“New Deal” for Africa's Sahel region needs entrepreneurs to transform land, water resources

Posted on May 07, 2021

99% of Africa's Sahel groundwater is untapped. Tapped, it could help float a "New Deal" of prosperity, especially for women and youth - Prof Cheikh Mbow, land-use expert and @FutureAfricaUP Director

Lecturer nominated for the Interim Coordinating Committee (ICG) of the new WCRP Home Regional Information for Society (RifS)

Posted on April 16, 2021

Willem Landman, a professor in our Department and the author of the monthly Seasonal Forecast Worx, has been appointed to the the Interim Coordinating Committee (ICG) of the new World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Home Regional Information for Society (RifS). The ICG is set up to coordinate...

Seasonal forecast for April 2021 available

Posted on April 15, 2021

The UP model predicts ENSO-neutral conditions to occur during winter and spring - this seems to agree with most models. There is a chance that the southwestern Cape may be wet during mid-winter. Maximum temperature forecast skill for winter may be too low for planning purposes – however,...

Conversations@NAS launch on World Meteorological Day

Posted on April 02, 2021

The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) celebrated World Meteorological Day in style with the launch of the Conversations@NAS initiative on 23 March 2021.

Weather and climate may determine whether humankind survives or not

Posted on March 23, 2021

Scarce skills in Natural and Agricultural Sciences Focus on a Weather Forecaster: Prof Liesl Dyson (Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology)

Seasonal forecast for March 2021 available

Posted on March 16, 2021

The UP model predicts ENSO-neutral conditions for winter and spring. Parts of the central area are predicted to receive above-normal rainfalls for the late summer. There is also a chance that the southwestern Cape may be wet this winter. And with cooler maximum autumn temperatures predicted over...

MSc bursary - remote sensing

Posted on March 05, 2021

The department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria is collaborating with the CSIR’s Earth Observation Research Group, who has secured funding from the Water Research Commission (WRC) for a project titled: ‘Quantifying the extent and rate of...

Celebrate International Geomorphology Week 2021

Posted on March 01, 2021

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) is celebrating #IntGeomorphWeek2021 from 1-7 March. On 2 March between 09:00 and 13:00 the IAG is celebrating Young Geomorhologists (or Emerging Career Researchers) and their work. Join Mr Barend van der Merwe, a lecturer in our department,...