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Young protesters carry placards as they take part in a Climate Strike march towards Thailands Ministry of Natural Resource and Development to mark Earth Day in Bangkok on April 22, 2022. (Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

Investors and startups are focusing on green, sustainable businesses

In South Africa and abroad it is renewable energy, new environmental-friendly technologies and materials, as well as goods and services that are attracting attention

  • Lize Barclay
3 min read
Scuba divers dive in the Red Sea waters by a coral reef near Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula on September 29, 2021. – The Red Sea is home to some 209 different types of coral reefs, according to Egypt’s environment ministry. Healthy corals provide a habitat for more than quarter of marine life, besides shielding the world from natural disasters as storms and floods. But these reefs with their dazzling hues are threatened by rising sea temperatures due to climate change and global warming. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
ALGAE

World has lost 14% of its coral reefs to bleaching from global warming

There are also early warning signs of climate change on South Africa’s coral reefs as elevated sea temperatures drive large scale bleaching

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Bottlenose dolphins
ALGAE

A rare glimpse into the world of the Red Sea’s dolphins and whales

A new report will supply some information needed for science based conservation measures in the Red Sea

  • David Obura
5 min read
Algae.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Red algae can defeat toxic ‘smart’ dirt

Food security is threatened when irrigation systems get worn out by biofouling.

  • Nonjabulo Gule
  • Nonjabulo Gule Guest Author
3 min read
ALGAE

Swimming in fuel

The same algae that turns a swimming pool green and nasty could one day fuel your bakkie.

  • Christina Scott
2 min read