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The apocalyptic scenes depicted in "The Day After Tomorrow" are not going to happen. But ocean currents are headed for a crisis.

One of the UK's most secretive centres of scientific research - Porton Down - is aiming to stop the next pandemic "in its tracks".

There's no getting away from the fact that we are at a crisis point when it comes to the earths biodiversity.

An example of a “tipping point” is a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing.