• Perceptions of climate change and local responses on livelihoods : the case of people around the Mambioko community forest 

  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 ...
• 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 ...
• A comprehensive profile of reproductive hormones in eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) 

  Wallace, Kyra Mary Elizabeth; Hart, Daniel William; Hagenah, Nicole; Ganswindt, Andre; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Elsevier, 2023-03)

  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 ...
• 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, 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 (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 ...
• Preparing students for the future workplace : how online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic hone required transferable skills 

  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 ...
• 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.
• Root exudate compounds change the bacterial community in bulk soil 

  Afzal, Muhammad Yasir; Das, Bikram K.; Valappil, Vishnu Thayil; Scaria, Joy; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Elsevier, 2024-06)

  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 ...
• Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities 

  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 ...
• Leaf surface traits may influence host specificity in psyllids of Eucalyptus, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) and Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) 

  Makunde, P.T. (Privilege); Joubert, Johannes Christoffel; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett P.; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Springer, 2023-08)

  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 ...
• Assessment of local domestic solid fuel sources : a Kenyan case study in Kisii, Bomet and Narok Counties 

  Bosire, Josephate O.; Osano, Aloys M.; Maghanga, Justin K.; Forbes, Patricia B.C. (Springer, 2023-06)

  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, ...
• Ligand-guided investigation of a series of formamidine-based thiuram disulfides as potential dual-inhibitors of COX-1and COX-2 

  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 ...
• 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 ...
• Maize yield response to nitrate leaching at early growth stage under crop and site-specific biosolid application 

  Ogbenna, Chioma Vivian; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  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 ...
• 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 ...

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