Bela Starinchak, early career research ecologist working in the Brando Lab at the Yale School of the Environment and Fall 2025 YVoS Participant, has officially published her op-ed titled “Why Environmental Tipping Points Don’t Have to Spell Doom” in Undark Magazine!
Her piece discusses the topic of ecological tipping points in conversations of global change. In it, Bela states that, while tipping points in ecosystems are real and dangerous points in which to pass, they are often misunderstood as sudden and irreversible endpoints, when in reality they are shaped by multiple interacting disturbances, and resilience and recovery of ecosystems are still possible if key pressures are studied, understood and reduced. You can read the entire op-ed here!
