Earth Unlikely to Face an Ecological Tipping Point, Study Says

Yale Environment 360: A team of international scientists has rejected the idea that the planet could face a sudden and irreversible ecological shift as a result of largely human-driven pressures, suggesting that such global transformations are more likely to occur over a long period of time. While earlier studies have warned that ecological pressures -- including climate change, biodiversity loss, and over-exploitation of resources -- could drive the planet toward a dangerous "tipping point," the new paper says the ecosystems...

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Enclosure: http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(13)00033-5