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Meteorology

The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity

Our Burning Planet

The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity

By Don Pinnock

The science behind the shape of clouds — how cumulus and cirrus formations forecast the weather

Maverick Life

The science behind the shape of clouds — how cumulus and cirrus formations forecast the weather

By Ross Lazear

The science of weather forecasting: what it takes and why it’s so hard to get right

Magazine

The science of weather forecasting: what it takes and why it’s so hard to get right

By Victor Ongoma

A brief history of clouds, Part One: Capturing chaos

Magazine

A brief history of clouds, Part One: Capturing chaos

By Don Pinnock

A brief history of clouds, Part Two: Spooky infinities

Magazine

A brief history of clouds, Part Two: Spooky infinities

By Don Pinnock

Severe winds, rains expected to hit Western Cape

South Africa

Severe winds, rains expected to hit Western Cape

By AFP

GroundUp: Will there be more rain this winter?

South Africa

GroundUp: Will there be more rain this winter?

By GroundUp

Newsdeck

S.Africa declares drought a 'national disaster'

By AFP

Newsdeck

Maimane asks Ramaphosa for meeting on #DayZero

By News24

Newsdeck

Freezing Tokyo sees most ambulance calls for 80 years

By AFP

Op-Ed: Cape Town, a city drowning in incompetence

South Africa

Op-Ed: Cape Town, a city drowning in incompetence

By Nic Spaull

Newsdeck

Storm damage to cost Germany 500 mln euros as death toll rises

By AFP