In South Africa's Western cape, winemakers are harvesting earlier, adjusting techniques and racing to adapt, as climate change begins to reshape one of the world’s most celebrated wine regions.


Harvests Arriving Weeks Earlier in South Africa Vineyards

Massive floods have disrupted life in the Western Cape province of South Africa as a deluge caused by incessant rains has forced thousands to flee from Rawsonville town in the affected province. So far floods have killed two in the Western Cape Province while one thousand residents have been left homeless.

Rains and floods hit South Africa as thousands flee home in Western Cape

South African researchers plan to release scores of abandoned, hand-reared African penguin chicks at the Western Cape's De Hoop nature reserve, boosting efforts to start a new breeding colony of the seabirds at risk of extinction.

As African penguin population dwindles, researchers plan new colony

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Harvests Arriving Weeks Earlier in South Africa Vineyards

Rains and floods hit South Africa as thousands flee home in Western Cape

As African penguin population dwindles, researchers plan new colony