Author:Phelp, DDate:Apr 2005Annual monitoring of a breakwater provides an early warning system to identify any weak spots in the armouring which can then be repaired before the overall stability of the breakwater is threatened.Read more
Author:Bruford, MW; Davies, N; Dulloo, ME; Faith, DP; Walters, MicheleDate:2018DNA is the most elemental level of biodiversity, drives the process of speciation, and underpins other levels of biodiversity, including functional traits, species and ecosystems. Until recently biodiversity indicators have largely overlooked ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Celliers, LouisDate:Oct 2012The coast of South Africa is a highly dynamic environment. Tidal influences, seasonal variations and the effects of storm events can rapidly and dramatically change the face of the shoreline. This is particularly true for sandy beaches. Besides ...Read more
Author:Tancu, Y; Thwala, Melusi; Musyoka, Nicholas M; Musee, NDate:Nov 2014The exponential use of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in commercial applications and of their resultant increasing release into the aquatic systems raises concerns as their potential impacts are unknown. According to the Organisation for ...Read more
Author:Moore, K; Kouprianoff, D; Louw, Daniel F; Yadroitsava, I; Yadroitsev, IDate:Dec 2023Delaminations and cracks are detrimental phenomena that hinder the quality of the final product in metal additive manufacturing. The effective use of other online monitoring systems that can detect these deformations and delaminations during ...Read more
Author:CSIR, Natural Resources and EnvironmentDate:Feb 2008The reality of global change (including climate change) has gripped the imaginations of movie moguls, graced the agendas of international organisations such as the United Nations, and now also receives prominent attention from the international ...Read more
Author:Parsons, R; Tredoux, GDate:Apr 1995Little is known about the temporal distribution of groundwater quality on a national scale in South Africa. The effective management of the country's groundwater resources is thus difficult and a need exists for a national network for monitoring ...Read more
Author:Kleynhans, W; Salmon, BDate:Oct 2012The most pervasive form of land-cover change in South Africa is human settlement expansion. In many cases, new human settlements and settlement expansion are informal and occur in areas that were previously covered by natural vegetation. The ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad JDate:2011In South Africa, land degradation in rangelands has been regarded as a major environmental problem for many years. During the last ten years, attention focussed on the land degradation in the former homelands, now communal lands. There is an ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Prince, SDate:2007Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as ‘land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (dry-lands) resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human ...Read more
Author:Govender, S; Williams, WT; Swart, PDate:Jun 2008The aim of this paper is to show the development of solid phase polymeric extraction and detection systems for
estrogen mimicking agents in aqueous solutions. Specifically this study describes the following 1)development of a recombinant ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Van der Merwe Steyn, WJ; Truter, LDate:Nov 2015In 2005, the Department of Transport and Public Works of the Western Cape province in South Africa entered into a contract with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa to start a Long-Term Pavement Performance ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, Melanie; Strohbach, MDate:Jul 2009Detection and quantification of degradation processes as a first step for understanding and development of prevention and mitigation actions is of international interest as the described processes are observed in semi-arid landscapes globally. ...Read more
Author:Forbes, PBC; Rohwer, ERDate:Sep 2008Air pollutants arise both from natural sources and from various anthropogenic activities, and are of concern due to their environmental impacts, including human health effects. In developing countries, atmospheric monitoring has largely focused ...Read more
Author:Muronga, Khangwelo; Sallie, Ismail M; De Franca, Volanda MP; Nieuwoudt, ADate:Jul 2016Decision making is an important function of management and to facilitate decision making that is relevant to any organisation, it is imperative that managers have the correct information at the right time. Since the 1990’s, the Transport ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul ADate:Jul 2013As part of a Performance-Based Standards (PBS) research programme for heavy vehicles in South Africa, a need was identified to design, manufacture and operate a number of PBS or Smart Truck demonstration vehicles in order to gain practical ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul ADate:Mar 2010As part of a Performance-Based Standards (PBS) research programme for heavy vehicles in South Africa, a need was identified to design, manufacture and operate a number of PBS demonstration vehicles in order to gain practical experience in the ...Read more
Author:Singh, RG; Engelbrecht, Jeanine; Botha, GA; Kemp, JDate:Oct 2014Soil erosion is a major geohazard that may pose both localized and off-site threats. Erosion by wind and water has caused severe land degradation in the Eastern Cape and if left uncontrolled may have detrimental consequences in critical ...Read more