• An analysis of the behavioural persistence of tree-growing farmers in the Sudano-Sahelian Region of Cameroon 

  Chia, Eugene Loh; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Nsubuga, Francis Wasswa Nkugwa (Springer, 2024)

  Tree-growing support programs are being implemented widely to enhance farmers’ involvement in land restoration schemes. However, the reasons why farmers will continue to engage in restoration activities when support programs ...
• Studies into the reduction of domestic fuel burning emissions by means of facile catalytic abatement technology 

  Steyn, Marilize; Claassen, Nicolaas; Forbes, Patricia B.C. (National Association for Clean Air, 2023)

  The negative health and socio-economic impacts of emissions associated with domestic fuel burning are widely recognized. Although there has been much progress in the provision of electricity to households in South Africa, ...
• Downstream development during ridging South Atlantic Ocean anticyclones 

  Ndarana, Thando; Lekoloane, Lesetja E.; Rammopo, Tsholanang S.; Reason, Chris J.C.; Chikoore, Hector; Engelbrecht, Francois A. (Springer, 2023-09)

  Ridging South Atlantic high pressure systems (ridging highs) are often accompanied by cut-off low (COL) pressure systems aloft, but may also occur without them, in which case a linear baroclinic wave would be observed ...
• A Delphi assessment of climate change risks in southern Africa in the 21st century 

  Scholes, Robert J.; Coetzer, Kaera L.; Matsika, Ruwadzano; Coetzee, B.T.W. (Bernard Walter Thomas); Ernst, Yolandi; Etale, Anita; Kubanza, Nzalalemba Serge; Moyo, Khangelani; Nkrumah, Bright; Engelbrecht, Francois A.; Simatele, Mulala Danny; Vogel, Coleen H. (Elsevier, 2023-10-06)

  Climate change is acknowledged as one of the greatest environmental and development challenges society faces. Many organisations are now encouraged to conduct assessments of the climate risks they will be exposed to over ...
• The missing links in climate services for health and heat-health services : examining climate-heat services in peri-urban districts in South Africa 

  Manyuchi, Albert Edgar; Vogel, Coleen; Wright, Caradee Yael (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  Climate services for health can facilitate health resilience and adaptation to climate change, particularly if they are well-calibrated to promote wellness and save lives. In this study, the status of climate services for ...
• The South African pollen monitoring network : insights from 2 years of national aerospora sampling (2019–2021) 

  Quick, Lynne J.; Hilmer, Erin; Van Aardt, Andri; John, Juanette; Garland, Rebecca M.; Hill, Trevor; Finch, Jemma; Hoek, Werner; Bamford, Marion; Seedat, Riaz Y.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Peter, Jonny G. (Wiley, 2023-11)

  BACKGROUND : Pollen monitoring has been discontinuously undertaken in South Africa, a country with high biodiversity, a seasonal rainfall gradient, and nine biomes from arid to subtropical. The South African Pollen ...
• South Africa’s electricity disaster is an air quality disaster, too 

  Langerman, Kristy E.; Garland, Rebecca M.; Feig, Gregor Timothy; Mpanza, Mbalenhle; Wernecke, Bianca (National Association for Clean Air, 2023)

  No abstract available.
• Establishing a baseline of published air pollution and health research studies in the Waterberg- Bojanala Priority Area 

  Wernecke, Bianca; Naidoo, Natasha Pillay; Wright, Caradee Yael (National Association for Clean Air, 2023)

  Though originally the Waterberg-Bojanala Priority Area (WBPA) was strategically declared as an air quality priority area due to potential future air pollution risks, it is now a confirmed air pollution hotspot. More ...
• Heatwave variability and structure in South Africa during summer drought 

  Mbokodo, Innocent L.; Bopape, Mary-Jane M.; Ndarana, Thando; Mbatha, Sifiso M.S.; Muofhe, Tshimbiluni P.; Singo, Mukovhe V.; Xulu, Nkosinathi G.; Mohomi, Tumelo; Ayisi, Kingsley K.; Chikoore, Hector (MDPI, 2023-02-05)

  Pronounced subsidence leading to summer drought over southern Africa causes warmer than average surface air temperatures or even heatwave (HW) conditions. We investigated the occurrence of HWs during the summer drought ...
• Cut-off lows over South Africa : a review 

  Xulu, Nkosinathi G.; Chikoore, Hector; Bopape, Mary-Jane M.; Ndarana, Thando; Muofhe, Tshimbiluni P.; Mbokodo, Innocent L.; Munyai, Rendani B.; Singo, Mukovhe V.; Mohomi, Tumelo; Mbatha, Sifiso M.S.; Mdoka, Marshall L. (MDPI, 2023-03-05)

