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PROGRAMME AND INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES
Information for delegates
1. Registration: The registration desk, located on the 2 nd floor of the Kramer Building at the University of
Cape Town, will be open on Sunday the 11 th from 4pm and on Monday the 12 th from 7.30am.
2. Secretariat: The conference secretariat will be located along with the registration desk and will be open
during office hours from Monday 12 th until Friday 16 th .
3. Contact Details: The organizers will be contactable 24/7 at +27‐824155559
4. Notice‐board: Please see notice board at the Conference Secretariat for programme changes and other
announcements.
5. Transport: Transport will be provided from the conference hotels for sessions and events. Please see
schedule posted on the notice board.
6. Catering: Lunches will be served in the Atrium on level 3 of the Kramer Building.
7. Events:
• Special Lectures – See conference programme
• Welcome Event – Kramer Level 3, University of Cape Town, Sunday 11 th , 6.00pm.
• Student Session – Tuesday 13 th , 4pm.
• Kirstenbosch Event – Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Wednesday 14 th , 3.00pm
• Conference Dinner – UCT Club (UCT Sport Pavilion), Thursday 15 th, 7pm.
• The conference will end with a Student Declaration on Friday 16 th
8. Poster Sessions & Plenarys: Poster boards are supplied (2 nd Floor Kramer Building). Authors are to
attend their posters at poster sessions. Plenary sessions will be held where posters will be summarized
and discussed.
9. Session Chairs: Chairs will be briefed by conference organizers. Please ensure that presenters’
presentations are loaded and tested. Please keep to schedule.
10. Presentations and Preview: Presentation slots are scheduled for 20 minutes (15 + 5). Please ensure
your presentations are loaded at least by the break prior to your session. The operating system is
Windows and Office 2007. Please arrange assistance via the secretariat if required.
11. Keynotes speakers & Distinguished Lectures: These are scheduled for 40 or 60 minutes (including
discussion) – please see programme.
12. Internet: Internet facilities are available on the 1st floor of the Kramer Building.
13. Post – conference excursions: Delegates can sign‐up for these events (West Coast / Langebaan and
Cape Peninsula Tours) up until Thursday Morning 10.00 am.
14. Conference Proceedings: Proceedings will be published in the form of a book published by Springer.
See conference website for instructions to authors.
15. Safety & Emergencies: Campus Security will be on duty at all times. Please take care of your personal
belongings. In case of emergency please call Campus Security on 021 650‐2222.
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5 th Humboldt Conference: Programme at a glance
Saturday
10 th January
Student
Workshop
Zoology LT1
Sunday
11 th January
Student
Workshop
Zoology LT1
__________
Opening
Event
Kramer
Building
6.00pm
Monday
12 th January
_________
Registration
7.30am
_________
Session A
Climate
variability
&
coupled
systems
8.30am
________
Poster
Session A&B
17h00
Tuesday
13 th January
Session B
Climate
Change in
Africa
8.30am
_________
Student
Session
3.30pm
________
Poster
Session
A & B
17h00
Wednesday
14 th January
Session C
Economic &
social
dynamics
of global
change
__________
Public Event
Kirstenbosch
“From
Poznan
to
Africa”
3.00pm
Thurs-day
15 th January
Session D
Paleoclimates
of
Africa:
Terrestrial
and Marine
Records
8.30am
_________
Poster
Session
C, D &E
17h00
_________
Conference
Dinner
7.00pm
UCT Club
Friday
16 th January
Session E
African
Topography,
Ecosystems
&
climate
Variability
8.30am
_________
Poster
Session
C,D&E
15h00
_________
Student
Declaration
& Closing
16h00-17h00
Saturday
17 th January
Technical
Tours
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Iphakade: Climate Changes & African Earth Systems, Past, Present & Future
(Provisional) PROGRAMME IN DETAIL
Sunday 11 th January 2009
Opening Session and Registration – Kramer Building, University of Cape Town, 4.00‐7.30pm
Registration: 7.30am – 8.30am
Monday 12 th January 2009
Session A: Climate variability and coupled systems (08h30 – 10h30)
Chair: Neville Sweijd (CSIR)
08h30
Keynote
Lecture
09h10
The Fairest Cape in the Whole Circumference of the Earth
SG. Philander
Scale‐interactions in the climate system of relevance for southern African climate
variability and predictability.
