Maverick Earth

Earth

Geopolitical legal iceberg - Former Australian PM Abbott linked to Antarctic land claim pitch

A prominent Irish communications entrepreneur argues that controlling polar infrastructure could secure an American advantage in Antarctica’s only unclaimed region. His interpretation of Antarctic law needs a truthiness check.

By Tiara Walters

BOREHOLE SITING OP-ED

A suburban scourge – pseudoscience and groundwater detectors

By Roger Parsons

BOUNDARY CLASH

The fence that isn’t — wildlife, disease and neglect on the SA-Eswatini border

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo

MAN’S TOXIC SIGNATURE

The ocean is no longer pure: Scientists find human chemistry woven into the seas

By Don Pinnock

OPINIONISTA

So far, so close: The shy constellation that mirrors Table Mountain

By Stefania Falcon

OPINIONISTA

Trophy hunting quotas without accountability: How different courts are exposing the same broken state

By Bool Smuts

STORY ARK

Government funding is the final hurdle to unleash the weevil to control pine weeds

By Leonie Joubert

Conservation dynamics

The fence effect: What happens to wildlife when you draw a line around it?

By Gillian McAinsh

ROVING REPORTERS

From discovery to impact — Mapping Africa’s biodiversity

By Fred Kockott

ACTIVE HOPE

Joanna Macy: An eco-philosopher’s lessons for living in curiosity, dancing with despair and hope

By Don Pinnock

SYSTEM IN DECLINE

Leaking pipes, filthy rivers and health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards

By Tony Carnie

TOXIC BATTLES

The Iran war is an energy event, and the climate is paying the price

By Don Pinnock

GAME-CHANGER

How South Africans are using high-tech to rewrite the rules of wildlife conservation

By Tony Carnie

WEB OF DEVASTATION

The rhino horn heist that exposed Vietnam’s shadowy passport machine and rot at Home Affairs

By Simon Bloch

OPINIONISTA

Anthropocentric framing of wildlife use in SA is neither scientifically grounded nor ethically neutral

By Bool Smuts

BIG SHIFT

Western Cape adds 20 new nature reserves in major conservation boost

By Don Pinnock

‘BLOODY SCARY’

Fire chopper crash above Hout Bay ends in miraculous escape

By Don Pinnock

CONSENSUS JITTERS

Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future

By Lerato Mutsila

LEGAL CHALLENGE

‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans

TotalEnergies EP South Africa has once again been taken to the Western Cape High Court by small-scale fishing communities and environmental organisations, Aukotowa Fisheries, The Green Connection and Natural Justice, this time to challenge the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision to grant environmental authorisation to explore oil and gas in the Deep Sea Orange Basin.

By Lerato Mutsila

OPINIONISTA