A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly…
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‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds
Hundreds of coal companies around the world are developing new mines and power stations, according to a study. The researchers said the plans were “reckless…
View More ‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study findsEarly human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought
The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the…
View More Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thoughtCampaigners force Shell to halt oil exploration on South African coast
Shell will be forced to halt oil exploration in vital whale breeding grounds along South Africa’s eastern coastline after a local court blocked the controversial…
View More Campaigners force Shell to halt oil exploration on South African coastSalim Abdool Karim: ‘None of us are safe from Covid if one of us is not. We have mutual interdependence’
The epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim could be considered South Africa’s Anthony Fauci. As co-chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19, he is…
View More Salim Abdool Karim: ‘None of us are safe from Covid if one of us is not. We have mutual interdependence’