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Lungs of the Earth struggle amid drought, fires and warming
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged by a record 3. 75 parts per million in 2024 — the fastest annual rise in recorded history. While emissions from fossil fuels reached new highs, scientists believe the spike was primarily driven by the failure of natural carbon sinks like rainforests and soils to absorb emissions. Drought, heat, and wildfires — intensified by the El Niño climate pattern — severely disrupted ecosystems in the Amazon and central Africa, possibly turning once-reliable absorbers of carbon into sources of pollution. As global temperatures rise, scientists fear we may be nearing a climate tipping point where nature’s ability to buffer human emissions collapses.
African Penguins get a lifeline: Court orders fishing closures
BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob achieve a landmark court ruling to establish no-take zones for commercial fishing, aiming to protect the critically endangered African Penguin from extinction
Court battle over African penguin survival delayed by State’s late response
Conservation groups file further affidavits in a legal battle against the Minister of Environment toprotect critically endangered African Penguins.