Research News

  • Latest seasonal forecast (September) available

    Posted on August 21, 2018

    The latest forecast by the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and meteorology's Seasonal Forecast Worx is now available online. What is predicted? El Nino, or in other words, prepare for a hot summer.

  • Official launch of the NAS T&L Bulletin - Wednesday 1 August 2018

    Posted on July 31, 2018

    Official launch of the NAS T&L Bulletin - Wednesday 1 August 2018

  • Nick de Beer recognised as Best First-year Lecturer in NAS

    Posted on December 08, 2017

    Mr Nick de Beer, a lecturer in Chemistry in the Faculty of Natural- and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria, was voted the Best First-year Lecturer in the Faculty on 1 December 2017.

  • CGIS hosted Winter School focusing on participatory sensing

    Posted on November 20, 2017

    Earlier this year, the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) at the University of Pretoria hosted the 2017 Winter School on Participatory Sensing as part of the Geomatics and Participation project between UP and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

  • Best first-year lecturer in NAS awarded

    Posted on December 14, 2016

    A lecturer who inspires and motivates students ... This encompasses Mr Carel Oosthuizen, the first-year co-ordinator for Animal Diversity in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who received the Best First-year Lecturer Award in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) on 2...

  • Meteorology student selected to attend International Summer School

    Posted on December 14, 2016

    Jean du Preez, a Meteorology honours student in the Department of Geography, Meteorology and Geoinformatics at the University of Pretoria was selected to attend the Maïdo Observatory Summer School (MOSS) in Reunion from 28 November to 3 December 2016.

  • Geoinformatics students win national Responsive Cities Challenge

    Posted on December 11, 2016

    A group of five students from the University of Pretoria who competed as team Apex PentaVertex were announced as winners of the Responsive Cities Challenge, which took place at the end of 2017.

  • Tornadoes - powerful, but uncommon in SA

    Posted on August 08, 2016

    Images and video clips that looked like scenes from the disaster movie Twister were all over social media a few weeks ago when unexpected tornadoes hit the Gauteng province.

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