A "tipping point" is a critical moment when an idea, behavior or trend crosses a threshold and gains unstoppable momentum. The term entered our leadership lexicon when Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling ...

The bumpy trajectory of human aging may have a tipping point as we enter our twilight years, a new study has found. Past the age of around 75, our bodies can no longer easily recover from injury or ...

The climate keeps changing, despite the Trump administration's attempt to silence the entire phenomenon. A new study out April 23 reports that the world is on course to trigger several climate ...

The following conversation with Tim Lenton, the founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter and lead author of the 2008 paper that formally introduced the idea of ...

Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...