Your climate change questions answered. By Anna Mouton. 1. This winter saw excellent chill accumulation and heavy rainfall in the Western Cape. Why should we worry about global warming? Weather is more variable than climate. Weather is defined as the…
The year is 1822, and 54-year-old Joseph Fourier heads the French Academy of Sciences. Fourier had lived through the French Revolution and later served as scientific adviser to Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a brilliant mathematician and physicist whose work is…
New research projects will help growers plan for the future. By Anna Mouton. We could all use a crystal ball. Imagine if we could know today whether Saturday a month hence will be braai weather? Or whether or not we…