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Sound in the sea 

Quest Vol. 17 No. 1 is now available!

March 23, 2021March 24, 2021 Tsepo Majake

The reduction of human activity as a result of the lockdown provided the perfect opportunity to conduct a project that was first conceptualized a decade ago called the International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE)

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Science for Society Week

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 Tsepo Majake

Join us for our webinar series from the 15 to 19 March 2021.

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Quest Online 

Quest Vol. 16 No. 4 is now available!

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Ina Smith

Editor’s Note Theme Light detection and ranging Lidar Lidar probes the atmosphere Shedding light on DVM Lidar in the coastal

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Sound science for counting fish

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Tsepo Majake

The purse-seine fishery is the largest in terms of landed volumes, netting an average of 350 000 tonnes each year.Large

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Seabirds and infrasound

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Tsepo Majake

When one thinks of animals and that they may use infrasound, elephants and baleen whales may come to mind. These

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Ocean noise at FULL BLAST

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Tsepo Majake

The so called ‘seismic surveys’ use large compressors to power airguns, which release blasts of air, creating bubbles that produce

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Mars Perseverance

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Tsepo Majake

Watched by millions of people via live-streaming on television channels or online platforms, NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on March on

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Marine protected areas

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Tsepo Majake

A marine protected area (MPA) is an area of coastline or ocean that is protected to some degree for the

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LISTENING TO THE SEAFLOOR: Andy Green tells us about the use of sound in marine geological mapping.

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Tsepo Majake

Despite many years of marine mapping effort, initially for charting and safe navigation purposes and later for scientific and commercial

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General 

Curious about what shark species occur in South Africa? First SA Shark checklist – Published. David Ebert, (Research Associate to SAIAB) is spearheading global efforts to find and discover little and unknown sharks…

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Tsepo Majake

To read the full article, click here

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Deep-sea drumming

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Tsepo Majake

On the edge of the continental shelf at the south eastern tip of Africa, a rocky ridge rises from the

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Science for Society Week

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Tsepo Majake www.assaf.org.za

The Academy of Science of South Africa hosted a science for society week 15-19 March 2021. The aim was to

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