All hopes to save the ship wrecked off the coast of Knysna plunge as the Kiani Satu sinks into the dark abyss of the Indian Ocean on Wednesday 21 August.
During the high seas experienced from inclement weather and spring tides, our coast is taking a hammering from the threats of sinking ships. As if the disaster off the Knysna coast is not enough, now another ship is stranded off the coast of Alkantstrand, Richards Bay.
Almost a week later, and the Kiani Satu cargo ship remains stranded off the coast of Buffels Bay, Knysna. Officials are working hard and fighting the elements to float the vessel away from the protected coastline.
The first-ever summit to focus specifically on the issue of marine debris around the African continent will be taking place during World Environmental Week and World Ocean Day, 6-8 June 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa.
19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans.
The most feared predator in the ocean received new protections on Wednesday when a California commission decided the great white shark should be studied as a potential endangered species.
Last Thursday, members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network were called in to help free a 9m humpback whale that was entangled in fishing ropes north of Cape Town. The fact that there even needs to be such a team speaks volumes about the wastefulness of SA fishermen.
This amazing video, taken during a manta ray dive off the Kona coast of Hawaii, shows a bottlenose dolphin, tied up in fishing line, asking a human diver for help, and the diver carefully freeing him.
Beaches on the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape Coast will soon have their very own bins where fishermen can throw away their broken or used lines.
Did you know that a starfish feeds by pushing its stomach out through its mouth and placing it directly over its prey? Or that Columbus’ crabs are sky blue? These are some of the facts contained in a new children's marine guide by Stellenbosch University marine biologist Dr Sophie von der Heyden.
In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, environmental lobby group Swakopmund Matters drew his attention to the possibility of a phosphate mine opening on the Namibian coast, and the threat to marine life this mine would pose.
The internet on the Rainbow Warrior is a hit and miss affair much like trying to communicate the green message to the public. You never know when it’s a shot in the dark. Often you might be talking to someone, but the lights are off.
The local fishing community in Thiaroye, Dakar, now really has a reason to dance. Since the new Senegalese government took action to stop overfishing, fisheries in the region are slowly regenerating, and fishermen are returning home with healthier catches, writes Mike Baillie.
Onboard the Rainbow Warrior, Mike Baillie sails around the coast of South Africa, and finds it to be a really great opportunity to reflect on how he got there and where it’s taking him in life.
Our editor Elma Pollard has been on board Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior III ship since last Thursday. She has been posting updates on our site and the Green Times facebook page. On Monday evening, she had a chance to interview the first mate, Dan. Listen to the full interview below.
With the help of new technology, researchers are capturing the details of humpback whale behavior on their North Atlantic feeding grounds.
Greenpeace welcomed a plan presented by the European Commission today to ban some of the most environmentally damaging fishing practices, under a review of EU rules governing deep-sea fishing in the Northeast and Central Atlantic.
An international movement to save the Arctic has been launched by Greenpeace. The environmental group has begun a major campaign to turn the North Pole and the vast frozen area around it into a global sanctuary where all development would be banned.
To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's poorest countries.
A shark research permit for a mega-chumming has been cancelled with immediate effect after a 20 year old bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld, was ripped to pieces by a shark, believed to be a Great White, yesterday at Kogel Baai, near Gordon's Bay.
