Given that male hippos compete fiercely for access to females, we fully expected that adult males would be significantly larger in body size and have bigger tusks. It came as a surprise to discover that males only weighed on average 5% more than females.
Marta Baltruszewicz, University of Leeds As people around the world escape poverty, you might expect their energy use to increase. But my research in Nepal, Vietnam, and Zambia found the opposite: lower levels of deprivation were linked to lower levels of energy demand. What is behind this counter-intuitive finding? After all, the prevailing strategy to…
Here are some photos of Elephants taken in the Kruger Park there are some more at my photo gallery The Grumpy Old Techie’s Photos I saw this Elephant cow and calf near Mopanie in the Kruger Park. They were not with a larger herd which is somewhat unusual. This guy is a huge tusker. Notice…
The Kariba Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42% of Zimbabwe’s households are connected to the electricity grid….
These photos were taken from the roof of a bank in Mombasa, Kenya. You can see more at my Africa from the Rooftops album. I was installing computer systems in their IT room to monitor radio and television advertisements. Fort Jesus Fort Jesus (Portuguese: Forte Jesus de Mombaça) is a fort located on Mombasa Island….