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Sea changes: A woman collects food from the sea, an important activity for people living along the coast from South Africa to Somalia. (Garth Cripps)
FOOD SECURITY

Widespread starvation in Western Indian Ocean areas by 2035

Sixty million people in this region directly depend on the sea for food and livelihoods

  • Heather Dugmore
6 min read
Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Mike Roberts and ecoSUB — a new generation marine research robot. (Supplied)
ENVIRONMENT

South Africa wins Newton prize for ocean science and food security

The award recognises the essential contribution to research made by a team studying the Western Indian Ocean which faces an ecosystems and livelihoods disaster

  • Heather Dugmore
5 min read