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 From - The Guardian, By -  Damian Carrington  Environment editor, Edited by - Amal Udawatta, First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries” had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the limits of key global systems – such as climate, water and wildlife diversity – beyond which their ability to maintain a healthy planet is in danger of failing. The broken boundaries mean the systems have been driven far from the safe and stable state that existed from the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago, to the start of the industrial revolution. The whole of modern civilisation arose in this time period, called the Holocene. The assessment was the first of all nine planetary boundaries and represented the “first scientific health check for the entire planet”, the researc

From - BBC News, Edited by - Amal Udawatta, IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES By Georgina Rannard, Mark Poynting, Jana Tauschinski, Becky Dale BBC climate reporter & data team The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health. The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, according to the EU's climate change service Copernicus. It reached 20.96C (69.73F) - far above the average for this time of year. Oceans are a vital climate regulator. They soak up heat, produce half Earth's oxygen and drive weather patterns. Warmer waters have less ability to absorb carbon dioxide, meaning more of that planet-warming gas will stay in the atmosphere. And it can also accelerate the melting of glaciers that flow into the ocean, leading to more sea level rise. Hotter oceans and heatwaves disturb marine species like fish and whales as they move in search of cooler

 From BBC News Edited by - Amal Udawatta, IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, India reintroduced cheetahs last year - nearly 70 years after they went extinct Another cheetah has died at a national park in India's Madhya Pradesh state, taking the number of big cat deaths to seven. A senior official at the Kuno National Park said the cheetah died due to suspected infighting. The male cheetah - named Tejas - was found with injuries by officials. Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952, but they were reintroduced last year as part of an ambitious plan to repopulate the species. Eight cheetahs were translocated from Namibia to country in September 2022 while 12 were brought in from South Africa in February 2023. Of these, three cheetahs have died in the past two months. Three cubs, who were born to a Namibian cheetah at Kuno in March,  died in May . The cubs were found to be weak, underweight and extremely dehydrated, park authorities said at the time. The adult cheetahs