From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa
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Landscape with cracked bare earth What was once a farm dam in South Africa is now parched earth. Getty Images Lenore Manderson, University of the Witwatersrand The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and forest, destroying crops, fodder and homes, and taking lives.
From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa
From fatal allergies to heart attacks and…
From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa
Landscape with cracked bare earth What was once a farm dam in South Africa is now parched earth. Getty Images Lenore Manderson, University of the Witwatersrand The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and forest, destroying crops, fodder and homes, and taking lives.