2018 – 2020
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Research Project |
Affiliation |
Principal Investigator |
Biogeochemical controls on the sources and chemical composition of Southern Ocean marine aerosols |
UCT |
Altieri, KE Dr |
SAMOC-SA |
UCT |
Ansorge, IJ Prof |
SEAmester – South Africa’s Class Afloat |
UCT |
Ansorge, IJ Prof |
Decision aiding for the SA Agulhas II through modelling, monitoring and data capture |
US |
Bekker, A Prof |
Small Procellariiformes as indicators of ecosystem changes and plastic pollution |
NMU |
Connan, MA Dr |
Microbial diversity, functionality and resilience in Antarctic terrestrial niche communities |
UP |
Cowan, DA Prof |
Marion Island Marine Mammals: Individual Variation and Population Processes in Changing Environments |
UP |
De Bruyn, PJN Prof |
A nitrogen cycle view of atmospheric CO2 sequestration in the Antarctic Ocean |
UCT |
Fawcett, SE Dr |
Shifts in phytoplankton and microbial community composition and functional diversity related to trace metal cycling in the Southern Ocean |
US |
Fietz, S Dr |
Gondwana Amalgamation and Correlation Research Project |
UJ |
Grantham, GH Dr |
Invasions in the changing sub-Antarctic |
UP |
Greve, M Dr |
Southern Oceanic Humanities |
Wits |
Hofmeyr, CI Prof |
SANAE HF radar |
SANSA |
Kosch, MJ Prof |
Modelling wind patterns and their ecological impacts |
UP |
Le Roux, PC Dr |
Polar Space Weather Studies (PSWS) |
SANSA |
Lotz, SI Dr |
Bottom-up and top-down control of seabirds of the Southern Ocean: implications for conservation |
DEA |
Makhado, AB Dr |
Disentangling the role of chemolithoautotrophs in the sequestration of atmospheric CO2 |
UP |
Makhalanyane, TP Dr |
How storm characteristics in the Southern Ocean influence inter annual variability of CO2 fluxes |
CSIR |
Monteiro, PMS Dr |
Seasonal evolution of biogeochemical Fe cycle in the Southern Ocean |
CSIR |
Mtshali, TN Dr |
Landscape and climate interactions in the sub-Antarctic |
UFH |
Nel, W Prof |
The role of storms in shaping upper ocean physics and primary production in the Southern Ocean |
CSIR |
Nicholson, S Dr |
Preserving and promoting the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa |
US |
Olivier, MP Ms |
Southern Indian Ocean Top Predators: linking ecology, oceanography and marine spatial planning needs |
NMU |
Pistorius, PA Dr |
Southern Ocean influences on Western Cape Drought and Flood Events |
UCT |
Reason, CJC Prof |
Distribution and Speciation of Bioactive Trace Elements in Southern Ocean |
US |
Roychoudhury, AN Prof |
Observing Dawn in the Cosmos |
UKZN |
Sievers, L Prof |
Living with cosmic radiation |
NWU |
Strauss, RD Dr |
An improved understanding of the climate sensitivity of the Southern Ocean’s biological carbon pump |
CSIR |
Thomalla, SJ Dr |
Biocomplexity: Understanding biological patterns in space and time |
UJ |
van Vuuren, B Prof |