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Glaciers in a third of all World Heritage sites, including Africa’s last remaining glaciers, are “condemned to disappear by 2050”. (AFP)
SPACE JUNK

UN: Melting glaciers, heat, space debris among tipping points of risk

Extinctions, depleted groundwater and an uninsurable future are the others, and together they create instability with potentially catastrophic effects

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Drilling for water in the Karoo where one major concern from fracking is that groundwater will be affected in the shale gas extraction process.
CLIMATE CHANGE

International community seeks to better tap into groundwater in 2022

Efforts are ramping up to make invisible water resources more visible in policy as a solution to drought and climate change

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
Resilient: Residents collect water from a natural spring in Hammanskraal. Groundwater, unlike surface water in dams, is not exposed to evaporation, but is susceptible to pollution. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CLIMATE CHANGE

‘Tap into groundwater – with care’

The Southern African region has vast groundwater resources, but only 1.5% is being used

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
ALIEN INVASIVE PLANTS

Thirsty alien eucalyptuses get the chop

The trees are being felled along the Breede River and the biomass sold back to their native Australia

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Most countries in our study didn’t have any proper plans in place for managing their groundwater resources. (Flickr)
GROUNDWATER

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Many African countries tend to mismanage their groundwater resources

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Drilling for water in the Karoo where one major concern from fracking is that groundwater will be affected in the shale gas extraction process.
COAL

Groundwater maps could help South Africa prepare for safer fracking

A vulnerability map could help assess the risks associated with fracking and groundwater which around 300 towns depend on in South Africa’s Karoo

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read