Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study: Children aged 0-14 years are likely to be physically active outdoors when it's warm. Hello World/Getty ImagesGlobal warming and air pollution have something in common: their effects on human health. Air pollution is a well-known cause of breathing problems. Hot weather can also bring on these … [Read more...] about Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study | The Conversation
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Air pollution and temperature: bad for your heart and blood vessels | The Conversation
Air pollution and temperature: bad for your heart and blood vessels: Surfers walk on the beach while the fire continues to blaze on the mountains behind them in 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. Shelley Christians/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesThe rising temperatures that come with climate change present a global health challenge. There is scientific evidence that air … [Read more...] about Air pollution and temperature: bad for your heart and blood vessels | The Conversation
What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly | The Conversation
What changes in temperature mean for Africa's tsetse fly: Tsetse flies can pass on African sleeping sickness. ShutterstockIn a world of changing climate, would nature’s insect “vampire”, the tsetse fly, perish or change its hunting ground? Like vampire bats, tsetse flies survive solely on the blood of vertebrate animals. Unlike bats, they hunt almost exclusively during the … [Read more...] about What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly | The Conversation
Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous? | The Conversation
Critics of South Africa's judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous?: South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has had to intervene to protect judges from unfair criticism. GCIS/FlickrThe South African judiciary is once more centre stage in the political drama unfolding around the battle for supremacy within the governing African National Congress … [Read more...] about Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous? | The Conversation
Taking Africa’s democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls | The Conversation
Taking Africa's democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls: Elections, and observer processes are a big priority in Africa. UN Photo/FlickrMore than a dozen national elections will be held across Africa next year. All 55 members of the African Union (AU) are obligated to hold regular and ostensibly democratic elections. They must also invite teams of AU … [Read more...] about Taking Africa’s democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls | The Conversation
