内容摘要：She founded the charity SheRaces with the core aim of breaking down barriers preventing women from entering events alongside men and safeguarding returning mothers.

She founded the charity SheRaces with the core aim of breaking down barriers preventing women from entering events alongside men and safeguarding returning mothers.

The world's tropical forests, which provide a crucial buffer against climate change, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, new satellite analysis suggests.Researchers estimate that 67,000 sq km (26,000 sq mi) of these pristine, old-growth forests were lost in 2024 – an area nearly as large as the Republic of Ireland, or 18 football pitches a minute.

Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record, with the Amazon faring particularly badly amid record drought.There was more positive news in South East Asia, however, with government policies helping to reduce forest loss.Tropical rainforests store hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon in soils and woody trunks. But this new global record raises further questions about their resilience on a warming planet.

Many researchers are concerned some forests, such as parts of the Amazon, may be approaching a "tipping point", beyond which they could fall into irreversible decline."The tipping point idea is, I think, increasingly the right one," said Prof Matthew Hansen, co-director of GLAD laboratory at the University of Maryland, which produces the data.

Prof Hansen described the new results as "frightening", and warned of the possible "savannisation" of the rainforest, where old-growth tropical forests die back and permanently switch to savanna.

"It's still a theory, but I think that that's more and more plausible looking at the data."It attracted more than 51,000 visitors when it was on display at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.

The artist said he was "so proud and thrilled" to be recognised for his work, which took people on a journey of his personality, memory and disability through theatrical portraits and sculptures.He added: [The team at Ferens] showed their faith in me and I was able to repay this by creating new work, which the public in Hull truly engaged with.

"This was a group effort, which enabled me to work with and support disabled artists in Hull. I hope that I am able to work with my friends at Ferens in the future because we seem to bring the best out of each other."The exhibition, which was displayed from February and June 2024, has inspired Ferens to showcase more of the artist's work.