Over the last decade we have become increasingly alarmed at the amount of plastic in our oceans. More than 8 million tons of it ends up in the ocean every year. If we continue to pollute at this rate, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.

Herre Bartlema has spent his whole life working with fertilisers and fertilisation.

Humankind’s collective thirst is slowly desiccating landscapes worldwide, a study of groundwater finds.

 More than half of Earth’s rivers freeze over every year.

South Africa is a leaking bucket. South African Water Chamber CEO Benoît Le Roy made this clear at the recent Water Institute of Southern Africa (Wisa) Water Reuse Symposium. Ours is a water-scarce country, and yet between 40 and 45% of our water is non-revenue water.

Every day, millions of litres of polluted water flow through many South African rivers and disappear into the sea.