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Fynbos, the biodiverse shrubland in Cape Town, is thought to have the third highest carbon stored per square metre for any biome in South Africa. It must be protected. Shutterstock

November 10, 2020

Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one

Alanna Rebelo, Stellenbosch University; Karen Joan Esler, Stellenbosch University; Michael Samways, Stellenbosch University; Patricia Holmes, Stellenbosch University, dan Tony Rebelo, South African National Biodiversity Institute

Cape Town’s new climate strategy is a good start. But it falls short when it comes to nature.

Environmental health practitioners promote health, safety and well-being. Shutterstock

Februari 25, 2019

How environmental health workers can help climate change mitigation

Busisiwe Shezi, South African Medical Research Council; Caradee Yael Wright, South African Medical Research Council, dan Renee Street, South African Medical Research Council

South Africa’s environmental health workers play a vital role in helping communities respond to climate change.

Computed tomography scans of a frog skeleton. These fossil frogs are useful to track climatic change. Author supplied

Juni 20, 2017

Frog fossils tell us something new about rain patterns on South Africa’s west coast

Thalassa Matthews, Nelson Mandela University

Fossils of the lowly frog indicate that the evolution of South Africa’s west coast winter rainfall pattern is more complex, and possibly occurred much later, than previously thought

Some of the destruction in Inhambane, Mozambique after tropical storm Dineo made landfall. Steven Clarey/Twitter

Februari 16, 2017

Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa

Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand

In southern Africa there’s been a southward shift in the occurrence of tropical cyclones in the region. This is due to sea temperatures increasing as a result of global warming.

Hard decisions must be made, and commitments must be backed up by concrete action at this year’s climate conference in Morocco. Shutterstock

November 3, 2016

The rubber will hit the road for developing countries at COP22 in Marrakech

Camilla Adelle, University of Pretoria

The Paris climate conference made key plans to avert global warming. The conference in Morocco will hope to put these plans in action.

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