Earth And Related Environmental Science

Environmental management services

The CSIR has over 30 years of experience and sound environmental assessment and management expertise, having conducted studies in more than 20 African countries, particularly Southern Africa and West Africa. The CSIR’s Environmental Management Services research group assists in ensuring the susta...
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Wind And Solar Pv Resource Aggregation Study For South Africa

CSIR chief scientist addresses UNFCCC governments on global warming issues

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Summary for Policymakers of its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, on 8 October 2018. CSIR chief scientist Prof Francois Engelbrecht attended the launch event in Korea, where he delivered an address on the impacts of global...
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Atlas to help SA prepare for climate change

Media invite The impact of climate change continues to have devastating effects on nations across the globe, and South Africa has not been spared. Provinces like the Western Cape are experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades, while the Free State and Northern Cape have suffered substantia...
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Ocean robots and global climate modelling in SOCCO’s future

CSIR researchers at the Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observatory (SOCCO) will put five years of climate and ocean study to the test as part of the international Good Hope-SOSCEx 2019 Experiment. Dr Pedro Monteiro hopes that the outcome of this coordinated South African polar community experime...
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Mitigating Climate Change Impacts Along The Coast Using Technology

Planning cities to better manage rising temperatures

The CSIR has developed a modelling capability that can help municipalities adapt to climate change and associated rises in temperature. This is done by combining information from temperature projections and detailed information of urban surfaces, such as roads and buildings, using the city spatia...
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CSIR-developed coastal flood risk viewer for improved disaster risk management and development planning

The CSIR coastal flood risk viewer is an interactive web-based tool to visualise the extent of coastal flooding in specific areas. This information is relevant for coastal development planning and disaster management in the light of climate change projections which indicate that sea levels will r...
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Coastal Management
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CSIR Natural Resources And The Environment

Strategic water source areas: Combining surface and groundwater to enhance water security

South Africa is among the driest countries in the world, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 490 mm, of which only approximately 10% end up in the country’s rivers. The limitations on our water resources are well known and initiatives aimed at protecting water resources date back to ...
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New book on geoinformatics for marine and coastal management

CSIR principal researcher Dr Louis Celliers has co-edited a new book and valuable resource in the management of the oceans, seas and coasts of the world. Titled “Geoinformatics for marine and coastal management”, the book responds to the 14th Sustainable Development Goal: Conserve and sustainably...
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Coastal Management
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