The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much ...

Bowdoin’s R. Wells Johnson Professor of Mathematics Mary Lou Zeeman is visiting Hawai’i to take part in a number of events highlighting how the power of mathematics can be harnessed to understand ...

RICHLAND, Wash. —Tip the first tile in a line of dominoes and you’ll set off a chain reaction, one tile falling after another. Cross a tipping point in the climate system and, similarly, you might ...