Environmental Tipping Point Is Nearing, International Study Says

Yale Environment 360: The rapid warming of the planet, a soaring human population, the steady loss of biodiversity, over-exploitation of energy resources, and the degradation of the world's oceans are driving the world toward an ecological tipping point, according to a new study in Nature. Twenty-two scientists from five nations compared the major changes taking place today with previous ecological shifts -- such as the end of the last Ice Age 14,000 to 18,000 years ago -- that triggered mass extinctions of some species,...

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Enclosure: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7401/full/nature11018.html