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by Retric 2489 days ago
There is no single tipping point. There are a vast number of different tipping points with different outcomes.
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There is this idea that the ecological balance is very fragile and easily destroyed.

This is true, in a way, but it doesn't mean nature will dies. It almost always just means that nature will find a new ecological balance.

If nature finds a new ecological balance that's incompatible with human life, does it matter?
This is more a Hollywood movie plot than something that really happens.
Which is to say, there is no tipping point?
More that many systems are involved, and they are not all binary choices. So, local flooding for example does not operate on the same scale as ocean acidification.