Author:Lück-Vogel, MelanieDate:Oct 2019In South Africa, about 40% of the people are living within 60km of the Oceans' coasts, and approximately 60% of the South African economy depends on coastal natural resources and trade infrastructure such as ports. These figures highlight the ...Read more
Author:Todorovic, M; Jovanovic, NebojsaDate:Apr 2020Weather represents day-to-day atmospheric condition (e.g. air temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine hours, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, etc.) over a short term at a given place and time. Climate is defined as the ...Read more
Author:Kolev, MDate:Feb 2009The current worldwide economic crisis needs strong global leaders who are able to breath new life into the economy in a way that will focus on the need to create jobs as well as stabilise the climate change, increase food production using ...Read more
Author:Van Vuuren, DSDate:Jan 2007In a hydrogen economy, hydrogen is expansively being used as a means to store, distribute, and convert energy into other useful forms. Hydrogen is expensive, an efficient energy carrier, is dangerous and has low energy density. Of concern ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:2009Acid Mine Discharge (AMD) is a contaminated waste generated out of the mining activities both during and after the operation period. AMD has adverse impact on the socio-economic conditions of the people residing in and around mining site. It ...Read more
Author:Baloyi, J; Bello-Ochende, T; Meyer, JPDate:Jul 2015The focus of the world is the reduction of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, which contribute to the global warming currently experienced. Since most of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere is from fossil fuel combustion, ...Read more
Author:Siyakatshana, Njabulo; Ubbink, O; Kekana, J; Wessels, GDate:Jan 2011The Kyoto Protocol and its related instruments have increased awareness of the phenomenon of global warming. The two main so-called greenhouse gases deemed to cause this effect have been identified as CO2 and CH4. Other greenhouse gases include ...Read more
Author:Maharajh, Dheepak M; Harilal, ADate:31 Aug 2010The continuous use of fossil fuels is environmentally harmful and unsustainable. Concerns about energy supply, environmental pollution and global warming have triggered the worldwide search for sources of environmentally friendly renewable ...Read more
Author:Meyer, AA; Weerts, Steven PDate:Sep 2009In this invited paper presented to the South Western Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission's fouth session, the trends in South Western Indian Ocean climatology have been evaluated for the 21st century. The scientific information presented in the ...Read more
Author:Giddy, IS; Fer, I; Swart, S; Nicholson, Sarah-AnneDate:May 2023The seasonal warming of Antarctic Winter Water (WW) is a key process that occurs along the path of deep water transformation to intermediate waters. These intermediate waters then enter the upper branch of the circumpolar overturning circulation. ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Oct 2014The potential impact of climate change and global warming is without doubt one of the most life-threatening challenges that face humanity. Central to this challenge is our dependence on fossil fuels as the primary source of energy- the major ...Read more