Repeat photography has been used to document vegetation change in Africa since the 1950s; in the last 30 years there’s been an explosion of interest.
Southern Africa’s summer rainfall regions currently experiencing the wet-season will likely continue having wetter than normal conditions.
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Southern Africa’s current above-average rainfall is a climate variability signal - a short-term fluctuation in average wet-season conditions.
Emperor moth cocoon rattles on the ankles of a ritual dancer, Kalahari, 1959.
Jurgen Schadeberg, courtesy Claudia Schadeberg via Rock Art Research Institute, Wits University
The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
A specimen of Proscelotes aenea collected by Loveridge in 1918 in Lumbo, Mozambique, now kept at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
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The report projects an increase in mean temperatures and hot extremes across the continent. Worryingly the rate of temperature increase across the continent exceeds the global average.
Researchers crack the conundrum about why African Baobab trees in southern Africa differ in terms of fruit production.
Sarah Venter
Baobab flowers have male and female parts but individual trees appear to be favouring one rather than the other. To keep tree populations healthy and fruitful, both types are needed.
The San associated elands with rain, and the power to influence game during a hunt.
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Large-scale droughts can have cascading impacts on food security. They can reduce yield, increase food prices, trigger changes in consumption and lead to unstable supply.
Mosquitoes and parasites do not respect country borders.
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Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases e Shüné Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Southern African Development Community countries are very connected. Highly mobile and migrant populations frequently cross borders, posing significant challenges to reaching a malaria-free region.
The Cape Town drought was one of the longest and the worst to have affected the city and the region in recent times.
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Tourism ventures in a water-stressed region like southern Africa need to balance the needs of guests and staff with the needs of surrounding communities.
Honey-alcohol fermentation experiment with chopped “moerwortel” plant additive, Glia prolifera.
Neil Rusch
In Eswatini, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho more than 1 in 5 children are HIV-exposed but uninfected. A coordinated strategy is needed to ensure all children reach their developmental potential.
Maxim guns agins the Ndebele of Zimbabwe in 1893.
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The experiences of non-nationals in South Africa’s public health care system are more complex and varied than implied by the dominant discourse on “medical xenophobia”