# ‘n Wêreldwye studie het lugbesoedeling aan DNS-mutasies gekoppel wat longkanker veroorsaak, veral in mense wat nog nooit gerook het nie. Navorsers het bevind hoër besoedelingsvlakke stem ooreen met meer mutasies wat kanker veroorsaak, insluitend in die TP-53-geen, wat algemeen aan rook gekoppel word. Die studie, wat 871 longkankerpasiënte oor vastelande betrek het, het ook […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre will remain on high alert as an intense cold front is expected to make landfall in the Western Cape on Friday and on Saturday. The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for yellow level 4 disruptive rainfall this coming weekend. The city’s Disaster […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het Cape Nature se uitreiking van die 2025-verslag oor die Stand van Bewaring verwelkom. Die party sê die verslag beklemtoon ernstige kommer oor meer as 30-persent van die provinsie se ekosisteme wat kritiek bedreig word, insluitend kus-mariene, varswater-, land- en riviermondingstelsels. Dave Bryant van die DA sê 16-persent van […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk is meer as halfpad na ʼn netto-nul-koolstof-ekonomie met aansienlike vordering na skoner energie en toenemende verkope van elektriese voertuie. Positiewe punte soos goedkoper, beter elektriese voertuie wys selfgedrewe verandering is moontlik. Gebruik van hittepompe is egter stadig en bedreig teikens vir 2030. Dit kan verander as aanvraag, vertroue en bekostigbaarheid toeneem. […]
# A global study has linked air pollution to lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, particularly in people who have never smoked. Researchers found higher pollution levels correspond to more cancer-promoting mutations, including in the TP53 gene, commonly linked to smoking. The study, involving 871 lung cancer patients across continents, also found air pollution shortens telomeres, a […]
# ‘n Verslag van die Verenigde Nasies toon die Horing van Afrika beleef sy ergste droogte in 70 jaar. Dit volg na talle swak reënseisoene in Kenia, Ethiopië en Somalië. In Somalië is sowat 43-duisend mense in 2022 dood aan hongersnood wat deur droogte veroorsaak is. Die VN sê droogte het ʼn verwoestende uitwerking op […]
# A United Nations report shows the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 70 years. This follows multiple failed rainy seasons in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. In Somalia alone, an estimated 43-thousand people died from drought-linked hunger in 2022. The UN also says drought has devastated both people and wildlife elsewhere in […]
# The UK is over halfway to a net zero carbon economy, with significant progress driven by cleaner energy and rising electric vehicle sales. Positive tipping points like cheaper, better electric cars show self-propelling change is possible. Yet, heat pump adoption remains slow, risking 2030 climate targets. Boosting demand, installer confidence, and making heat pumps […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the release of the 2025 State of Conservation Report by CapeNature. The party says the report highlights urgent concerns, with over 30-percent of ecosystems in the province critically endangered, including coastal marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and estuarine systems. The DA’s Dave Bryant says 16-percent of all indigenous species, including vegetation and animals, are currently […]
