9 million tons of food wasted in SA
SOUTH Africans throw away more than nine million tons of food every year, according to the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa.
Focus on aerosols polluting the air
AEROSOLS, tiny particles of pollutants suspended in the air, contribute to the premature deaths of seven million people around the world every year.
Cost of carbon capture ‘seriously underestimated’
A study has found that most economic analyses of carbon capture and storage technology seriously underestimate the cost of this technique and over-estimate its energy efficiency.
Water restrictions hit, price to increase
Water restrictions in the City are set to kick in on January 1 - and the price of water is to increase.
Water restrictions in city from next month
THE city council will announce water restrictions for Cape Town next month.
Penguin rescuers on a mission to save chicks
Baby penguins that were facing starvation on Dyer Island off Gansbaai have been rescued in a joint operation by CapeNature and the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary.
Warning: rapid decline in plant and animal species
ONE in six species is at risk of extinction because of global climate change, according to a report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Study explores effect of heat on birds
BIRDS are feeling the heat from climate change – but a UCT study has found it is more than just rising temperature that is causing the decline in some Western Cape species.
Greenland glacier crumbling into ocean
A GLACIER in Greenland that holds enough water to raise sea levels by 45cm has come “unmoored” and is crumbling into the Atlantic Ocean, according to research published in Science.
Rise in dockets issued by ‘Green Scorpions’
THE Department of Environmental Affairs' "Green Scorpions" handed out more criminal dockets in the last financial year to those breaking the country's environmental laws than the previous year – but the number of arr
Humans linked to the Cape movement of pied crows
The pied crow population is increasing in the Western Cape - with global climate change and power lines being the two main reasons that these noisy birds are migrating south-west.
Bright planets offer ‘beautiful, rare sight’
IF YOU are up an hour before sunrise, look east into the predawn sky and you will see what Nasa describes as a “rare and beautiful sight”.
Extreme swimmers: Berg Rivers too polluted
EXTREME swimmers Andrew Chin and Henko Roukema, who set off last week to swim the Berg River as part of the Rivers for Life programme, have packed up and gone home because three members of the team became ill – appar
Nasa launches daily earth-selfies
Space agency has launched a site that post daily pictures of our planet as it spins through space.
Nasa’s daily ‘selfie’ of Earth
IT could be called the ultimate selfie – a daily photograph of our planet Earth.
UN authority on climate change elects new leader
THE UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has elected Hoesung Lee from the Republic of Korea as its new leader.
SA at cross-purposes over climate change policy
CIVIC organisations told MPs of the disconnect between the commitments South Africa will make at the UN’s COP21 in Paris and the reality of the government’s carbon intensive decisions taken at home.
Greenland meltwater may cause sea rise of 7m
Greenland’s glaciers are melting at a rate of a few metres a day during summer and researchers say the total meltwater from Greenland could cause an eventual sea level rise of 7m.
Committee calls on public for strategy to cut emissions
Global climate change was one catastrophe humanity had the power to stop, Nelson Mandela had said, and the South African public now have a chance to say how this should be done, environmental portfolio committee chairperso
‘SKA to push boundaries of global technology’
All science pushed the boundaries of knowledge, but the Square Kilometre Array would push these boundaries on the largest scale imaginable, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said yesterday.
Pics: West Coast springs to life
For a short while, the West Coast becomes a vast carpet of yellow, orange, blue and white. [VIDEO]
Solar Impulse embarks on longest flight
A solar-powered aircraft took off from Japan to begin a historical five-day non-stop crossing of the Pacific to Hawaii.
Solar-powered plane aims to cross Pacific in 5 days
A solar-powered aircraft took off from Japan yesterday to begin a historical five-day non-stop crossing of the Pacific to Hawaii - the longest leg of its round-the-world flight.
Lion still four steps ahead of trackers
The escaped lion is 90km west of the Karoo National Park as the crow flies, but trackers say it’s walked more than that.
Renewable energy puts wind up Eskom
South Africa's wind energy capacity has grown from just eight turbines in 2012 to 294 today - the result of a R55bn investment by the private sector, the SA Wind Energy Association (Sawea) said yesterday.