Satellite record tracks and projects rising sea level

Satellite record tracks and projects rising sea level

Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. The average global sea level rose by 0,27cm from 2021 to 2022, according to a NASA analysis...
Warming makes intense droughts and floods more frequent

Warming makes intense droughts and floods more frequent

Scientists have predicted that droughts and floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but detecting this on regional and continental scales has proven difficult. Now a new NASA-led study confirms that major droughts and...
Machine customers one of the biggest growth opportunities

Machine customers one of the biggest growth opportunities

Machine customers represent one of the biggest new growth opportunities of the decade – and business leaders must act now to create a path to entry to a business megatrend that will eventually be more significant than the arrival of digital commerce, according...
Economic activity slowdown mirrored in lower transactions

Economic activity slowdown mirrored in lower transactions

After two consecutive months of encouraging growth, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) fell in February 2023, signalling the country’s deteriorating economic activity. “At an index level of 131, the BETI for February slipped to...
A future aircraft design, supercomputed

A future aircraft design, supercomputed

The picture featured here is not hypermodern art. Generated by NASA’s high-performance computers, it shows a Transonic Truss Braced Wing (TTBW) aircraft concept being tested in a virtual wind tunnel, showing how its wings interact with the air around them. In...
New payment standard offers cash-like convenience

New payment standard offers cash-like convenience

Kathy Gibson reports – A broad industry initiative, PayShap is South Africa’s first low-value, interbank, realtime digital payments service that will make digital payments easier and more convenient for all South Africans. The new payments platform was developed...