'Tipping Points' and the Climate Challenge - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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anonymous on 30 Mar 09The prospect that human-driven warming is poised to push Earth past dangerous tipping points is now a cornerstone of many environmental campaigns. But what tipping points are well established and which ones remain what Stephen W. Pacala of Princeton University has called "the monsters behind the door"? I have a piece in the Week in Review section exploring these concerns. Given the limits on space in print, I thought it worthwhile to add some additional voices here and encourage further discussion. The bottom line? A growing effort to clarify such risks has yielded what amounts to the same message climate experts have been conveying for more than two decades: More emissions of greenhouse gases raise the odds of trouble.