Between science and society: Northern Cape communities struggle with the telescope in their backyards
“Will the SKA affect pregnancies in the area?” The question comes in Afrikaans, in a rough voice belonging to someone who has lived a much...
Tag : karoo
Karoo in rep en roer met bou van MeerKAT-skottelantennas
by Elsabé Brits
Die Karoo-landskap 85 km van Carnarvon sal oor twee jaar besaai wees met 64 skottelantennas wat elk byna 20 m hoog staan. Alles is reeds bestel om...
Fracking out in the open at last
by Sarah Wild
A team of researchers has R12.5-million and two years to consider the effect of fracking for shale gas on the Karoo. The strategic environmental assessment...
Fracking in Karoo gets a R108m injection
by Sarah Wild
The R108-million investment in shale gas research, announced in Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s budget speech, was “positive” and showed “government is taking time to investigate”,...
#SciBraaiSides 18 July 2014
Your favourite Friday brain bite is back! On this week’s SciBraai Sides: a new water beetle, social grants, game fences in the Karoo and inequality...
Fracking harmless if done properly
Episode 14 of The Science Inside looked at fracking in the Karoo. Are farmers' concerns of water contamination valid? Is fracking the best way to...