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Survival: It took quiver trees about 18 000 years to shift to their current location in southern Namibia and the Northern Cape. Now they must move 15 times faster. Photo: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics/Getty Images
CLIMATE CHANGE

Quiver trees must get on the move to escape human-caused climate change

Trees are most vulnerable to human-caused climate change because they can’t migrate fast enough to survive

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
BIODIVERSITY

Race to save the Richtersveld from mass extinction

Climate change, mine dust, drought and succulent poaching are causing centuries-old iconic plants to die

  • Sheree Bega
14 min read