Written By: Carla Petersen and Tania Williams (CSAG 2016 Interns) The EGS4038F Course Field Trip took place on the 6th to 8th May on two family farms located between Hermanus and Standford. The mountainous view was right outside our doorstep, and the melodious sound of the lagoon brought an ambience of serenity. It was a… Read more »
Usually I try to take an objective angle to my blog posts, supported by scientific evidence, rigour etc etc. But this time, it’s personal. So no facts, (well few facts) and more a reflection on a personal crisis I find myself in and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I have started to ask… Read more »
(An accumulation of thinking from discussions and experiences with a wide range of people and contexts) I, like all of us I suspect, hold a range of views on different subjects. Some of these I hold to strongly, some I hold strongly depending on the relevance to the situation, and some I am indifferent about…. Read more »
Written by Rodger Duffett The Water Harvesting Toolkit is an extension to the Climate Information Platform (CIP) that was funded by the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) under the SmartWater Fund initiative. It provides a link between climate data stored in the CIP and a practical application of the data. The toolkit was… Read more »
(*T Pratchett) The subtitle to this blog is: “Is it time to panic yet?” Following COP21 in Paris the world seems to be frantically pushing for climate change actions. In CSAG we talk about it; we have arguments about whether scientists should engage in activism, or if we are putting too much of our research… Read more »
Let’s try this again. This is my second attempt at writing my first CSAG blog. I made the classic error the first time around of biting off more than I can chew. And then I made the equally classic error of going to look at what others had written for their blog entries and got… Read more »
In this blog of the Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at University of Cape Town (UCT), I would like to publicize and disseminate the below open statement from the Young Earth System Scientists Community (YESS) regarding the massive job cuts to CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere and Land and Water divisions. YESS is a global network… Read more »
Yesterday we announced the CSAG Joe Blogs Award for 2015. With another year of intriguing blogs behind us and new 2016 blogs already on the website, it was an exciting morning for all at CSAG to hear who would be the 3rd victor to lift the prestigious award. The “Academy of the Blog” were tasked… Read more »
I’ve been traveling in North America for a few months now. This has required me not only to relearn how to drive on the right-hand side of the road, but also the Fahrenheit temperature scale. So this XKCD comic describes a day to day occurrence for me. This can be quite important, since when reported… Read more »