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Browsing Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology by Type "Postprint Article"
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(Routledge, 2022)South Africa’s first national democratic elections in 1994 marked a turning point in the history of the country. Since democracy much of the focus of African National Congress (ANC)-led government has been on redress and ...
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Acceptance of open source geospatial software : assessing QGIS in South Africa with the UTAUT2 model (Wiley, 2021-02)Geospatial information and technologies are widely used in South Africa, initially mostly with proprietary software but today, mature, open source alternatives such as QGIS are available. We wanted to find out if and why ...
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Accidental wetlands - a southern African case study from the Kgaswane Mountain Reserve, Rustenburg (Routledge, 2021)Wetlands form part of a diverse range of habitats and play an important role in the ecology and hydrological cycle but are amongst the most threatened ecological systems. It is therefore critical to understand the hydrology ...
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(Cell Press, 2022-06)Governments are negotiating actions intended to halt biodiversity loss and put it on a path to recovery by 2050. Here, we show that bending the curve for biodiversity is possible, but only if actions are implemented urgently ...
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(Elsevier, 2023-07)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-05)The African continent is one of the most vulnerable regions to future climate change. Research now demonstrates that constraining anthropogenic warming to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C will significantly lower the risk of heatwaves ...
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Africánes in southern Africa : attributes and contribution to rainfall of a continental tropical low (Springer, 2023-03)Large parts of southern Africa are influenced by extra-tropical weather systems for most of the year. During late summer (December–March), the circulation over the area becomes distinctly tropical. This paper introduces ...
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(Springer, 2023-09)Meeting the needs of multiple users and uses of freshwater resources is becoming progressively challenging. The response to the 2015–2018 Western Cape drought in South Africa offers lessons for both commercial crop growers ...
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(Springer, 2018-11)This study analyzed the variability of the agro-climatic parameters that impact maize production across different seasons in South Africa. To achieve this, four agro-climatic variables (precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, ...
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(Springer, 2014-01)A methodology has been applied to investigate the spatial variability and trends existent in a mid-twentieth century climatic time series (for the period 1943–1977) recorded by 58 climatic stations in the Albert–Victoria ...
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(Routledge, 2021)South Africa experienced since 2008 high escalations in rhinoceros poaching. It is essential to protect southern Africa’s heritage by developing/adapting new research methods and techniques that can assist prosecutors to ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-04)The retrieval characteristics for a city-scale satellite experiment was explored over a Nigerian city. The study evaluated carbon monoxide and aerosol contents in the city atmosphere. We utilized the MSA Altair 5× gas ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-11)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Springer, 2014-02)This article reflects discussions German and South African Earth scientists, statisticians and risk analysts had on occasion of two bilateral workshops on Data Integration Technologies for Earth System Modelling and ...
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(Wiley, 2021-05)Crag lizards are restricted to montane areas where biota are strongly exposed to the effects of climate change. We investigated the factors shaping the distribution of Drakensberg crag lizards (Pseudocordylus melanotus ...
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(Wiley, 2018-11)BACKGROUND : Observing accurate real-time measurements of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels is important since personal excess sun exposure is associated with skin cancers. Handheld measurement devices may be helpful ...
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(Springer, 2021-06)South Africa is a custodian of an immense wealth of natural and biodiversity resources in Africa. Natural resources are continually changing in different South African biospheres based on anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic ...
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(Borntraeger Science Publishers, 2024-08)Changes in species diversity have been widely used in environmental monitoring and global change studies as an indicator of vegetation change over time. High mountain ecosystems such as the Golden Gate Highlands National ...
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Assessment of chemical and mineralogical characteristics of airborne dust in the Sistan region, Iran (Elsevier, 2013-01)Windblown transport and deposition of dust is widely recognized as an important physical and chemical concern to climate, human health and ecosystems. Sistan is a region located in southeast Iran with extensive wind ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2022)Over the years, rapid urban growth has led to the conversion of natural lands into large man-made landscapes due to enhanced political and economic growth. This study assessed the spatio-temporal change characteristics of ...
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