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Climate ‘tipping points’ concept could have dangerous consequences – scientists – The Irish Times

Evaluation suggests using ecosystem thresholds to develop policies is not best approach

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The concept that global ecosystems can withstand a lot of environmental pressure before hitting tipping points, especially when used in relation to temperature rise driven by climate change, is unhelpful and could have dangerous consequences, scientists have warned.
The warning is the big-picture message following an evaluation by an international team of scientists of 4,600 different field experiments on climate change. The evaluation suggests using ecosystem thresholds to develop environmenta…

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