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Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology: Recent submissions
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(Elsevier, 2025-02)Please read abstract in the article.
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(F1000Research, 2024)BACKGROUND: Outdoor and indoor air temperature affects human health and wellbeing. Climate change projections suggest that global temperatures will continue to increase, and this poses a threat to health. Buildings ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-12)Wheat is one of the most important staple crops consumed by more than four billion people in the world. However, its production is challenged by the impact of climate change which accounts for a 5.5 % reduction in wheat ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-09)Maize, a vital global crop, faces numerous challenges, including outbreaks. This study explores the use of spectral vegetation indices for the early detection of maize diseases in individual leaves based on crop phenology ...
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(Springer, 2024-12)The Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) responds to challenges of the Anthropocene through an explicit social-ecological approach. Implemented as a world network of biosphere reserves, MAB aims to increase [eco]system s ...
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(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-12)BACKGROUND: Asthma affects millions of people globally, and high levels of air pollution aggravate asthma occurrence. This study aimed to determine the association between short-term lagged PM2.5 exposure and airway ...
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(Wiley, 2024-11)We introduce an impact‐based framework to evaluate seasonal forecast model skill in capturing extreme weather and climate events over regions prone to natural disasters such as floods and wildfires. Forecasting hydroclimatic ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2024-07)The participation of a diverse –in terms of geography, discipline and gender– group of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the peer review process can help alleviate the workload of senior researchers and counteract the ...
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(Springer, 2024-07-24)Urban environments produce distinctive and diverse soundscapes. The challenge of noise in particular impacts city dwellers and urban livability. There is an abundance of research focused on noise pollution with a limited ...
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(MDPI, 2024-10)The current study investigated hydroclimatic extremes in Vhembe, Lejweleputswa, and uMgungundlovu District Municipalities based on streamflow data from 21 river gauge stations distributed across the study site for the ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2024-11)Global warming, the increase in heatwaves and periods of intense heat, is a major problem across the world, including in South Africa. Heat exposure has adverse health impacts, ranging from dehydration and heat stroke ...
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(MDPI, 2024-01-22)Rabies is endemic in South Africa and rabies cycles are maintained in both domestic and wildlife species. The significant number of canine rabies cases reported by theWorld Organization for Animal Health Reference ...
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(Elsevier, 2025-03)This publication introduces Essential Social-Ecological System Variables (ESEVs), an approach aimed at addressing integration and monitoring challenges in Social-Ecological System (SES) projects at the catchment scale. ...
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(Wiley, 2024-11)To realize the first sustainable development goal of ending “poverty in all its forms everywhere,” local governments in South Africa need to implement informed targeted policy interventions based on up-to-date data and ...
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(Springer, 2024-12)Grasslands and savannas are experiencing transformation and degradation due to bush encroachment (BE). BE has been monitored using restrictive traditional techniques that include field surveys and manual long-term ...
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(Ubiquity Press, 2024-09)BACKGROUND: The impacts of climate change are recognised as a key challenge of the 21st century. By 2030, Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to have the globally highest burden of disease due to climate change. OBJECTIVES: ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-12)Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) is a major global health issue in low- and middle-income countries, with exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) a major risk factor for a wide range of diseases. Sub-Saharan Africa ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2024-07)An address is structured information allowing one to locate a building or other feature in the physical world; yet, in large parts of the world, including South Africa, many people must get by without such a utility. ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2024-07)Mapping smallholder maize farms in complex and uneven rural terrain is a major barrier to accurately documenting the spatial representation of the farming units. Remote sensing technologies rely on various satellite products ...
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(MDPI, 2024-10)Maize is a staple crop important for food security that millions globally depend upon as an energy source, primarily due to its high starch and fat content. For growth and disease resistance, maize production requires a ...
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