Famous for complementing Mediterranean and Mexican cooking, the herb could now be a key ingredient in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.
Earth is going to slowly burn up and gangs will be key to survival, so form a clan and gather all the canned food, seeds, water and weapons you can.
Research out this week shows that the recent temperature record-breaking years are caused by human endeavours that drive global warming.
The margin by which 2015 beat the previous year has been flagged by three weather agencies as cause for great concern.
But developed nations can play a big role in finding cheaper ways to produce clean energy.
Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.
If donors help states with which they have links rather than those most vulnerable to climate change, it will increase poverty and thus migration.
A cacophony of climate deniers is trying to fool us into thinking we should not be planning for the future. Here’s how to spot one, writes Sipho Kings
South Africa has the means to mitigate climate change. It just needs the will.
As with all South Africa’s good intentions, the ambitious goals are consistently undermined by a lack of implementation.
The critical climate conference kicks off with world leaders calling for an ambitious – but fair – agreement to lower carbon emissions.
Using Africa’s national parks, scientists have garnered essential information which will help refine their understanding of Earth’s climate.
Carbon dioxide dramatically lowers cognitive ability, a hazard found in office spaces especially.
Average temperature and humidity rises in the Gulf will be too extreme for humans to continue living in the area by 2070, according to researchers.
Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, SA’s delegate to a summit drawing up a global climate pact, says the proposed plan ignores the needs of poor countries.
Data from NASA shows that last month was the second-hottest September ever recorded, with the last 12 months being the hottest on record.
South Africa could create a million jobs and cut emissions, but the government is ignoring a societal proposal that tells them how to do so.
South Africa’s most important climate research centre has warned that current temperature projections underestimate the scale of warming this century.
South Africa remains on track to meet the energy efficiency targets set under our 2005 strategy.
The UN’s top climate official has said pledges by countries to lower carbon emissions will not be enough to keep temperature increases below 2°C.
The Southern Ocean could yield important clues about the effects of climate change.
This year is set to be 0.1°C warmer on average than 2014, thanks to an unusually strong El Niño warming the Pacific Ocean and the world’s climate.
Readers write in on critique on President Zuma and on climate policy.
More than 60 mayors have signed a declaration with Pope Francis pledging to do their part in taking action against man-made climate change.
Big industry continues to reject government proposals on climate change policy, including the introduction of a carbon tax and emissions limits.
The OECD has warned that coal-fired power stations will release half of all the carbon that humanity can safely emit and alternatives must be found.
The impacts of climate change will reverse decades of progress on improving world health and will be keenly felt by children, writes Sipho Kings.
Readers write in about climate change, capital export and Marikana.
A Dutch court has ruled in favour of citizen’s demands that the country be more ambitious in lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
The Pope has called for a transformation of how the world is run in order to confront climate change and environmental degradation.
Without hops, there can be no beer – and South Africa’s hops farms are in serious trouble because of climate change.
The G7 countries have agreed to phase out the use of fossil fuels this century, in a significant step towards a global agreement in Paris in November.