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...
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.
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...
Posted on April 20, 2023
Celebrating Mother Earth day by showcasing South Africa's river network
Posted on April 17, 2023
The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Mereology was awarded the YouthMappers 2023 Women's Participation Award.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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....
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.
Posted on December 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now 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...
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)
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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