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Results11Why early flowering of Namaqualand daisies is a red flag
Spectacular seasonal event s happening earlier every year, meaning “risk of failed flowering seasons, and eventually local extinction”.
Pastoralists, a ‘lifeline to the future’?
Pastoralists, often seen as inflexible, outdated relics from the past, are being recast as highly skilled and adaptive and potentially the sources of great lessons in responding to uncertainty and even disaster planning
Helping Africa to feed itself (and the world)
Technology, skills and finance that will end hunger on the continent and well beyond
The year when everything changed
There is no doubt the pandemic has caused immeasurable suffering but it has also created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our lives and set our societies on to a sustainable path
The ‘green city in the sun’ is burning up
That’s the problem with paving over paradise
Kilimanjaro burning
Fires shaped Mount Kilimanjaro’s unique environment. Now they threaten it
We have one problem: us
Climate change, biodiversity loss and other global ills share root causes Mary Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand and Robert (Bob) Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand The
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If you can’t stand the heat get off the fence
It was hard to ignore the heat (or the irony) on Monday as a group of scientists told occupants in a sweltering hall on a quayside
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Things heat up for polar expedition from Cape
Things were heating up at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town this weekend as 50 scientists from around the globe prepared for the groundbreaking three-month polar
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