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A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and partners has identified a diverse microbiome of plastic-degrading fungi and bacteria in the coastal salt marshes of Jiangsu, China. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Potatoes South Africa, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, has secured funding from the Department of Science and Innovation for a project aimed at creating a new value chain for waste or ‘cull’ potatoes – those too small, low-quality, or overproduced to meet fresh produce market standards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Most Sub-Saharan African currencies have weakened against the US dollar, fanning inflationary pressures across the continent as import prices surge. This, together with a growth slowdown , leaves policymakers with difficult choices as they balance keeping inflation in check with a still-fragile recovery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Food security in South Africa, the second wealthiest country by GDP, is low. According to 2019 data, Statistics SA says at least 10 million people didn’t have enough food or money to buy food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has been turning to interest rates to bring down the country’s high inflation for months. However, South Africa’s inflation is stickier than ever, with no sign of coming down soon. The South African Reserve Bank is destroying Wealth with their high interest rate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A team of researchers, using a state-of-the-art climate prediction system, is forecasting a strong El Niño toward the end of 2023. If westerly wind bursts were to occur during the spring and early summer, an even stronger El Niño event might occur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gerhard Papenfus is the Chief Executive of the National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA). - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of South America. Others settled in areas much closer to their place of origin where their descendants still thrive today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Cities and states in the US will be able to sue massive fossil fuel polluters thanks to a Supreme Court decision. As the climate crisis worsens, local governments are taking energy giants to court. Big Oil appealed five of these local cases to America’s Supreme Court. But the court declined to hear them- setting an important precedent for future lawsuits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Globally, the consumption of animal source foods including meat, eggs and milk can help to reduce stunting, wasting and overweight amongst children, according to a new UN report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The cost of lithium, an essential component in EV batteries, has dropped by nearly 20% since January while the price of cobalt, also an important material for batteries, has fallen over 50%; the price of copper has dipped nearly 20%. Unsurprisingly, the sales of electric vehicles have sharply risen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
While humans have been evolving for millions of years, the past 12,000 years have been among the most dynamic and impactful for the way we live today, according to an anthropologist who organized a special journal feature on the topic in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Our latest World Economic Outlook forecasts that growth will slow from 3.4 percent last year to 2.8 percent this year. Growth is then expected to accelerate to 3 percent next year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Among all greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is the highest contributor to global warming. If we do not take action by 2100, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average temperature of our world will increase by about 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Finding effective ways to capture and store CO2 has been a challenge for researchers and industries focused on combating global warming, and Amir Barati Farimani has been working to change that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
The first-and-only AO postbiotic developed specifically for layers, using patent pending technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study published Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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South African businesses and consumers must brace for long weeks of load shedding ahead until at least March 2024, a new report by the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) has highlighted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Since the 1950s, humanity has produced an estimated 8.3 billion tons of plastic, adding a further 380 million tons to this amount each year. Only 9% of this gets recycled. The inevitable result is that plastic is everywhere, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest—and notoriously, inside the tissues of humans and other organisms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, determined that Troodon, a dinosaur very close to modern birds, was a warm-blooded animal (an endotherm), but had a reproductive system similar to that of modern reptiles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Yields in Africa’s smallholder-based farming system have remained stubbornly below the global average for years. The continent is not producing enough of its own food and spends almost $50bn annually importing food, a figure which is predicted to double by 2030 if productivity gains cannot be achieved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The surge in food and energy prices during the past few years has fueled inflation and hurt growth. Prices of food and energy commodities increased steadily following the onset of the pandemic and reached historic highs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, according to new research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The South African government had been expected to hike up the Health Promotion Levy on Sugary Beverages last month: but decided instead to keep it at its current rate for the next two years. That’s welcome news to the country’s sugar industry, which had campaigned tirelessly against the ‘job-killing’ increase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
