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Avoiding drought, the "smart" way
Between 2015 and 2023, Gqeberha endured its longest drought in recorded history. As dam levels plummeted and the city inched dangerously...
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Sep 171 min read


Climate Change is killing Africa's Aquifers........
All countries have a variety of water resources – some are on the surface, like rivers, and some are beneath the ground. This groundwater...
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Nov 14, 20234 min read


Friday Sermon on Climate Change and Stewardship in Islam
Allah says in the Quran in Surah Baqarah AND LO! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: "Behold, I am about to establish upon earth one who...
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Aug 23, 20237 min read


Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t
Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water...
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Apr 9, 20234 min read


The more charitable of the sexes
Amid cries from Western circles related to perceived injustices served against the better of the two sexes in Islam, it is only fitting ...
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Mar 9, 20234 min read


Watching water go up in smoke
Remote Sensing evapotranspiration models are critical in order to understand the cycling of water in the environment. Initially, an ...
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Mar 8, 20231 min read


Greening your faith-sustainable development and sustainable investing
Amid growing international calls to limit our carbon footprint and to commit ourselves to save the environment, it is only fitting ...
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Mar 8, 20234 min read


Saving the world and its water , one city at a time
It’s been said that the next world war may well be fought over water. Countries are already pulling political pranks to secure inflow...
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Jul 18, 20224 min read


Ethical Environmentalists
Many people have this image of a consultant in a smart suit and tie with a smile that only a dentist could produce, with bleaching of...
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Jun 6, 20223 min read


Can Smart Devices be trusted?
We present the measurement of fractures near the town of Beaufort West, South Africa. A field visit was conducted to examine the dip and...
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Mar 24, 20221 min read


Climate Change in the Quran
Climate Change is a hot topic and has taken the forefront in terms of research related to it as well as funding bodies pumping money into...
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Aug 20, 20205 min read


Intergrated Water Resources Management – An Islamic Perspective
Water resources have always played an important role in determining the location of great civilizations. This can be seen from the...
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Aug 20, 20204 min read
Multi and Interdisciplinary Research
Evaluating anthropogenic changes to natural systems demand greater quantification through innovative transdisciplinary research focused...
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Jun 11, 20202 min read


Geosciences as a means to address water shortages in Africa
Geoscience or earth science, is mainly focused on studying the world around us by using various tools like satellites, ground based...
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Feb 26, 20203 min read


Africa’s aquifers aren’t being protected as they should
NGOs often punt the digging of wells as the solution to the long distances women in rural areas travel to collect water. These wells do...
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Feb 25, 20203 min read


What is there is to know about South Africa's Aquifers
Many South African cities use ground water and aquifers as their main source of water. And with water scarcity an increasing threat,...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read


How we can “bank” water underground for use later on
Groundwater has often been seen as the underground resource that never runs out. This “out of sight out of mind” attitude means wells and...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read


Wetlands do the job of expensive technology, if we let them
The world’s freshwater supplies are at risk. This is a threat to all life on the planet. It’s therefore no surprise that water...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read


A brief history of the Geosciences
Recently at a major German Research facility a talk relating to the micro-, meso- and macro- scales of research in Earth Science was...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read


Big Data and White Lies
No this is not the title for the next generation James Bond movie, where he fights crime from the comfort of his armchair on his Macbook....
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Feb 17, 20202 min read
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