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Researchers studied blue waxbills — small songbirds that were most affected in South Africa’s first documented heat-related mortality event involving wild birds, which occurred in late 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)
AFRICAN BIRDS

Heat and humidity is a lethal mix for SA’s small birds

Scientists have warned that humidity, not just temperature, could determine which species survive in an era of escalating heatwaves

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Too hot to handle: Labourers take cover from the sun inside a concrete pipe at a construction site near Egypt’s capital, Cairo. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP
CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate crisis: Rising heat imperils outdoor work

Workers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the western Pacific will be most affected if temperatures continue to rise.

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read