Einen aktuellen Anlass zur Diskussion von ‚tipping points‘ und ihren Folgen bietet die Katastrophe im Golf von Mexiko:

“What worries me is that this could turn into a chronic problem, not just an episode,” said ecologist James Cowan of Louisiana State University. “This could be the one additional thing that pushes us past a tipping point.”

Beitrag auf WIRED Science, Gulf Coast May Be Permanently Changed by Oil Spill, by Brandon Keim, May 5, 2010