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This summer’s record temperatures in Europe were bad news for the continent’s glaciers - they’re now melting faster than ever. Neil Entwistle has been visiting and studying the glaciers in Switzerland for the past 19 years. He writes that he’s never seen a summer like 2022. The scale of change is staggering. His fear is that the continued ice melt and extreme temperatures seen this year are not an anomaly. Many more glaciers could be lost entirely within a
generation.
South Africa’s economic powerhouse, Gauteng province, is home to three big cities – Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. All are facing major water cuts - even though dams are full. Anja du Plessis argues that a number of factors have contributed to the crisis. They include interruptions to water supplies as a result of power blackouts; high temperatures leading to above average water use; and water losses through dilapidated infrastructure.
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Neil Entwistle, University of Salford
Switzerland’s glaciers just lost 6% of their ice in a single year.
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Anja du Plessis, University of South Africa
There’s an urgent need to put water higher on South Africa’s agenda. Various water problems are escalating at a rapid rate.
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Seth Blumsack, Penn State; Lara B. Fowler, Penn State
Roundtable discussions with leaders from major energy companies reveal a lack of pressure from regulators or investors and a strong belief that fossil fuel use will continue for years to come.
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Jennifer Beam Dowd, University of Oxford; José Manuel Aburto, University of Oxford; Ridhi Kashyap, University of Oxford
Life expectancy rose in western Europe in 2021 but fell further in US and eastern Europe.
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Joshua Hallwright, Deakin University
The UN predicts more than 300,000 people in Somalia will be in famine by December. 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Here’s how you can help.
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Edward Mabaya, Cornell University; Robert B. Richardson, Michigan State University; Thomas Jayne, Michigan State University
The future food security of nearly 1.5 billion Africans depends on the actions and decisions that are made today.
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Lucy Christopher, University of Tasmania
Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker winning novel is a black comedy about the afterlife, a murder mystery, and a political satire set against the violent backdrop of the late-1980s Sri Lankan civil war.
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Mulugeta G Berhe (PhD), Tufts University
The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
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Sumudu Mallawaarachchi, Deakin University; Sharon Horwood, Deakin University
Persuasive design in kids’ apps is often overlooked in the screen-time debate.
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Katie Alcock, Lancaster University
Parents often worry that their child might not be talking enough.
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