Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged. By Robinson Meyer. AUL LOEB / AFP/ Getty. November 23, 2022. Share. Save.

“Runaway climate change or runaway global warming is hypothesized to follow a tipping point in the climate system, after accumulated climate change initiates a reinforcing positive feedback.

As an example, he cites Secretary-General Guterres' September 2018 assertion, "If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change, with ...

Researchers watched as a runaway greenhouse effect destroyed the habitability of a simulated planet, providing a stark climate change warning for Earth. Using advanced computer simulations ...

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Climate fiction is, ahem, hot right now. But I am still not sure we know exactly what it is. Certain novels are so obviously about climate change that no one could argue with that classification ...