  Every year, cut-off low (COL) pressure systems produce severe weather conditions and heavy rainfall, often leading to flooding, devastation and disruption of socio-economic activities in South Africa. COLs are defined ...
• Tropospheric ozone (O3) pollution in Johannesburg, South Africa : exceedances, diurnal cycles, seasonality, Ox chemistry and O3 production rate 

  Borduas-Dedekind, Nadine; Naidoo, Mogesh; Zhu, Biqing; Geddes, Jeffrey; Garland, Rebecca M. (National Association for Clean Air, 2023)

  Ground-level ozone (O3) is an air pollutant of major health and environmental concern. The Johannesburg-Pretoria megacity in South Africa is the industrial and economical capital of the country with more than 10 million ...
• Variability of ambient particulate matter loading at Henties Bay, Namibia 

  Belelie, Monray D.; Havenga, Henno; Klopper, Danitza; Garland, Rebecca M.; Language, Brigitte; Formenti, Paola; Namwoonde, Andreas; Burger, Roelof P.; Piketh, Stuart J. (National Association for Clean Air, 2023)

  The Namibian coast is one of the areas of international interest for aerosol studies. This is due to the region’s importance for the global radiation budget because of the presence of a semi-permanent stratocumulus cloud ...
• Taming the wilds : tactical urbanism and creative placemaking in the revitalisation of a nature reserve in Johannesburg, South Africa 

  Gregory, James J. (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 2023-06)

  The use of tactical urbanism and creative place making in the revitalisation of public space has received growing research interest. In Johannesburg, there is evidence of these approaches in the revitalisation of The ...
• Developing teaching/learning materials on ‘Sense of Place’ with students in an international university cooperation: overall approach and first phase outcomes at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences 

  Schaab, Gertrud; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Davis, Nerhene; Karanja, Faith N. (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  The ‘Cognitive Geomatics’ project is a cooperation between the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and the University of Nairobi (Kenya). It builds on an earlier ...
• Exploring the integration of the land, water, and energy nexus in sustainable food systems research through a socio-economic lens : a systematic literature review 

  Cho, Matilda Azong; Ramoelo, Abel; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (MDPI, 2023-12-04)

  The efficient use of land, water, and energy resources in Africa is crucial for achieving sustainable food systems (SFSs). A SFS refers to all the related activities and processes from farm to fork and the range of actors ...
• Identifying heat thresholds for South Africa towards the development of a heat-health warning system 

  Kapwata, Thandi; Abdelatif, Nada; Scovronick, Noah; Gebreslasie, Michael T.; Acquaotta, Fiorella; Wright, Caradee Yael (Springer, 2024-02)

  Exposure to heatwaves may result in adverse human health impacts. Heat alerts in South Africa are currently based on defined temperature-fixed threshold values for large towns and cities. However, heat-health warning systems ...
• Characteristics of warm season left-moving supercells over the Highveld of South Africa 

  Liesker, Christina Gabriele; Dyson, Liesl L.; Becker, Erik H. (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  A supercell is a type of thunderstorm known to produce severe weather conditions that result in damage to property, injuries, and loss of life. Supercells were previously considered rare in South Africa, however since the ...
• Inadequate access to potable water impacts early childhood development in low-income areas in Cape Town, South Africa 

  Wright, Caradee Yael; Kapwata, Thandi; Cook, Caylee; Howard, Steven J.; Makaula, Hleliwe; Merkley, Rebecca; Mshudulu, Mbulelo; Tshetu, Nosibusiso; Naidoo, Natasha; Scerif, Gaia; Draper, Catherine E. (Ubiquity Press, 2023-11-24)

  BACKGROUND : Water and sanitation are vital to human health and well-being. While these factors have been studied in relation to health, very little has been done to consider such environmental risk factors with child ...
• Fuel switching and energy stacking in low-income households in South Africa : a review with recommendations for household air pollution exposure research 

  Wernecke, Bianca; Langerman, Kristy E.; Howard, Alex I.; Wright, Caradee Yael (Elsevier, 2024-03)

  Households stack and switch the fuels they use to meet their energy needs for cooking, heating and lighting. The type of fuel used and how fuels are stacked and switched affects household air pollution concentrations and ...
• Relations between personal exposure to elevated concentrations of arsenic in water and soil and blood arsenic levels amongst people living in rural areas in Limpopo, South Africa 

  Kapwata, Thandi; Wright, Caradee Yael; Reddy, Tarylee; Street, Renee; Kunene, Zamantimande;; Mathee, Angela (Springer, 2023-05)

  Exposure to arsenic even at low levels can lead to adverse health outcomes, however, there is a paucity of research from South Africa in relation to human exposure to arsenic. We investigated long-term exposure of residents ...

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