Research News

  • Seasonal forecast for May 2023 available

    Posted on May 17, 2023

    Mostly below normal rainfall is expected during late autumn. Parts of the summer rainfall area may expect above normal winter rain.

  • ‘Rainfall extremes are becoming more probable in parts of SA’ – UP meteorology experts

    Posted on May 16, 2023

    With climate change said to be affecting the intensity of rainfall, experts at the University of Pretoria (UP) have investigated if there are observable changes in the probability of significant to extreme daily rainfall across South Africa.

  • How was your walk?

    Posted on April 25, 2023

    Are you looking for an exciting and informative new way to explore your local nature reserves? A team of researchers from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology has just the thing for you. By using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), they are modelling the expected energy...

  • Learning with and from each other in the second Sense of Place workshop

    Posted on April 24, 2023

    The second project workshop of the Cognitive Geomatics project between the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA) in Germany and the University of Pretoria (UP) took place at the end of last year on the Hatfield Campus. This project also includes the University of Nairobi (UoN) in Kenya.

  • Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2023

    Posted on April 20, 2023

    Celebrating Mother Earth day by showcasing South Africa's river network

  • Seasonal forecast for April 2023 available

    Posted on April 15, 2023

    The late autumn early winter season rainfall is expected to be mostly below normal over the entire region. Parts of the summer rainfall area may expect winter rain and above normal rainfall is expected over the winter rainfall region during early spring.

  • Cognitive Geomatics project workshop: Sense of Place – Crowd Mapping

    Posted on March 29, 2023

    ‘Cognitive Geomatics – Digital teaching to create awareness of intercultural differences in sense of place using Germany, South Africa and Kenya as case studies’ is part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for University Students – BWS plus, a programme of the...

  • Celebrating World Meteorological Day - 23 March 2023

    Posted on March 20, 2023

    World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March. The themes chosen for World Meteorological Day reflect topical weather, climate or water-related issues

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