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South Africa has good water laws but bad services. What’s stopping fair access
22+ hour, 16+ min ago (1076+ words) Water affects almost every part of daily life: drinking, sanitation, food production, health, jobs and the natural environment. Yet in South Africa, three million people don’t have clean running water, and 14 million have no flushing toilets. Climate change and recurring…...
Africa’s climate services need local detail and knowledge, say people who use the information
21+ hour, 51+ min ago (811+ words) Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers. But are they…...
New fossils show Tasmanian devils lived with people in outback Western Australia 45,000 years ago
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (573+ words) Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago....
What the backlash to the Industrial Revolution can teach us about handcrafts in the age of AI
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (540+ words) Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years....
The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers’ needs
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (796+ words) Solo travel is surging – and an industry still largely built for two is taking note. Google reported in April 2026 that online searches involving “solo travel” hit an all-time high this year, with queries for “women solo travel” reaching a 15-year…...
From drought to floods in North Africa: What could the super El Niño do next?
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (732+ words) Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive years of below-average rainfall, the longest on record. The 2023-24 hydrological year was the driest in more than six decades, with a national total of…...
Africa’s rocks hold ancient stories. We need better ways to document and protect them
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (698+ words) These places are not simply beautiful. Their rocks, fossils, caves, craters and river valleys preserve evidence of ancient climates, vanished environments, human origins and changes in the Earth’s surface. They are part of Africa’s geoheritage: geological features and processes with…...
How cash-in-hand businesses can get stuck in the informal economy
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (785+ words) Around 10% of the UK economy operates off the books. That means billions of pounds worth of cash-in-hand payments that never get taxed. But all of that cash isn’t necessarily being handled by career criminals. Much of it is being earned…...
Too hot to learn: how climate change hurts children’s chances from birth
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (718+ words) Children across Europe have returned to school after a summer of extreme heat. As the climate warms, one question is becoming harder to ignore: how can students learn when classrooms become dangerously hot? Extreme weather is likely to disrupt schooling…...
Women on corporate boards: More prestige means less power
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (846+ words) Women have made big strides in terms of being represented on corporate boards, both in terms of numbers and the prestige of their positions. But this prestige — and the greater visibility it brings — isn’t necessarily helping women advance. It might…...