Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death stole a climate warning's thunder

  • Written by: Darren Ray, PhD candidate | Paleoclimate, University of Adelaide
Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death stole a climate warning's thunderBernhard Staehli, Shutterstock

Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months?

That’s a question I’ve been asking friends and colleagues lately.

On September 8, 2022, at 6.30pm in Britain, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II....

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