Current rates of climate disruption threaten critical foundations of the global climate system, many of which are approaching dangerous tipping points that could lead to irreversible and even runaway climate change.

Since 1979, tropical cyclones with winds of over 115 miles per hour have become 15% more likely. Each decade, the chances of a major hurricane have rapidly increased in the Southern Indian Ocean and have increased by almost 50% in the North Atlantic. India is the worst-affected region in the world, and cyclones make up about a third of the country’s natural disasters.

As I reached them, a green sea turtle glided out of the underwater portion of the cave. It was swimming awkwardly, inefficiently, and closer inspection revealed a fishing rope tied around its forward right limb.

Cities bordering the Gulf of Mexico such as New Orleans are classified as having a very high vulnerability to sea level rise. Coastal Louisiana loses about a football field of its wetlands every 100 minutes due to rising tides and subsiding land. This combination poses a risk to local ecosystems as well as the coast’s residents.