Invasive alien plants can change the amount of rainwater that reaches rivers and streams. Some researchers found that there is a large impact, with substantial increases in water uptake and reduced volumes of water in rivers, while others found little or no impact.
C·I·B core team member, Olaf Weyl, was appointed as Honorary Professor in the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS) at Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
Savannah Nuwagaba has been awarded one of the prestigious Faculty for the Future Fellowships from the Schlumberger Foundation to support her PhD research in mathematical modelling of ecological systems.
The West Coast National Park (WCNP) is a unique marine protected area along the west coast of South Africa. Unfortunately the park faces many threats including pollution, urbanization, industrialization and invasion by marine alien species. One such an alien species is Sagartia ornata, a sea anemone native to the Mediterranean, Britain and Western Europe.
What would researchers at the Centre for Invasion Biology and students of the UCT’s new Environmental Humanities MPhil course have to say to each other?