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Risk of climate tipping points escalates at 1.5C warming: study
Risk of climate tipping points escalates at 1.5C warming: study
by  AFP

Failing to achieve the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C could trigger multiple dangerous "tipping points" where changes to climate systems become self-sustaining, according to a major new study published in Science.

Fell asleep a princess, awoke a queen: Elizabeth in Kenya
Fell asleep a princess, awoke a queen: Elizabeth in Kenya
by  AFP

Princess Elizabeth was deep in the Kenyan forest on the adventure of a lifetime, spotting wildlife from high up in the treetops, when her father died and she became queen. - 'Most wonderful experience' - In fact, the Duke of Edinburgh broke the news to Elizabeth after they had left Treetops but the story stuck and the hotel became the fabled locale where a princess became a queen.

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