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UD research sheds light on upwelling associated with Western Boundary Currents

The fate of plastics entering the 3D ocean circulation from rivers discharge is examined through the Lagrangian analysis of neutrally buoyant particles. Particles are released continuously over 1991-2010 at the surface along the coasts according to monthly estimates of rivers plastic waste input. They are advected by daily currents from a state-of-the-art global ocean model at 1/12° resolution. At the end of the simulation, particles remaining in the surface layer of 1~m thickness represent...

With increasing concern about the effect of underwater noise on marine life, a little known deepwater refuge southwest of Gqeberha is under the spotlight.

The greenhouse gas emissions of SA exports will continue to place us in danger of Western climate sanctions if we try to switch from coal to methane gas.

The continents on our spinning planet push against the inertia of the oceans, damming them along their eastern shores, raising levels and forcing the seas to flow north or south to regain gravitational equilibrium. This results in the movement of prodigious amounts of water that everlastingly c...

Shell has appointed Shearwater GeoServices to conduct a three-dimensional offshore seismic survey from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns

With opposition to the seismic cannon gas exploration off the Wild Coast mounting, a new area of contention from the western region of the Eastern Cape to the Garden Route has surfaced.

In rare occurrences, three crabeater seals, probably from Antarctica, washed up along SA’s coastline this year. While two may have become shark prey, their visits have been invaluable to marine researchers.

An analysis suggests that a commercially important mass migration of fish may have no real adaptive value.

One of the world’s most spectacular marine migrations is the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run. The so-called “greatest shoal on Earth” takes place during the