South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges
South Africa has a long track record in Southern Ocean and Antarctic research and has recently invested considerable funds in acquiring new infrastructure for ongoing support of this research. This infrastructure includes a new base at Marion Island and a purpose-built ice capable research vessel, w...
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ftunivcapetownir:oai:localhost:11427/34775 2023-05-15T13:46:02+02:00 South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges Treasure, Anne M Moloney, Coleen L Bester, Marthán N McQuaid, Christopher D Findlay, Ken P Best, Peter B Cowan, Don A de Bruyn, P J Nico Dorrington, Rosemary A Fagereng, Åke Froneman, P William Grantham, Geoff H Hunt, Brian P V Meiklejohn, K Ian Pakhomov, Evgeny A Roychoudhury, Alakendra N Ryan, Peter G Smith, Valdon R Chown, Steven L Ansorge, Isabelle J 2013 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34775 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/34775/1/TreasureAnneM_South_African_r_2013.pdf unknown Faculty of Science Department of Oceanography http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34775 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/34775/1/TreasureAnneM_South_African_r_2013.pdf South African Journal of Science https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/a009 109 43163 1 - 4 Southern Ocean research Antarctic research Climate change Financial capital Human capital South African research Article Journal Article 2013 ftunivcapetownir https://doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/a009 2022-09-13T05:57:02Z South Africa has a long track record in Southern Ocean and Antarctic research and has recently invested considerable funds in acquiring new infrastructure for ongoing support of this research. This infrastructure includes a new base at Marion Island and a purpose-built ice capable research vessel, which greatly expand research opportunities. Despite this investment, South Africa's standing as a participant in this critical field is threatened by confusion, lack of funding, lack of consultation and lack of transparency. The research endeavour is presently bedevilled by political manoeuvring among groups with divergent interests that too often have little to do with science, while past and present contributors of research are excluded from discussions that aim to formulate research strategy. This state of affairs is detrimental to the country's aims of developing a leadership role in climate change and Antarctic research and squanders both financial and human capital. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Marion Island Southern Ocean University of Cape Town: OpenUCT Antarctic Endeavour ENVELOPE(162.000,162.000,-76.550,-76.550) Southern Ocean South African Journal of Science 109 3/4 1 4 |
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Southern Ocean research Antarctic research Climate change Financial capital Human capital South African research Article Treasure, Anne M Moloney, Coleen L Bester, Marthán N McQuaid, Christopher D Findlay, Ken P Best, Peter B Cowan, Don A de Bruyn, P J Nico Dorrington, Rosemary A Fagereng, Åke Froneman, P William Grantham, Geoff H Hunt, Brian P V Meiklejohn, K Ian Pakhomov, Evgeny A Roychoudhury, Alakendra N Ryan, Peter G Smith, Valdon R Chown, Steven L Ansorge, Isabelle J South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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South Africa has a long track record in Southern Ocean and Antarctic research and has recently invested considerable funds in acquiring new infrastructure for ongoing support of this research. This infrastructure includes a new base at Marion Island and a purpose-built ice capable research vessel, which greatly expand research opportunities. Despite this investment, South Africa's standing as a participant in this critical field is threatened by confusion, lack of funding, lack of consultation and lack of transparency. The research endeavour is presently bedevilled by political manoeuvring among groups with divergent interests that too often have little to do with science, while past and present contributors of research are excluded from discussions that aim to formulate research strategy. This state of affairs is detrimental to the country's aims of developing a leadership role in climate change and Antarctic research and squanders both financial and human capital. |
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Treasure, Anne M Moloney, Coleen L Bester, Marthán N McQuaid, Christopher D Findlay, Ken P Best, Peter B Cowan, Don A de Bruyn, P J Nico Dorrington, Rosemary A Fagereng, Åke Froneman, P William Grantham, Geoff H Hunt, Brian P V Meiklejohn, K Ian Pakhomov, Evgeny A Roychoudhury, Alakendra N Ryan, Peter G Smith, Valdon R Chown, Steven L Ansorge, Isabelle J |
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Treasure, Anne M Moloney, Coleen L Bester, Marthán N McQuaid, Christopher D Findlay, Ken P Best, Peter B Cowan, Don A de Bruyn, P J Nico Dorrington, Rosemary A Fagereng, Åke Froneman, P William Grantham, Geoff H Hunt, Brian P V Meiklejohn, K Ian Pakhomov, Evgeny A Roychoudhury, Alakendra N Ryan, Peter G Smith, Valdon R Chown, Steven L Ansorge, Isabelle J |
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South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges |
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south african research in the southern ocean: new opportunities but serious challenges |
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2013 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Marion Island Southern Ocean |
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