'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wrecked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says

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www.livescience.comby https://www.livescience.com/author/sascha-pareApril 29, 2026Submitted May 4, 2026

Live Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature.

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