The planet is said to be facing a “global cascade of tipping points” that could heavily disrupt human societies and ecosystems unless nations slash their greenhouse gas emissions, according to an article in  “Nature”. 

The authors identified several “large-scale discontinuities” in the climate system that may be underway and which could trigger further warming.

The scientists said, "if damaging tipping cascades can occur and a global tipping point cannot be ruled out, then this is an existential threat to civilisation.”

US chemical plant explosion in south-east Texas injures three people and has blown out windows in nearby housing.

A mandatory evacuation was ordered for everyone within a half-mile of the TPC plant while the fire department says the evacuation could expand to wider areas.

Jefferson County Judge, Jeff Branick, told Beaumont TV station KBMT that the blast initially sounded like someone was firing a gun into his house.

Hong Kong activists are thinking about the next movement after the university siege ends.

Peter Lui, one of the protesters of Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, went down the sewage drain for avoiding to surrender to the police, and burned all his protective gear and swore.

The university stood almost empty by Wednesday, and police are set to enter the campus on Thursday to collect evidence and remove hazardous substance but failed to find any remaining protesters. 

School Strike for Climate Change has organised bushfire solidarity sit-downs tomorrow across Australia.

The sit-down if focused on raising awareness and support for Indigenous land management, the Rural Fire Service and confronting the climate crisis.

The solidarity sit-downs will take place in all capital cities and various other locations.

Griffith University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence method to predict human RNA structures, one of the fundamental building blocks of life.

RNA works in tandem with the DNA both to encode human’s genes as well as to switch genes on and off.

Lead researcher, Yaoqi Zhou says the model is a world-first and allows them to look at the structure of RNA with great accuracy.

A burst pipe in Logan’s Princess St at Marsden has been leaking for more than two weeks in the drought-stricken area.

The leak, reported to council on the 11 November, was declared ‘non-urgent’ and a water operations team was sent in the following day to fix the leak. 

Local resident Errolyn McKenna said that the next day, the original leak was getting worse with water seeping around the concrete and into the gutter and down the drain.

South Burnett Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff is dressing the town of Proston in pink in an effort to tackle mental health issues in the wake of severe droughts and floods. 

Councillor Duff is using her love of pink to raise awareness of rural mental health after losing her partner to suicide. 

With the money from her partner’s inheritance, Councillor Duff donated seven shops to not-for-profit community group Proston Queensland, which have been decked out in bright pinks. 

Africa’s weak laws regulating sexual exploitation in tourism and travel are turning the continent into a “new frontier for child sexual exploitation”.

A study by the African Child Policy Forum sheds light on the continued rise of child sexual exploitation including new forms such as ‘tourism marriages’ and cybersex.