South Africa has a similar population to Italy and is slightly smaller than the UK and France. It does have relatively high urban population figures though and both Cape Town and Johannesburg rank amongst the ten most populated cities on the continent. ...
Indonesia, neighbor to the capital city Jakarta, had an average annual PM2.5 concentration of 71.7 µg/m3, while Benomi, South Africa lying near Johannesburg and Pretoria, was 54.9 µg/m3 in 2023. Those PM2.5 concentrations made each city the most polluted major cities in Southeast ...
Most polluted regional cities While some cities weren’t among the top five most polluted global major cities, poor air quality impacted people living in every region of the world. PM2.5 concentrations were generally high in Africa and West Asia. In Africa, the most polluted city was Chad’s...
Nigeria is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa with the continent’s highest population. 50% of Nigerians live in urban areas and this is only set to increase as job opportunities continue to be concentrated there. By 2050, Nigeria could become the third most populous country...
The best-known city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is by far the most-visited city in the Middle East – with tourism rapidly expanding alongside a well-developed commercial sector. Many visitors come from within the Middle East or from Africa and Asia – but the city’s reputation as...
In the very middle of a town in South Africa sits this ugly gigantic diamond mine. You can see how the buildings stand right up to the edge of the dropoff. Insane. We wonder what it's like to live right next to such an enormous pit? This drone footage certainly gives us a new per...
A number of "killer lakes" have been found in Africa, but it is not the water that is the worry. 非洲曾经发现过很多"杀人湖",但真正的危险并非湖水。 Lake Nyos in Cameroon and Lake Kivu, on the border of the Democrati...
Africa has over 1.2 billion people living on it, so we often think of the continent as having a fairly high population density.However, if you watch the animation, you’ll notice that many of the first countries appearing on the map are African — in fact, six of the 10 least densely ...
The city of Tunis,Tunisialies atAfrica's northernmost point, just south of theItaliancity of Palermo. First settled during the 6th Century BC, the ancient city is home to a plethora of monuments celebrating the region's storied history. Now home to 2.7 million residents, Tunis is in the mi...
countries. Furthermore, the largest increases in agricultural emissions in the first half of the twenty-first century are likely to be in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, which will account for two-thirds of the increase in food demand13. In addition, the world’s top ten greenhouse gas ...