NATURAL INNOVATION Frog songs, memory scales, tiny paws and subterranean sentinels — African scientists tune in to life 7 min 0 By Fred Kockott
Piles of sh*t (Part 4) A community's fight against water contamination in Matatiele 13 min 0 By Leonie Joubert
THE CONVERSATION Orlando Bloom tried to ‘clean’ his blood to get rid of microplastics – here’s what the science says 3 min 3 By Rosa Busquets and Luiza C Campos
TOXIC THREAT OP-ED New WWF report unveils alarming links between plastics and human health 4 min 0 By Zaynab Sadan
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY OP-ED Ending plastic pollution is a human and planetary health imperative 3 min 0 By Inger Andersen
THE CONVERSATION Microplastics are in our brains. How worried should you be? 5 min 1 By Sarah Hellewell, Anastazja Gorecki and Charlotte Sofield
The Conversation Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found throughout the human body – how worried should we be? 4 min 0 By Michael Richardson and Meiru Wang
WASTE NOT Negotiations move a step closer to finalising an internationally binding treaty to end plastic pollution 3 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
BLOOMBERG You are what you drink: bottled water contains more plastic particles than previously thought 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
GROUNDUP Microplastics can poison our health and living environment — here’s how to reduce our exposure to them 3 min 0 By Neil Thomas Stacey
THE CONVERSATION African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value, but there are gaps – here’s what can be done 4 min 0 By Seun Kolade and Muyiwa Oyinlola
THE CONVERSATION Fish in major South African river have microplastics coursing through them 4 min 0 By Dalia Saad
‘RED LADY’ OF THE SEA Long-suffering turtle’s tough 365 days from entanglement to recovery raises hope for her species 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
SEA CHANGE Plastic waste polluting South Africa’s oceans needs answers from bright young minds 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
DREAD IN THE TREAD Our tyres are poisoning rivers and killing aquatic life, studies show 4 min 1 By Tony Carnie
Op-ed A return to source: Saving the Witwatersrand’s ancient freshwater system to save South Africa’s rivers 9 min 1 By Willem Snyman
OP-ED Fighting Covid-19 should not mean that we lose the war against plastic pollution 5 min 0 By Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa
Our Burning Planet The Age of Plastemic: Tiny plastic particles are infecting the remotest oceans and mountains via aerial transmission 3 min 0 By Tiara Walters
