Most people are \u201cvery\u201d or \u201cextremely\u201d concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roughly 70 <\/strong>percent of 22,000 people polled online earlier this year agreed that human activities were pushing the Earth past \u201ctipping points<\/a>,\u201d thresholds beyond which nature cannot recover, like loss of the Amazon rainforest or collapse of the Atlantic Ocean\u2019s currents<\/a>. The same number <\/strong>of respondents said the world needs to reduce carbon emissions within the next decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just under 40 percent of respondents said technological advances can solve environmental challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n