Prof and Director @UWC Institute For Water Studies, Adjunct Prof & Data Coach @UNU_FLORES, Earth Obs., Water, Agriculture, Environment, Climate, Big Data.

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Joined November 2012
A Chinese train driver shows the rapid transformation of China's railway network This is what happens when a society pushes science and engineering, it starts to develop. China focused their energy on reverse engineering everything made in the West and then improved on it Meanwhile in Africa, they focused on religion. The harsh reality is, you can't develop a continent with miracles, only human intelligence can develop a continent In China they celebrate scientists and engineers, they're in magazines, TV, billboards and social media. Get a look of China's Tik Tok, it mainly pushes science and engineering. Meanwhile in Africa, they celebrate politicians, pastors and content creators. They push xenophobia, tribalism, religious hocus pocus and degeneracy. How a society looks is a reflection of it's people. If a society looks like sh!t maybe it's because the people are full of sh!t too.
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An Anthropic researcher is quitting the artificial-intelligence industry over fears that the lab and its competitors are racing to build systems that could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. on.wsj.com/4hhAoMR
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The true size of Africa the U.S. refused to agree with.
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On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an African proposal for a new world map, which shows countriesโ€™ true size relative to one another. In favor: 164 Against: 1 Abstentions: 6
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The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has been ranked the No. 1 university in Africa in the 2026 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ›๏ธ Read More: ow.ly/XFKT50Z60uC #WitsForGood #ResearchForGood #Witsie4Life
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ China helps Zimbabwe make history: First lithium sulfate produced on African soil
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JUST IN: China completes the first phase of trials for the worldโ€™s first self-replicating HIV vaccine, based on the โ€œTiantanโ€ smallpox vaccine โ€” a major step forward in the fight against HIV.
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Victoria Falls is experiencing the largest volume of water in 70 years right now. On the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia (with 75% of the best views only visible from Zimbabwe), the falls are the largest curtain of falling water in the world. Kariba Dam will probably overspill this year & we might see the sluice gates opened for the first time in many many years, @mimmitwit @Mavhure @matigary @Zimparks
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Action. Wonder. Adventure. Artemis II has got it all. Don't miss the moment. Our crewed Moon mission will launch as early as April 1. Learn how to watch: nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/
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We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1jxXgeyMkโ€ฆ
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Early sowing maximized pearl millet yields in semi-arid Namibia. A landrace outperformed an improved genotype when sown early, while the improved type was more stable under late sowing, challenging assumptions about landrace productivity. ๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70093
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Water-related conflicts are rising worldwide. The Global Water Bankruptcy report warns that failure to manage shared waters risks escalation, and calls for bankruptcy-aware governance as a pathway to peace and cooperation. #WaterBankruptcy ๐Ÿ”—unu.edu/inweh/news/world-entโ€ฆ
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UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy' The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them u.afp.com/SBpT
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Hartbeespoort Dam, or what is left of it, from the air. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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A large solar-powered AI satellite constellation would be able to prevent global warming by making tiny adjustments in how much solar energy reached Earth
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Statistical modelling of spatio-temporal rainfall trends, dependence, and extremes in Zimbabwe (1984โ€“2024) rdcu.be/eNRvP
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Letโ€™s keep Jamaica in our prayers. The devastation is heartbreaking.๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ’”
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This is not Jamaica. The writing is in Spanish in multiple parts including on the police vehicle. Jamaica's language is English. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
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Aquifer characterization for improved hydrogeological conceptualization of groundwater dependent ecosystems in the Kruger National Park, South Africa authors.elsevier.com/c/1lx1Oโ€ฆ
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The Palestinian scientist Omar Yaghi wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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