Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Archer, Emma Rosa Mary"

Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Archer, Emma Rosa Mary"

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  • The 2015-19 multi year drought in the Eastern Cape, South Africa : it's evolution and impacts on agriculture 
    Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Du Toit, Justin; Engelbrecht, Christina Johanna; Hoffman, M. Timm; Landman, Willem Adolf; Malherbe, Johan B.; Stern, Maryke (Elsevier, 2022-01)
    The Eastern Cape Province, and in particular, it's interior western Karoo region, has long been subject to periodic droughts, with significant implications for it's agricultural sector. From 2015, with some recovery in ...
  • Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions 
    Leadley, Paul; Gonzalez, Andrew; Obura, David; Krug, Cornelia B.; Londono-Murcia, Maria Cecilia; Millette, Katie L.; Radulovici, Adriana; Rankovic, Aleksandar; Shannon, Lynne J.; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Armah, Frederick Ato; Bax, Nic; Chaudhari, Kalpana; Costello, Mark John; Davalos, Liliana M.; De Oliveira Roque, Fabio; DeClerck, Fabrice; Dee, Laura E.; Essl, Franz; Ferrier, Simon; Genovesi, Piero; Guariguata, Manuel R.; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika; Isbell, Forest; Kok, Marcel; Lavery, Shane D.; Leclere, David; Loyola, Rafael; Lwasa, Shuaib; McGeoch, Melodie; Mori, Akira S.; Nicholson, Emily; Ochoa, Jose M.; Ollerer, Kinga; Polasky, Stephen; Rondinini, Carlo; Schroer, Sibylle; Selomane, Odirilwe; Shen, Xiaoli; Strassburg, Bernardo; Sumaila, Ussif Rashid; Tittensor, Derek P.; Turak, Eren; Urbina, Luis; Vallejos, Maria; Vazquez-Dominguez, Ella; Verburg, Peter H.; Visconti, Piero; Woodley, Stephen; Xu, Jianchu (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 ...
  • Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate 
    Shin, Yunne-Jai; Midgley, Guy F.; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Arneth, Almut; Barnes, David K.A.; Chan, Lena; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Insarov, Gregory; Leadley, Paul; Levin, Lisa A.; Ngo, Hien T.; Pandit, Ram; Pires, Aliny P.F.; Poertner, Hans-Otto; Rogers, Alex D.; Scholes, Robert J.; Settele, Josef; Smith, Pete (Wiley, 2022-05)
    The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international biodiversity and climate change agendas with ...
  • Agricultural perspectives on the 2015-2018 Western Cape drought, South Africa : characteristics and spatial variability in the core wheat growing regions 
    Theron, Simone Norah; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Midgley, S.J.E.; Walker, S. (Elsevier, 2021-07)
    Between 2015 and 2018, the Western Cape Province of South Africa experienced a multi-year severe drought, which negatively impacted major economic sectors. The province serves as an important producer of wheat in South ...
  • Agricultural resilience and adaptive capacity during severe drought in the Western Cape, South Africa 
    Theron, Simone Norah; Midgley, Stephanie; Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Tramberand, Sylvia; Walker, Sue. (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 ...
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent - what is changing, and what are our options? 
    Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Dziba, L.E.; Mulongoy, K.J.; Maoela, M.A.; Walters, M.; Biggs, R.; Salem, M.C.C.; DeClerck, F.; Diaw, M.C.; Dunham, A.E.; Failler, P.; Gordon, C.; Harhash, K.A.; Kasisi, R.; Kizito, F.; Nyingi, W.D.; Oguge, N.; Osman-Elasha, B.; Stringer, L.C.; De Morais, L.T.; Assogbadjo, A.; Egoh, B.N.; Halmy, M.W.; Heubach, K.; Mensah, A.; Pereira, L.; Sitas, N. (Elsevier, 2021-03)
    Throughout the world, biodiversity and nature's contributions to people are under threat, with clear changes evident. Biodiversity and ecosystem services have particular value in Africa– yet they are negatively impacted ...
  • Citizen science for the prediction of climate extremes in South Africa and Namibia 
    Landman, Willem Adolf; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Tadross, Mark A. (Frontiers Media, 2020-09)
    Seasonal-to-interannual variations of rainfall over southern Africa, key to predicting extreme climatic events, are predictable over certain regions and during specific periods of the year. This predictability had been ...
  • Climate change impact on water availability in the olifants catchment (South Africa) with potential adaptation strategies 
    Olabanji, Mary Funke; Ndarana, Thando; Davis, Nerhene; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary (Elsevier, 2020-12)
    Increasing population and economic growth has intensified water supply pressure on the Olifants River Basin causing it to become water-stressed. Climate change is expected to aggravate existing water supply challenges in ...
  • Climate change, pesticides and health : considering the risks and opportunities of adaptation for Zimbabwean smallholder cotton growers 
    Zinyemba, Cliff; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Rother, Hanna-Andrea (MDPI Publishing, 2021-01)
    There is potential for increased pesticide-related adverse health outcomes in the agricultural sector linked to adaptive increases in pesticide use necessitated, in part, by climate change-related increases in pest ...
