The world is 'perilously close' to irreversible climate change. 5 tipping points keep scientists up at night

 

 "In most immediate peril is the Amazon rainforest.

The 2.5 million square mile rainforest is so vast it creates its own rainfall and is home to 10% of the world's species.

But rising temperatures and increasing drought are bringing it ever closer to crossing the threshold from lush rainforest to arid savannah.

"The recent evidence has been quite alarming. It really does look like we're closing in on a place where a relatively modest amount of drying could kill off the rainforest and turn it into something else," said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles."

 

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The world is 'perilously close' to irreversible climate change. 5 tipping points keep scientists up at night