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Studying shallow and deep marine food-webs in temperate South Africa Deep reefs, out of the reach of SCUBA divers, have to be sampled with more sophisticated equipment... |
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Sailing the seas as scientific explorers Going on a research cruise is not quite like becoming a character in Pirates of the Caribbean, but it can be close, says student Isabelle Giddy... |
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Powers of observation in the Botswana bush SAEON’s Tim O’Connor debates the value of long-term observation in safeguarding the future of the Botswana bush... |
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SAEON’s Ndlovu Node monitors the polluting - and cleansing - of the Olifants River An intensive sampling regime enables researchers to detect major pollution events, and to track improvements in water quality... |
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“The times they are a-changin” (Bob Dylan) SAEON MD Johan Pauw reflects on new world realities that are changing the old world view towards a new understanding... |
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Long-term field trials in Eastern Karoo yield valuable observation data A SAEON-DAFF collaborative project aims to secure data yielded by the longest running grazing trials in the world... |
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Exclude fire … and lose montane grasslands to forest scrub and aliens SAEON is monitoring a Drakensberg catchment to investigate possible changes if fire becomes more widely excluded... |
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Farmers’ weather records are a valuable source of data SAEON is archiving rainfall datasets collected by the farming community to preserve this valuable source of data... |
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The SAEON stand was abuzz with activity at SciFest 2012... |
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How to bring our oceans and their inhabitants into the classroom MCEN equips educators to teach learners who have never seen the sea about our oceans and their inhabitants... |
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Meet the new members of SAEON’s Graduate Student Committee The three enthusiastic new members are brimming with plans to grow the network... |
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Climate change: What does the future hold? US climate model guru, Dr Warren Washington, looks at climate change in the 20th and 21st century... |
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Invitation to the 4th Orange River Basin Symposium The symposium will provide a forum for a wide range of stakeholders affected by the Orange River catchment... |
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SAEON’s people and projects were highlighted in the media... |
"The oceans and marine biodiversity are crucial in regulating the global climate. Oceans absorb 93.4% of the heat produced by climate change as well as one third of human-induced carbon dioxide." – Carl Gustaf Lundin, Director of IUCN’s Global Marine and Polar Programme