by pennyurquhart | Feb 21, 2024 | extreme events, Uncategorized
High summer is fire season in South Africa’s Western Cape province. Nothing strange about that – the vegetation is dry, the winter rains long gone, and, well, that’s the way the spectacular fynbos likes it. Mountain fynbos on the Cape Peninsula. Source: By S...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 3, 2020 | climate change, climate change and health, Featured, green economy, Uncategorized
Dominant and rampant, the coronavirus has conquered the fickle news cycle and is now whipping it up to ever-greater speeds. I have doubled my normal screen time but can barely keep up with shifting live feeds. How many cases now? Who is locked down, how, and where?...