Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa
Can we expect more frequent extreme weather events?
Professor Mary Scholes is the co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa. She is a Professor in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and serves as the Director of Graduate Affairs. Her climate change research focuses on agriculture and food security as well as impacts of acidic deposition resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
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How resilient is South Africa against climate change?
Professor Bob Scholes is a co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa. He is a Professor of Systems Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand and has worked on the issue of climate change since 1990, and was a Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s influential assessments in 2000, 2007 and 2014.
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Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa
This new book by world-leading experts on climate change from Wits University, Professors Bob and Mary Scholes, and co-author, Professor Mike Lucas, from the University of Cape Town, aims to give a clear, scientific take on how climate change is impacting southern Africa.
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Unless otherwise stated, copyright rests with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please contact the media owner to verify any usage restrictions.Nine questions on climate change with Professor Bob Scholes (8min)
Professor Bob Scholes is a co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa. He is a Professor of Systems Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand. His specialty is the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems in Africa and the global climate, and he is widely regarded as a world expert in this field.
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Can we expect more frequent extreme weather events?
Professor Mary Scholes is the co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa. She is a Professor in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and serves as the Director of Graduate Affairs. Her climate change research focuses on agriculture and food security as well as impacts of acidic deposition resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Seven questions on climate change with Professor Mary Scholes (8min)
Professor Mary Scholes is the co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa. She is a Professor in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and serves as the Director of Graduate Affairs. Her climate change research focuses on agriculture and food security as well as impacts of acidic deposition resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Professor Bob Scholes launching his new book
The book, Climate Change: Briefings from southern Africa, was launched at the Circa Gallery in Johannesburg.
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Professor Mary Scholes
Professor Mary Scholes is a Professor in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and serves as the Director of Graduate Affairs.
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Professor Bob Scholes
Professor Bob Scholes is a Professor of Systems Ecology at Wits University. His specialty is the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems in Africa and the global climate, and he is widely regarded as a world expert in this field.
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Unless otherwise stated, copyright rests with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please contact the media owner to verify any usage restrictions.
Professor Mike Lucas
Mike Lucas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He is a co-author of a new book, titled: Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa.
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