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  • Celebrating Women's Day - Meet Mpho, one of our PhD Geoinformatics students

    Posted on August 15, 2022

    August 9 is South African Women's Day, and the month of August celebrates South African Women. For this month the Department speaks to three of our excepting female students from each of our academic programs: Zeenat from Geography & Environmental Science, Mpho from Geoinformatics, and from...

  • Seasonal forecast (August 2022) available

    Posted on August 15, 2022

    The UP model predicts a weak La Nina event that develops into a 'cool ENSO-neutral state' in early 2023, which agrees with the majority of forecasts from international centres. The SW Cape is expected to experience below-normal rainfall totals up until December (the current forecast period). Late...

  • Lecture by GISSA, the SAGC and SACNASP

    Posted on August 11, 2022

    Representatives from the Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA), the South African Geomatics Council (SAGC), and the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), spoke with our students enrolled in the 1st year GMC 110 course on Wednesday 10 August. The talk, which...

  • Celebrating Women's Day - Meet Zeenat, one of our Geography & Environmental Science Honours students

    Posted on August 08, 2022

    August 9 is South African Women's Day, and the month of August celebrates South African Women. For this month the Department speaks to three of our excepting female students from each of our academic programs: Zeenat from Geography & Environmental Science, Mpho from Geoinformatics, and...

  • Department participating at JuniorTukkie event

    Posted on August 01, 2022

    On 28 & 29 July, exceptional achievers from a variety of schools were invited to the University as part of a JuniorTukkie event. This was the first in-person marketing event targeting scholars and hosted by the University since the pandemic and University members and scholars alike looked...

  • Seasonal Forecast (July 2022) available

    Posted on July 22, 2022

    The UP model predicts a cool ENSO-neutral state toward summer, while most models predict a weak La Nina event. The SW Cape is expected to experience below-normal rainfall totals for most of the winter and springs months. Spring is expected to be mostly drier than normal over the summer rainfall...

  • Strong NAS Representation at the XXIV ISPRS Congress in Nice, France

    Posted on July 18, 2022

    Six delegates from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences travelled to Nice, France, to participate in the XXIV ISPRS Congress which ran from 6-11 June 2022. The Congress takes place every four years and was originally scheduled for 2020. Due to the...

  • MSc (Geoinformatics) Student Among Selected for Exchange Program with the University of Montpellier

    Posted on July 18, 2022

    MSc (Geoinformatics) Student Among Selected for Exchange Program with the University of Montpellier

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