A glacial lake outburst flood on the border of Tibet and Nepal took at least nine lives in Nepal. The flood destroyed the Nepal-China Friendship Bridge and damaged highways, power stations, and other ...

Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond, unless urgent action ...

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, ...

The climate has warmed so much that we are already at risk of triggering five global “tipping points” that would have catastrophic effects worldwide and couldn’t be reversed easily if at all, ...

Earth’s climate is no longer edging toward danger in the abstract. Scientists now say at least one major part of the system has already tipped into a new state, with others close behind. The question ...

Pine Island glacier is one of the fastest flowing outlets of ice from the west Antarctic ice sheet, draining an area three-quarters the size of the UK. In recent decades, the glacier has been ...

Tipping elements on Earth are components that undergo rapid and irreversible changes when climate change reaches a tipping point. They are highly sensitive to climate variations and serve as early ...