Natural Resource Today

#229: Wildlife Trafficking Hotspots

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 1:17

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02371-5

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#228: Community Engagement in Plastic Pollution Research

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 1:13

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-025-00127-8

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#227: Climate Change Threat to Wild Animals

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 1:13

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf059

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#226: The Link Between Plastic Chemicals and Cardiovascular Deaths

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 1:12

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105730

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#225: Projecting Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 1:18

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/adcbc9

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#224: Understanding Avian Influenza Virus in Cats

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 1:13

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf261

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#223: Severe Drought in Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 1:23

Further Reading:https://dx.doi.org/10.2760/2135988

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#222: Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Shipping

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 2:04

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005255

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#221: Human Impact on Global Biodiversity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 1:21

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08752-2

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#220: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health in Madagascar

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 1:20

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100438

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#219: Effects of Pesticides on Bumble Bee Brain

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 1:14

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02169-z

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#218: Functional Properties of Tropical Forest Canopies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 1:35

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08663-2

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#217: New Volcanic Eruption Forecasting Tool

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 1:08

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56689-x

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#216: Understanding Glacier Lake Outburst Floods

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 1:21

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00388-w

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#215: Monitoring Melting of the Arctic Ice

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 1:10

Further Reading:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2024.104316

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#214: Sahara Historical Rainfall Pattern

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 1:03

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119195

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#213: Understanding Ebola Virus Transmission

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 0:56

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6140

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#212: Relationship Between Loneliness and Heart Disease

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 1:14

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02078-1

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#211: Effects of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Terrestrial Ecosystems

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 1:53

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.018

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#210: Buntu Ngcebetsha, Rhodes University - Imaging the Sky

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 21:17

More Information: buntungcebetsha@gmail.com

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#209: Understanding Nigeria's Residential Building Energy Use

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 2:12

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.452

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#208: Discovery of New Bacteria Species

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 1:43

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53855-5

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#207: The Link Between Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Human Health

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 2:14

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.015

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#206: Sinalo Grangxabe, Cape Peninsula University of Technology – Community-Based Conservation and Waste Management in South Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 6:06

Further Reading: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3480

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#205: Boredi Chidi, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - The Role of Yeast in Food Preservation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 12:24

For more information, contact Dr Boredi Chidi at ChidiB@cput.ac.za

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#204: Cynthia Dlangamandla, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - The Importance of Wastewater Treatment in South Africa's Poultry Slaughterhouse Industry

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 10:43

Further Reading: https://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/3698

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#203: Wild Gorilla Self-Medication

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 1:53

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306957 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#202: Thandazile Marazula, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - Community Protection from Radiation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 10:37

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2024.056 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#201: Understanding Blood Sugar Regulation in Bats

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 1:45

Further Reading: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02485-7 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#200: Michael Agenbag, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - New Theory for Effective Municipal Service Delivery in South Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 20:49

Further Reading: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-newgen-v20-n2-a4 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#199: Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 0:58

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn1470 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#198: Zambezi River Basin Natural Resource Management

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 1:10

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101030 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#197: What Caused Morocco Earthquake of 2023?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 1:03

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109052 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#196: Vegetation Change in Inner Mongolia

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 0:43

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4769 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#195: History of Agriculture in East Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 1:10

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2747 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#194: Discovery of New Plant Species Related to Cocoa Tree

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 1:04

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10171-x Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#193: Discovery of New Armadillo Species

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 0:57

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#192: World's Last Wild Horse Species

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 0:59

More Information: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae113 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#191: Shrinking Body Size of Gray Whale

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 1:10

More information: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17366 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#190: Biodiversity Conservation Governance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 0:59

More information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.03.005 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide

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#189: Impact of Urbanization on Biodiversity in Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 1:05

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01362-2 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide

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#188: Coastal Erosion Projections in California

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 1:03

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01388-6 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide

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#187: Origin of Baobab Trees

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 0:56

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07447-4 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide

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#186: Mosquito Response to Climate Change

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 0:59

More information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100317 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide

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#185: Rendani Mulaudzi - “The Most Significant Research Findings: Top 50 Scientific Breakthroughs and Discoveries of 2022”

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 0:51

More information: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:4a2ed096-3500-39a4-a77f-511d0efb9a95 Episode Sponsor:Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#184: Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs in Papua New Guinea

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 1:05

More information: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01683-y Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#183: Evolution of Bats from the Solomon Islands

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 0:52

More information: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae039 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#182: Understanding global concurrent heatwaves and extreme sea level rise

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 1:34

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01274-1 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#181: Arctic Precipitation Changes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 1:02

More information: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107467 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#180: Impacts of Open Waste Burning on Air Quality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 0:57

More information: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1231 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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#179: Flash Drought Development

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 1:32

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00618-0 Episode Sponsor: Naturalresourcetoday.com is a South African scientific research services company, reaching thousands of listeners and readers worldwide.

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