As climate change intensifies, South Africa is not only becoming hotter and drier; it's also rising by up to 2 millimeters per year, according to a new study. Scientists knew this uplift was happening ...

Ranked as the 12th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally, South Africa's emission crisis is primarily driven by its energy sector. The country hosts six of the world’s 10 largest nitrogen ...

Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put ...

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also ...

Philiswa Nomngongo works for the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa. She receives funding from Water ...

September 30 - The high sea waters off West Africa may seem remote to people reading this in London or New York. But these waters can impact the very weather patterns that determine whether crops grow ...

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) session in Geneva, which aimed to deliver a binding global treaty on plastic pollution, ended without agreement. Talks collapsed due to deep divisions ...