# Byna tweederdes van gebiede in Latyns-Amerika en die Karibiese Eilande waar piesangs verbou word, gaan teen 2080 nie meer vir dié doel geskik wees nie. Dit is volgens Christian Aid se nuwe verslag: Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit. Piesangs is die wêreld se gewildste vrug en vierde belangrikste voedselgewas […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Wêreldklimaatorganisasie waarsku Afrika ondervind toenemende klimaatbedreigings, insluitend dodelike oorstromings, uiterste hitte en voortdurende droogtes. Die vasteland het verlede jaar een van sy warmste jare beleef sedert 120-jaar gelede met rekord-houding begin is. Die organisasie sê oorstromings, hittegolwe en droogtes het verlede jaar meer as 700-duisend mense uit hulle huise gedwing. […]
# Almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit by 2080, due to the climate crisis. This is according to Christian Aid’s new report titled, Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit. Bananas are the world’s most consumed fruit, and […]
# The United Nations World Meteorological Organisation is warning that Africa faces escalating climate threats, including deadly floods, extreme heat, and persistent droughts. In 2024, the continent experienced one of its warmest years since records began over 120 years ago. The organisation says floods, heatwaves and droughts forced 700-thousand people out of their homes across Africa […]
# Die polisie het drie Chinese burgers op ‘n Japannese vakansie-eiland in hegtenis geneem nadat duisende lewende kluisenaarkrappe in verskeie tasse ontdek is. Die polisie sê ‘n hotelwerker op die Amami Oshima-eiland het omgewingsowerhede gewaarsku nadat hy ‘n geritsel in die tasse gehoor het. Die drie mans het hotelpersoneel gevra om die tasse dop te […]
# Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of live hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases. Police said a hotel worker on the island of Amami Oshima, alerted environmental authorities after hearing rustling sounds coming from the suitcases the three men had asked hotel staff to watch. […]
# Gevorderde herwinning, wat as ‘n oplossing vir plastiek afval aangemoedig word, word wyd gekritiseer omdat dit nie werklike gevolge toon nie. Dit is ook bekend as chemiese herwinning, wat verwys na talle prosesse vir die afbreek van plastiek in sy samestellende molekules. Die proses is egter duurd en hou meer probleme in. Kenners sê […]
# Advanced recycling, promoted as a solution to plastic waste, has been widely criticised for failing to deliver real results. Also known as chemical recycling, it refers to a variety of processes used to break plastics into their constituent molecules. The process has been found to have high costs and technical issues. Experts say this […]
# Klimaatsverandering beïnvloed die migrasie van voëls en ontwrig hul patrone terwyl dit ekostelsels bedreig. Só sê die natuurlewe-bioloog en raadgewer van die Verenigde Nasies, Francisco Rilla. Rilla sê hoër temperature kan die bedreiging van voedselskaarste teenwerk, wat daartoe lei dat voëls hul migrasieroetes verkort of glad nie na hul oorspronklike habitat terugkeer nie. Rilla […]
