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cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria and government inaction are threatening the country’s water supply

Our Burning Planet

Cyanobacteria and government inaction are threatening the country’s water supply

By Don Pinnock

Pollution, dead animals and corruption: the tragedy of Lake Chivero, Harare's water supply

World

Pollution, dead animals and corruption: the tragedy of Lake Chivero, Harare's water supply

By Don Pinnock

Tshwane's Hennops River turns green: algal blooms signal a growing environmental crisis

South Africa

Tshwane's Hennops River turns green: algal blooms signal a growing environmental crisis

By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Ethan van Diemen

Scientists discover what caused Botswana’s mass elephant die-off

Africa

Scientists discover what caused Botswana’s mass elephant die-off

By Don Pinnock

Sewage continually draining into Vaal Dam as overburdened, underserviced water treatment plants fail

South Africa

Sewage continually draining into Vaal Dam as overburdened, underserviced water treatment plants fail

By Steve Kretzmann