Does air pollution-derived nitrogen improve the oceans' ability to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, or does it create an even worse situation?
These are some of the questions in the global response to climate change Dr Katye Altieri, winner of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust's New Frontiers Research Award for 2025 seeks to uncover.
Dr Altieri, an Associate Professor in Oceanography at the University of Cape Town in South Africa was announced as the winner of the award at a function in Johannesburg.
The price is worth over four hundred and ten thousand dollars .She spoke to Channel Africas Nhlanhla Mahlangu.