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Warnings of global ecological tipping points may be overstated
2013-03-06 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: There's little evidence that the Earth is nearing a global ecological tipping point, according to a new Trends in Ecology and Evolution paper that is bound to be controversial. The authors argue that despite numerous warnings that the Earth is headed toward an ecological tipping point due to environmental stressors, such as habitat loss or climate change, it's unlikely this will occur anytime soon-at least not on land. The paper comes with a number of caveats, including that a global tipping point...
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