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Three views of a stone point made during the Middle Stone Age
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Stone Age Humans Chose Their Rocks with Care

by Nathaniel Scharping 19 March 202426 March 2024

Ancient humans possessed sophisticated knowledge of the properties of the stones they used to make tools.

A researcher in a lab holds a fragment of ostrich eggshell in a gloved hand.
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Ostrich Eggshells Trace Namaqualand’s Ancient Rain

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 14 December 202314 December 2023

The plant-based nitrogen eaten by ostriches and stored in their eggshells was measured by researchers 20,000 years later.

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Planet Labs images of the landslides at Franschhoek in South Africa

by Dave Petley 11 October 202311 October 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Last week, I featured a set of landslides that were triggered by heavy rainfall at Franschhoek in South Africa on 23 – 24 September 2023. My good and very kind friends at […]

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Franschhoek: an interesting set of landslides in South Africa

by Dave Petley 2 October 20232 October 2023

Franschhoek: 299 mm of rainfall deposited by a large storm has triggered an interesting set of landslides in South Africa

A blue and white glacier over water
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Evidence of Earth’s Oldest Glaciers Found in South Africa

by Nathaniel Scharping 17 August 202317 August 2023

The ancient glaciers hint at an Archaean Earth that may have looked similar in some ways to our own time.

Small waves crashing on the coast with a city skyline in the background.
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Supersized Potholes Discovered off South African Coast

by J. Besl 8 June 20238 June 2023

Curious circular pits off South Africa’s Eastern Cape coast are larger than any similar feature previously recorded. Their origin remains a morphological mystery.

Researcher Liezel Rudolph stands next to an unmarked signpost on Marion Island.
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Geospatial Database for the Prince Edward Islands

by Munyaradzi Makoni 9 November 202217 November 2022

South African scientists map uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean.

The three CubeSats from the MDASat constellation sit in a clean room at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Satellites Help Cement South Africa’s Space Industry

by Munyaradzi Makoni 16 March 202216 March 2022

A trio of CubeSats allows South Africa to showcase its growing space industry as well as monitor its coastal zones.

Image of the center of our galaxy
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With MeerKAT, Astronomers Peer at the Possibilities of Radio Imaging

by Santiago Flórez 11 March 202224 May 2022

Stunning images of the center of the Milky Way showcase technology and techniques that may be a starting point for more discoveries.

Satellite image of Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere.
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An Indian Ocean Network to Keep Track of Climate

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 2 February 20226 June 2022

Until this decade, the Indian Ocean was not well monitored. Today, the Indian Ocean Observing System helps with both weather monitoring and climate modeling.

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