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<a href="http://www.saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/archives/2017/august2017/doc01" class="headline" style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif, verdana; text-decoration: none; color: #766b62; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
Discovering new species from South Africa’s oceans
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These exciting new discoveries to science will be included in the much-anticipated <i>Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa</i>, which is currently in preparation.
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Sharing a name: an honour to bestow
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SAEON’s Lara Atkinson says she feels truly honoured to share her name with TWO brand new and beautiful deep-sea marine species from South Africa – a hermit crab and a starfish.
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<a href="http://www.saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/archives/2017/august2017/doc03" class="headline" style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif, verdana; text-decoration: none; color: #766b62; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
A new era of blue enlightenment
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Three SAEON scientists report on the launch of the Brazil-EU-SA cooperation in Atlantic research and innovation. This flagship initiative aims to improve scientific understanding and promote technological advances that will facilitate sustainable growth of the blue economy.
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<a href="http://www.saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/archives/2017/august2017/doc04" class="headline" style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif, verdana; text-decoration: none; color: #766b62; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
Time capsule adventures in Data Land
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SAEON data librarian Margaret Koopman enjoys nothing more than sleuthing. The data and metadata she unearths are essential for understanding our changing climate and landscapes.
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Using history to understand how natural rangelands in the Eastern Cape have changed
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South African scientists have a lot to be thankful for when considering the pioneering work of South Africa’s 20<sup>th</sup> century botanists and agriculturalists, says SAEON’s Gina Arena.
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Quantifying the water use of dominant land uses in the water-scarce Maputaland Coastal Plain
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SAEON student Tracy Pearton’s research provides significant insight into the impact of varying land uses on available water resources.
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Reflections on technical services and technology push-and-pull
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With the addition of two South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap projects, a new era has dawned for SAEON, says MD Johan Pauw.
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Embracing the Blue
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SAEON staff and students participated in this year’s Marine Science Symposium under the theme: <i>Embracing the Blue - Unlocking the ocean's economic potential whilst maintaining social and ecological resilience.</i>
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Glider activities bolster South Africa's marine science skill sets
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As part of the Gliders in the Agulhas experiment, a wave glider and a diving glider were deployed off Richards Bay in June 2017. These gliders are collecting data across the continental shelf between Richards Bay and Algoa Bay.
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Best of five: Listing boats and 35 mm slides
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Charles von der Meden looks back on the five rewarding years he spent as a postdoctoral researcher at SAEON’s Egagasini Node.
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Richard on top of his mountain
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“Richard Dean’s new book, <i>Warriors, dilettantes and businessmen</i> is a tour-de-force through that period of history, 1850-1950, which brought natural history institutions, projects and scientists in southern Africa to the threshold of the modern age.” - <i>Joh Henschel</i>
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Adopt-a-Float Day
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Initiatives such as Adopt-a-Float Day are aimed at inspiring high school learners to get to know and understand more about the intricate processes in our oceans.
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SAEON’s people and projects received coverage in a range of print, broadcast and online media...
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