Tag Archives: Climate Change

This video tells us all about the very special “smart fin” which has been designed again by some forward thinking scientists. There is already a plethora of detailed information from the deep sea out there however very little data exists about the sea shores. It’s a great invention because it ...

This video is from the Fiji cop 23 event and is a simple breakdown of what the event was due to contain along with the countries that were attending. This video reminds us of the key questions and topics that are going to be asked at the event and those ...

What is the Heat Island Effect? Part One of the “What is?” series discusses the Heat Island effect, what it means to people living in urban areas and how it can be mitigated. Classically the heat island effect has a long history in climate change denialists narrative in that the ...

This week Jason Sole discusses the rights of a public vs the rights of business pursuing profit. These are part of the pre televised series coming out towards the end of this month on Cape Town TV but as in this case research reveals some interesting concepts worth questioning. In ...

New Release – ENN- The Four Horseman of the Climate Apocalypse This week Jason Sole discusses the following topics: Corals die as local weather and climate change collide in the South China Sea – https://phys.org/news/2017-03-corals-die-global-collides-local.html Planting native vegetation for productive crops – Should be changed to science confirms organic and permaculture standard ...

At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land ...

In this exclusive Interview With Tomás Insua, Executive Director and Co-founder of Global Catholic Climate Movement, he addresses Catholic tradition in terms of the environment, faith tackling the climate crisis, a future improved world envisioned, political credibility and social crisis on a global level. In response to your question of ...

In this 2017 UCT Summer School Series, Day 4 ~ Prof. Mark New, Director and Pro Vice-Chancellor at African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI), UCT (BSc. (Hons.), MPhil, PhD) presents on Water Security: the Global Hydrological cycle, Effects on water resource catchment areas, Water Security, Supply scarcity and climate change ...

In this panel discussion on Methane Emissions in Livestock and Managing the Impacts, various speakers address a variety of subjects like agricultural practices, livestock products, etc and answer questions from the floor at COP 22, Marrakech. Alexandre Berndt, EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), answers an audience member’s questions on our ...

In an exclusive interview with Mother Channel, Assoc. Prof. Colin Attwood from the Dept. of Biological Sciences, UCT speaks about his focus on Marine Ecology, Conservation and Fisheries which involves inter alia, the evaluation of the role of marine protected areas in conservation and fisheries, monitoring and assessment of coastal ...