Author:Davis-Reddy, Claire LDate:Oct 2017The body of work on historical climate trends has been steadily increasing during the last decade. Global mean annual temperatures have increased by 0.85°C since 1880 and are projected to increase by 0.3 to 2.5 °C by 2050, relative to the ...Read more
Author:Hughes, P; Brundrit, GB; Swart, DH; Bartels, ADate:Oct 1993Many of the Cape Province's estuaries and tidal inlets have sandy connections to the sea and are often intensively developed for industrial or residential purposes. The possible impacts of sea-level rise are of considerable interest to these ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, MelanieDate:Oct 2020In this presentation to international high level decision makers the current status of South African initiatives on assessing and adapting to projected sea level rise scenarios and experiences challenges is presented.
•Sea level rise, climate ...Read more
Author:Rautenbach, CDate:Oct 2015Failure to understand the linkages between the biophysical Earth systems and the ecological, socioeconomic and external governance systems within which man operates in the coastal zone, can spell disaster for even the most robust development ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, MelanieDate:Oct 2023This presentation was the baseline for about 20 training workshops to government official on coastal climate change, coastal flood and erosion risk lines and coastal management lines. These workshops were conducted between 2020 and 2023 on ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Lara; Lamberth, SJ; James, NC; Taljaard, Susan; Adams, JB; Theron, AK; Krug, MDate:Aug 2022This review evaluates the vulnerability of South African estuaries to Climate Change in a data-limited environment. The regional-scale assessment is based on physical characteristics and predicted/measured changes in the abiotic drivers and ...Read more