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CLIMATE CHANGE

Mapping Africa’s changing coastline

A new interactive platform, developed by Harvard University and partners, is mapping sea-level change across Africa's coastline from 1900 to 2100. It provides crucial local data…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
A view of the False Bay yacht Club and the South African Naval Docks in Simons Town, (Photo: David Harrison)
MARINE POLLUTION

Scientists find medicines and pesticides accumulating in False Bay sediments

A new study led by the University of Cape Town reveals that False Bay's seabed is accumulating pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and metals, acting as a long-term pollution reservoir.…

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
A new study co-authored by a University of Pretoria conservation scientist argues that widely cited claims of catastrophic global wildlife decline may overstate biodiversity loss in Africa
AFRICA

University of Pretoria study challenges ‘70% wildlife decline’ narrative

A new study co-authored by a University of Pretoria conservation scientist argues that widely cited claims of catastrophic global wildlife decline may overstate biodiversity loss…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Human-made chemicals have become woven into the chemistry of the ocean, a major new led by Jarmo-Charles Kalinski (above) study has found
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION

Human-made chemicals embedded across global oceans, major study finds

A groundbreaking analysis of more than 2 300 seawater samples shows that industrial chemicals dominate ocean pollution signals, even far from land

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Environmental efforts pay off: study shows plastic loads in petrels remain stable over decades

New research uncovers surprising stability in plastic ingestion among seabirds on Inaccessible Island

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The research team in front of the main nest. (Michele Francis)
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in SA are key to climate change and carbon storage studies

There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial but still poorly understood role in the carbon cycle

  • Michele Francis
5 min read