Climate tipping points in Amazon, Tibet 'linked': scientists

"We've been surprised to see how strongly climate extremes in the Amazon are connected to climate extremes in Tibet," said co-author Jurgen Kurths from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. They stretched from South America to Southern Africa, on to the Middle East and finally into the Tibetan Plateau. In their study, the researchers then used computer simulations to track how global warming might change these long-distance link-ups out to 2100. They stretched from South America to Southern Africa, on to the Middle East and finally into the Tibetan Plateau. In their study, the researchers then used computer simulations to track how global warming might change these long-distance link-ups out to 2100.