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  • Seasonal Forecast (September 2022) available

    Posted on September 10, 2022

    The UP model predicts weak La Niña conditions to persist throughout most of the 2022/2023 early and mid-summer season. The SW Cape is expected to experience below-normal rainfall during spring and early summer. Spring is expected to be mostly drier than normal over the summer rainfall region. At...

  • New course: GIS applications for water egineers

    Posted on September 09, 2022

    Join the GIS Applications for Water Engineers course scheduled for 11-13 October. The course provides attendees with an introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS) applications that are frequently used for planning and design of water engineering infrastructure. Through a combination of...

  • Back to Basics: Sci-Enza celebrates National Science Week

    Posted on September 02, 2022

    After a two-year absence, Sci-Enza, the University’s science centre, had the opportunity to host National Science Week from 1 to 6 August 2022.

  • NAS staff and students celebrate Women’s Month

    Posted on August 26, 2022

    The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) made inroads by having a very frank conversation on many topical issues, attended by both staff and students. The event was the Dean's Women's Month Lunch and Conversation on 19 August.

  • Celebrating Women's Day - meet Bhavani, who is currently enrolled in her Honours in Meteorology

    Posted on August 22, 2022

    August 9 is South African Women's Day, and the month of August celebrates South African Women. For this month the Department speak to three of our excepting female students from each of our academic programs: Zeenat from Geography & Environmental Science, Mpho from Geoinformatics, and Bhavani...

  • Celebrating Women's Day - Meet Mpho, one of our PhD Geoinformatics students

    Posted on August 15, 2022

    August 9 is South African Women's Day, and the month of August celebrates South African Women. For this month the Department speaks to three of our excepting female students from each of our academic programs: Zeenat from Geography & Environmental Science, Mpho from Geoinformatics, and from...

  • Seasonal forecast (August 2022) available

    Posted on August 15, 2022

    The UP model predicts a weak La Nina event that develops into a 'cool ENSO-neutral state' in early 2023, which agrees with the majority of forecasts from international centres. The SW Cape is expected to experience below-normal rainfall totals up until December (the current forecast period). Late...

  • Lecture by GISSA, the SAGC and SACNASP

    Posted on August 11, 2022

    Representatives from the Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA), the South African Geomatics Council (SAGC), and the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), spoke with our students enrolled in the 1st year GMC 110 course on Wednesday 10 August. The talk, which...

  • Celebrating Women's Day - Meet Zeenat, one of our Geography & Environmental Science Honours students

    Posted on August 08, 2022

    August 9 is South African Women's Day, and the month of August celebrates South African Women. For this month the Department speaks to three of our excepting female students from each of our academic programs: Zeenat from Geography & Environmental Science, Mpho from Geoinformatics, and...

  • Department participating at JuniorTukkie event

    Posted on August 01, 2022

    On 28 & 29 July, exceptional achievers from a variety of schools were invited to the University as part of a JuniorTukkie event. This was the first in-person marketing event targeting scholars and hosted by the University since the pandemic and University members and scholars alike looked...

  • Seasonal Forecast (July 2022) available

    Posted on July 22, 2022

    The UP model predicts a cool ENSO-neutral state toward summer, while most models predict a weak La Nina event. The SW Cape is expected to experience below-normal rainfall totals for most of the winter and springs months. Spring is expected to be mostly drier than normal over the summer rainfall...

  • Strong NAS Representation at the XXIV ISPRS Congress in Nice, France

    Posted on July 18, 2022

    Six delegates from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences travelled to Nice, France, to participate in the XXIV ISPRS Congress which ran from 6-11 June 2022. The Congress takes place every four years and was originally scheduled for 2020. Due to the...

  • MSc (Geoinformatics) Student Among Selected for Exchange Program with the University of Montpellier

    Posted on July 18, 2022

    MSc (Geoinformatics) Student Among Selected for Exchange Program with the University of Montpellier

  • World Population Day, 11 July 2022

    Posted on July 10, 2022

    "A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all - Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all"

  • Cognitive Geomatics project kicks off between UP and two international universities

    Posted on July 06, 2022

    The project will widen the thematic discourse to be more interdisciplinary – apart from geo(infor)matics, students from the social sciences and cultural media management will also be involved.

  • UPGRADE Internship program to Florida International University (FIU)

    Posted on July 04, 2022

    The University Partnership to Grow Administration and Education (UPGRADE) set out to enhance university partnerships between the US and South Africa and focuses on increasing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) capacity as well as improving the knowledge and skills in...

  • Kayla selected to participate in the UPGRADE Internship program to Florida International University (FIU)

    Posted on July 01, 2022

    Kayla Theron has been selected to participate in the University Partnership to Grow Administration and Education (UPGRADE) Internship program at Florida International University (FIU). The objectives of the internship are to draw on FIU curricula to build specific skills, link up with experts at...

  • Student receives SSAG Bronze Medal

    Posted on June 24, 2022

    Christina Thaele was awarded the prestigious 2022 SSAG Master's Bronze Medal for her MSc entitled "Characteristics of warm season supercell thunderstorms over the Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa". The Bronze Medal is awarded to the best geography MSc completed by research...

  • The air in South African Highveld cities smells foul in the winter: here’s why

    Posted on June 22, 2022

    Associate Professor Rebecca Garland recently published an article which explains why the air in South African Highveld cities smells foul in the winter. Gauteng Province, which is situated on the Highveld, is also South Africa’s industrial heartland where pollution levels are often...

  • Student receives SSAG Outstanding Honours Research Award for 2022

    Posted on June 20, 2022

    Kayla Theron, who graduated with her BScHons Geoinformatics this year, was recently awarded the SSAG Outstanding Honours Research Award for 2022 from the Society of South African Geographers. She received the award for her Honours project, completed in 2021, entitled A street segment analysis of...

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