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  • 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.

  • When art and geography meet

    Posted on April 24, 2023

    "When art and geography meet. The honours urban geography module (GGY780) is facilitated at the Javett Art Centre at UP this year. This forms part of the centers interactive (class)room exhibition. Art is used as an abstract lens for understanding complex historical and contemporary issues in...

  • Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2023

    Posted on April 20, 2023

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

  • YouthMappers 2023 Women's Participation Award

    Posted on April 17, 2023

    The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Mereology was awarded the YouthMappers 2023 Women's Participation Award.

  • 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.

  • South Africa’s electricity disaster is an air quality disaster, too

    Posted on April 05, 2023

    Associate Professor Rebecca Garland was part of a team who recently published an article on how load shedding affects air quality in South Africa.

  • 2023 GGY789 Field Trip, Florisbad

    Posted on March 29, 2023

    The 2023 GGY 789 field trip, led by Prof. Natalie Haussmann and Prof. Greg Breetzke, took place from 24 to 27 March at Florisbad, in the Free State. Fifteen of the BSc Geography Honours students attended. Throughout the few days spent at the research station the students enjoyed talks and...

  • 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

  • Seasonal forecast for March 2023 available

    Posted on March 14, 2023

    During the upcoming autumn season, rainfall is predicted to be lower than normal in most areas. However, there is a small part of the winter rainfall region where higher-than-normal rainfall is expected at the beginning of the forecast period. As for the rest of the winter rainfall region,...

  • UP graduate chosen for prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship

    Posted on February 16, 2023

    Courtney Gehle was recently selected as a Schwarzman Scholar and awarded "one of the most prestigious post graduate fellowships in the world". She am the 5th South African to have ever been selected, the 2nd from Tukkies and the only one of both in the 2023/2024 cohort, selected from over 3,000...

  • Seasonal forecast for February 2023 available

    Posted on February 15, 2023

    The seasonal forecast for autumn and early winter 2023 is now available. Please visit https://www.up.ac.za/geography-geoinformatics-and-meteorology to learn more.

  • We welcome Kaera to our team

    Posted on January 18, 2023

    Dr. Kaera Coetzer recently joined the University of Pretoria as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology.

  • Seasonal forecast for January 2023 available

    Posted on January 17, 2023

    This month’s JFM forecast is showing an increased likelihood of drier than normal conditions over the area that includes part of South Africa (northeast), Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique. However, the FMA forecast is more optimistic for a late summer season that will be wetter than normal....

  • We welcome Sandra to our team!

    Posted on January 10, 2023

    Please meet Mrs Sandra Wilkinson, Departmental Administrator in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology who was appointed in December 2022.

  • NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 (third edition) is now available

    Posted on December 13, 2022

    NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available

  • Seasonal forecast (December 2022) available

    Posted on December 12, 2022

    There is an enhanced likelihood for above-normal rainfall totals during the coming summer (2022/2023) and autumn (2023) seasons over the larger summer rainfall region. In terms of temperature, there is an enhanced likelihood of cooler than average maximum temperatures (during the mid-summer) in...

  • World GIS Day 2022: Celebrating Honours GIS Projects

    Posted on November 15, 2022

    Inspire the world with GIS – “GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data to help us make better decisions” (www.gisday.com)

  • Seasonal forecast (November 2022) available

    Posted on November 15, 2022

    The UP model predicts moderate to weak La Niña conditions to persist throughout most of the 2022/23 mid-summer season. There is an enhanced likelihood for an above-normal rainfall season during the 2022/23 summer over the larger summer rainfall region. Additionally, there is an enhanced...

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