Posted on January 23, 2025
Should young African scientists take a more active role in reviewing important climate assessment reports as those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? These reports inform global environmental policies and undergo global peer review. A recent study highlights that...
Posted on January 16, 2025
In the absence of a strong “signal” from the Pacific Ocean (at best a weak La Niña event), the predicted probabilities of above normal rainfall totals over the summer rainfall region are not very high.
Posted on December 12, 2024
The NAS Faculty newsletter's second edition (November 2024), SquaredUP, is now available.
Posted on November 28, 2024
On 18–19 November 2024, three BSocSci Honours students in Geography and Environmental Sciences attended and presented their final research at the International Student Symposium on the Sustainable Development Goals
Posted on October 28, 2024
Tsholalang Rammopo was awarded the prestigious 2024 SSAG Master's Bronze Medal for his MSc research entitled "The characteristics of Rossby wave packets in the South African domain". The Bronze Medal is awarded to the best geography MSc completed by research dissertation within a given year in...
Posted on October 27, 2024
University of Pretoria (UP) researchers, in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have developed innovative maps to assist maize farmers in Gauteng with precision weeding. These maps, created from Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite images, distinguish between...
Posted on October 17, 2024
SANParks-hosted GRIN (Garden Route Interface Network) meeting in Knysna
Posted on October 14, 2024
Above-normal mean maximum temperatures over the larger region are highly likely during spring.
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