2000, central Africa was indicated as the source region of the smoke. In contrast, during similar measurements at the same site in 1999, the authors report that back-trajectory analysis indicated that a persistent elevated aerosol layer was the result of long-range transport from South America. ...
This has implications not only for Africa, but for the whole Southern Hemisphere: South America, India, the Middle East, and even Australia are “bigger” than they may initially appear on a map. Related Topics:africamapgeographymercator
Full size image Summary of findings Study characteristics The majority of the publications were from Southern Africa (49, 58.3%) with South Africa and Malawi contributing 24 and 16 articles, respectively and the remaining articles were from Botswana (3), Zimbabwe (3), Zambia (1), Mozambique (1...
report sample size and standard deviation in our aggregated dataset, as well as provide the raw data, enabling users to assess whether the degree of variability in scores is acceptable for their purposes. We also think the scores with higher variability (i.e., less consensus between experts) c...
The United States of America ranks #132 - five places below South Africa at #127. The most peaceful countries in the world are Iceland (#1), Ireland (#2), Austria (#3) and New Zealand #4. The three least peaceful countries on the 2024 Global Peace Index are South Sudan #161, Sudan...
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Full size image Research on the occurrence of MPs within the MENA region is limited and predominantly centered on its more developed nations. Globally, the annual production of polymer and plastic items, as well as plastics waste generation has doubled over the past two decades, presenting signifi...
Three weeks later, Ryan Sandes would turn the tables by becoming the first South African to win America’s most prestigious ultramarathon, the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. But as Norrie Williamson points out, the real heroes of this race aren’t the front-runners or middle-of-the...
Full size table The analysis reveals that the green economy significantly contributes to improving food safety. Specifically, the green economy coefficient of 0.2422 suggests that a 1% improvement in organizational effectiveness and environmental sustainability efforts would lead to a 0.24% increase in food...
Full size image Similar patterns emerged among subsamples with no structural differences from the analysis using the whole sample, this shows that the main meanings of a GF are constant and consistent among all the subgroups. However, some diversity is present in specific subgroups where the percep...