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Investigating the diet selection and genetic variation of small ruminants in a dryland pastoral system in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Small ruminants found in pastoral dryland systems face many challenges regarding constant
environmental and climate changes. These variable environments are home to many
pastoralists who use the natural resources to ...
A mathematical model for studying the impact of climate variability on malaria epidemics in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Malaria is most prevalent in tropical climates, where there are sufficient rainfall
for mosquitoes to breed and conducive temperatures for both the mosquito and
protozoa to live. A slight change in temperature can ...
Sustainable utilisation of Table Mountain Group aquifers
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The Table Mountain Group (TMG) Formation is the lowest member of the Cape Supergroup which consists of sediments deposited from early Ordovician to early Carboniferous times, approximately between 500 and 340 million years ...
The establishment of the long-term rainfall trends in the annual rainfall patterns in the Jonkershoek Valley, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The overall aim of this project was to establish whether there is a long-term decline of rainfall collected in rainfall gauges within the Jonkershoek Valley that have the longest and best quality records.
Empirical and model derived respiration responses to climate in different soils of an arid South African ecosystem
(2009)
This study examined the magnitude of soil CO2 efflux in an arid South African ecosystem, the flux responses as well as those of key limiting nutrients to soil temperature increases and moisture reductions consistent with ...
Synthesis and characterisation of sulphonated polyethersulphone membrane materials
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
With current climate change, growing population, and rapid industrialization of developing countries, water is increasingly becoming a scare resource. Within a power plant, processes that consume most water are demineralized ...
Environmental modelling of wetland distribution in the Western Cape, South Africa: A climate change perspective
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Wetlands have been recognised as one of the most intrinsically valuable and
threatened ecosystems in the world. Global estimates indicate that wetlands are
being lost or transformed at a rapid rate, exacerbated by projected ...
Application Of environmental tracer methods to conceptualize groundwater recharge, West Coast, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Drought and climate change will have adverse consequence for freshwater resources in water stressed South Africa. Diminishing surface water reserves increases the demand to exploit groundwater resources. The drought ...
Multispectral remote sensing of the impacts of drought and climate variability on water resources in semi-arid regions of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The occurrence of droughts is a threat to global water resources and natural ecosystems, with the impact being more profound in semi-arid environments. The frequency of droughts is likely to increase because of climate ...
Remote sensing drought impacts on wetland vegetation productivity at the Soetendalsvlei in the Heuningnes Catchment, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This work aimed at assessing the response of wetland vegetation productivity to the 2014-2017 climate-induced drought at the Soetendalsvlei wetland system in the Western Cape province of South Africa. To achieve this ...