  • Evolution of national climate adaptation agendas in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia : the role of national leadership and international donors 
    Pardoe, Joanna; Vincent, Katharine; Conway, Declan; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Dougill, Andrew J.; Mkwambisi, David; Tembo-Nhlema, Dorothy (Springer, 2020-10)
    In this paper, we use an inductive approach and longitudinal analysis to explore political influences on the emergence and evolution of climate change adaptation policy and planning at national level, as well as the ...
  • Exploring farmers' perceptions and lessons learned from the 2015–2018 drought in the Western Cape, South Africa 
    Theron, Simone Norah; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Midgley, S.J.E.; Walker, S. (Elsevier, 2022-10)
    The agricultural sector is one of the most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate change. Between 2015 and 2018, the Western Cape Province of South Africa experienced a multi-year severe drought. Projections show ...
  • Integrated assessment of the influence of climate change on current and future intra-annual water availability in the Vaal River catchment 
    Akanbi, R.T. (Remilekun); Ndarana, Thando; Davis, Nerhene; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary (IWA publishing, 2021)
    Increasing water demand due to population growth, economic expansion and the need for development puts a strain on the supply capacity of the Vaal River catchment in South Africa. Climate change presents additional challenges ...
  • Learning from South Africa's recent summer rainfall droughts : how might we think differently about response? 
    Archer, Emma Rosa Mary (Wiley, 2019-09)
    The 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 summer rainfall seasons in South Africa, as well as in the Southern African Development Community region more widely, are generally agreed to be the most severe droughts on record since those ...
  • Managing climate risk in livestock production in South Africa : how might improved tailored forecasting contribute? 
    Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Landman, Willem Adolf; Malherbe, Johan; Maluleke, Phumzile; Weepener, H. (Elsevier, 2021)
    The 2015–2017 summer rainfall seasons in both South and southern Africa saw drought and heat stress severely impacting the livestock production sector, as well as agriculture more broadly. Although the region has a ...
  • Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water 
    Creed, Irena F.; Jones, Julia A.; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Claassen, Marius; Ellison, David; McNulty, Steven G.; Van Noordwijk, Meine; Vira, Bhaskar; Wei, Xiaohua; Bishop, Kevin; Blanco, Juan A.; Gush, Mark; Gyawali, Dipak; Jobbagy, Esteban; Lara, Antonio; Little, Christian; Martin-Ortega, Julia; Mukherji, Aditi; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Ovando Pol, Paola; Sullivan, Caroline A.; Xu, Jianchu (Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)
    Forests and trees are key to solving water availability problems in the face of climate change and to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A recent global assessment of forest and water science ...
  • Perceived impacts of climate change on rural poultry production : a case study in Limpopo Province, South Africa 
    Nyoni, Njongenhle M.B.; Grab, Stefan; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Hetem, Robyn (Taylor and Francis, 2022)
    Rural farming households in developing countries frequently contend with multiple challenges, including a lack of resources, food insecurity, and poverty. Climate change threatens to compound existing challenges, particularly ...
  • Probabilistic vs deterministic forecasts – interpreting skill statistics for the benefit of users 
    Landman, Willem Adolf; Tadross, Mark; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Johnston, Peter (South African Water Research Commission, 2023-07)
    Owing to probabilistic uncertainties associated with seasonal forecasts, especially over areas such as southern Africa where forecast skill is limited, non-climatologists and users of such forecasts frequently prefer them ...
  • Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning - a conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa 
    Vincent, Katharine; Conway, Declan; Dougill, Andrew J.; Pardoe, Joanna; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Bhave, Ajay Gajanan; Henriksson, Rebecka; Mittal, Neha; Mkwambisi, David; Rouhaud, Estelle; Tembo-Nhlema, Dorothy (Elsevier, 2020)
    Making climate-resilient planning and adaptation decisions is, in part, contingent on the use of climate information. Growing attention has been paid to the “usability gap” and the need to make information both useful and ...
  • Reflections on a key component of co-producing climate services : defining climate metrics from user needs 
    Vincent, Katharine; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Henriksson, Rebecka; Pardoe, Joanna; Mittal, Neha (Elsevier, 2020-12)
    There is increasing recognition of the importance of co-producing climate services to bridge the current “usability” gap in climate information for decision-making – yet understanding precisely how this should take place is ...
  • A regional project in support of the SADC cyber-infrastructure framework implementation : weather and climate 
    Bopape, Mary-Jane Morongwa; Sithole, Happy Marumo; Motshegwa, Tshiamo; Rakate, Edward; Engelbrecht, Francois; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Morgan, Anneline; Ndimeni, Lwando; Botai, Joel Ongego (Ubiquity Press, 2019-07-10)
    Early warning systems in the areas of weather and climate for supporting decision making and strategic intervention in key sectors (e.g. water, health, energy, disaster risk management, and agriculture) rely on the use of ...