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Let’s get nerdy: The Windows Subsystem for Linux
A how to on running RStudio and QGIS on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
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Cape RADD student blog: John Esposito
My name is John Esposito. I am a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame majoring in environmental science, and this is the story of how I was able to do amazing research, swim with sharks, go on sailboat adventures, and become part of family that was over 7,000 miles Read more…
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Where can I find Nudibranchs in False Bay?
Ask any regular False Bay diver where the best place to spot nudibranchs is, and you will almost certainly be directed towards A-Frame. We put this to the test.
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Visualising the Agulhas Current
“A most stately thing and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth.” Constrasting currents of southern Africa.
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What Lies Beneath: Not a Horror Story
Waterfront Charters don’t only offer the best scheduled and charter cruise options at the V&A Waterfront. Behind the scenes our organisation is focused very strongly on the environment we love and that serves as our playground. The threats to our oceans are many, varied and very real. Some threats we Read more…
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Illegal kelp removal
Removing kelp without a permit? Removing kelp within the Boulders Restriced Zone? That’s poaching my friend
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Using Satellite data and citizen science to monitor off-shore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)!
On the 24th October 2018, the Department of Environmental Affairs announced that the South African government will be increasing their Marine Protected Area (MPA) cover from its current 0.4% to 5% by introducing 22 new off shore MPA’s in areas around South Africa that have been recognized as important species Read more…
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Have a very Merry plastic free Christmas!
Are you more Plastic or Planet this Christmas? Christmas is one of the top two retail shopping seasons of the year, generating roughly $680 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. Americans spend an average of $967 for items such as decorations, gifts and festive foodstuffs during the holiday season Read more…
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Revisiting the kelp map
Out with the Old… Several months back I wrote a blog detailing a preliminary method for classifying kelp from satellite imagery, based on some methods from researchers in California. We drew a couple conclusions from this. Namely, that the resolution of the LANDSAT imagery was not high enough for the Read more…
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New Marine Protected Areas Proposed for South Africa!
There are over 2,000 species of fish found in South African waters, 16% of which are endemic, meaning they don’t occur anywhere else! South Africa represents an eclectic mix of marine habitats ranging from coastal sandy and rocky shores, estuaries, reefs and kelp forests, to off-shore sea mounts, shelf edges, Read more…