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Tipping point (physics), a threshold in a sharp hysteresis loop; once reached, the system rapidly changes its state Tipping point (sociology), an event when a previously rare phenomenon becomes rapidly and dramatically more common
The phrase has extended beyond its original meaning and been applied to any process in which, beyond a certain point, the rate of the process increases dramatically. It has been applied in many fields, from economics to human ecology [ 3 ] to epidemiology .
One-third of the world’s wetlands have been lost in a short 50 years, along with a staggering 83% of freshwater wildlife populations | Opinion
This watershed moment would give birth to intense Cham–Vietnamese rivalry. Over the next centuries, conflicts between the two combatants intensified as a result of the Vietnamese Nam tiến policy, or "march to the south" by penetrating Champa. As more Vietnamese settlers moved southward they began to expand their sphere of influence over the ...
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A motorist rides a scooter as smoke and water vapor rises from the stacks of a mixed gas-coal power plant in Beijing on Dec. 16. Credit - Bloomberg/Getty Images
The 1969 uprising became a watershed moment in the decolonization of Dutch possessions in the Americas. [71] The Dutch parliament discussed the events in Curaçao on 3 June. The parties in government and the opposition agreed that no other response to the riots was possible under the Kingdom's charter. The Dutch press was more critical.
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