipping point with widespread coral reef die-off marking a grim milestone, according to over 160 scientists ...

The Amazon rainforest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world's largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday.

The Amazon is changing faster than many researchers once thought possible, and the signals are no longer subtle. From record fires and creeping savannization to a looming “hypertropical” climate shift ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the ...

Pavillion Gardens park in Buxton, northern England. The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could make weather in the UK and Europe more extreme. (Getty Images) Scientists have ...

Scientists say that warming has breached a critical threshold for tropical coral reefs, which are expected to see catastrophic losses in the years ahead. They warn that if warming continues unchecked, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As a controversial bill passes in Brazil, environmentalists prepare for the “last stand” to save the Amazon. Brazil’s Congress approved a sweeping ...