Tieminie, Robinson Nghogekeh; Chia, Eugene Loh; Tieguhong, Julius Chupezi; Awamba, Felix L.(Springer, 2023-08)
Forest provides services, directly linked to micro and macro environment, water and soil resources, plants and animals' diversity, food production and security and energy resources. This study contributes to other studies ...
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 ...
In species where sociality and group cohesion are primarily determined by the maintenance of a reproductive division of labour and cooperative behaviours, the eusocial Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) presents a ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jacobs, Bertha Margaretha; Taljaard-Swart, Hanri; Marx-Pienaar, Nadene Johanna Maria Magdalena; Diedericks, Lizette; Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia; Donoghue, Sune; Pretorius, Adeline; Du Rand, Gerrie Elizabeth(Emerald, 2023-12)
PURPOSE : Skilled graduates delivered through vocational programmes are critical to ensure the future growth of emerging economies. This study explored students' reflections and experiences of online teaching and learning ...
The soil bacteria are diverse in nature both physiologically and phylogenetically with spatial variations within the soil microenvironments. Plant roots secrete organic substances called root exudates which benefit bacteria ...
Lundgren, Erick J.; Bergman, Juraj; Trepel, Jonas; Le Roux, Elizabeth; Monsarrat, Sophie; Kristensen, Jeppe Aagaard; Pedersen, Rasmus Østergaard; Pereyra, Patricio; Tietje, Melanie; Svenning, Jens-Christian(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024-02)
Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants ...
Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides and Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) are invasive insect pests of Eucalyptus,
native to Australia. The insects feed on eucalypt sap, and both psyllid species exhibit clear ...
Proximate analyses and decomposition profiles of solid fuels commonly used in Kenya were studied to determine their
relative suitability for use as a clean and efficient source of energy in households. The moisture, ...
Oladipo, Segun D.; Akinpelu, Olayinka I.; Omondi, Bernard(Wiley, 2023-01)
A series of thiuram disulfides 1–6 which had been previously synthesized and characterized, were studied for their potential therapeutic properties. Target-fishing analyses through HitPick and SwissTarget prediction ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Biosolid applications based on crop nitrogen (N) demand have been widely adopted to attenuate nitrate leaching.
However, due to the dependence of N supply on the mineralization rate and the early release of the majority ...
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 ...