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  • Meteorology students attend conference

    Posted on October 24, 2019

    The meteorology delegation to the 35th annual conference of the Society for Atmospheric Science was 20 strong this year. The conference was held a Riverside Sun, Vanderbijlpark on 8 and 9 October. The honors students presented their research results in poster and oral presentation format and Prof...

  • Meteorology postgraduate students win awards

    Posted on October 24, 2019

    The 35th annual conference of the Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS) was held in Vanderbijlpark from 8-9 October. Two postgraduate students from the Department of Geography Geoinformatics and Meteorology received prizes at this event. Moeletji Masango, a BSc (Hons) Meteorlogy students...

  • Meteorology alumni join NZ MetService

    Posted on October 24, 2019

    In September 2019, two alumni from the Department of Geography Geoinformatics and Meteorology joined the MetService in New Zealand as weather forecasters. Pictured here are Thapi Makgabutlane and Luis Fernades. The two of them make it 10 of our Meteorology graduates who have now joined the...

  • GGM 2019 Mini Conference

    Posted on October 15, 2019

    The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, together with the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) cordially invites you to a one-day mini-conference showcasing PhD and MSc research conducted in the department. The conference will take place on Friday, 1 November 2019, in...

  • BScHons Geoinformatics student wins award at SANSA student workshop

    Posted on October 14, 2019

    Maleho Sadiki, a current student enrolled in our BScHons Geoinformatics programme, recently attended the SANSA Student Workshop, held from 7-11 October in Hermanus, Western Cape. At this workshop Maleho was also awarded the prize for the best student honours presentation. For her honours project...

  • Celebrating Anti-Discrimination and Social Justice Week

    Posted on October 11, 2019

    In pursuit of its endeavours to establish a University environment that is free of and does not tolerate any form of discrimination and which significantly advances social justice, Anti-Discrimination and Social Justice Week wass celebrated from the 30th September- 4th October 2019 here at UP....

  • Latest seasonal forecast available - October

    Posted on October 10, 2019

    The latest seasonal forecast (October) predicts sea-surface temperature (SST) to continue to show a weak positive SST anomaly on the date line. This relatively warm sea area on the date line can lead to anomalous convection there that can in turn give rise to El Nino-like impacts over southern...

  • GGY 361 field trip to Hydromulch

    Posted on October 09, 2019

    Geography and Environmental Science students from the third year module GGY 361 (Environmental Geomorphology) visited Hydromulch, a soil rehabilitation and conservation company based in Midrand, on the 5th of October. The field trip focused on the work undertaken on soil stabilisation and gully...

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