N. Fauchereau, B. Pohl, CJ. Reason, M. Rouault, & Y. Richard
09h30
ENSO and Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures and their relationship with
temperate troughs.
A J. Manhique, CJ. Reason, L. Rydberg, & N. Fauchereau
09h50
Sea surface temperature over tropical Indian Ocean and southwest monsoon
performance.
UK. Singh, RP. Singh & PS. Salvekar
10h10
Sahelian low‐frequency rainfall variability
J. Bader
10h30‐11h00
TEA
Session A: Climate variability and coupled systems (11.00 – 1.00pm)
Chair: Bruce Hewitson (University of Cape Town)
11h00
Surface energy balance measurements at three humid tropical sites in West Africa
OR. Oladosu
11h20
Recent increase of the flux of heat and salt from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean in
response to changing South Indian Ocean wind stress curl.
M. Rouault, P. Penven & B. Pohl
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11h40
The sensitivity of seasonal and interannual variability of Chlorophylla in the sub‐
Antarctic Zone south of Africa to event scale wind forcing.
PM. Monteiro, BS. Rouault, M. Swart, S. Speich, & WR. Joubert
12h00
Four decades of variability: Insights from a global ocean physical‐biogeochemical
model, with a focus on ecosystem effects and the Indian ocean.
JC. Currie, O. Aumont, V. Koné, RG. Murtugudde, F. Marsac, & O. Maury
12h20
Decadal variability in some South African oceanographic and fisheries time series.
L. Hutchings, JC. Currie, C. van der Lingen, LR. Shannon, R. Leslie,
J. Agenbag, M. van den Berg, H. Verheye, & R. Crawford
12h40
Poster Plenary Session
Chairs: Neville Sweijd (CSIR) and Bruce Hewitson (University of Cape Town)
13h00‐14h00
LUNCH
Session A: Climate variability and coupled systems (14h00 – 15h20)
Chair: Pedro Monteiro (CSIR, Stellenbosch)
14h00
Tropical Indian ocean temperatures from modern porites corals – evaluating 20th
century warming trends
14h20
M .Pfeiffer, J. Zinke, O. Timm, WC. Dullo, & SY. Cahyarini
Quantifying the effect of biogeochemical feedbacks on global climate change.
14h40
Solar variability and rainfall in east Africa.
H. van der Merwe & AD. Friend
15h00‐15h30
TEA
JC. Stager
15h30 ‐16h30
Panel Discussion – Chair: Neville Sweijd
16h30 – 17h30
Poster Session
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Tuesday 13 th January 2009
Session B: Climate Change in Africa (08h30 – 10h30)
Chair: Chris Reason (University of Cape Town)
08h30
Keynote Lecture
09h10
Climate Change in Africa.
BC. Hewitson
Southern African Climate Change in the CMIP3 models.
R. Washington, G. Kay, & H. Pearce
09h30
A new climatological approach to tropical sea‐surface bromoform concentrations.
C J. Palmer & C. Reason
09h50
Aerosol‐climate feedbacks over the Southern African subcontinent.
F. Tummon, F. Solmon, M. Tadross, & BC. Hewitson
10h10
Future rainfall change across sub‐Saharan Africa.
BC. Hewitson, RG. Crane, & L. Coop
10h30‐11h00
TEA
Session B: Climate Change in Africa (11h00 – 13h00)
Chair: TBA
11h00
Simulation of southern Africa’s rainfall patterns with REMO.
11h20
A. Hänsler, S. Hagemann, & D. Jacob
Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in Africa under global
warming.
M E. Shongwe, GJ. van Oldenborgh, BJ. van den Hurk,
B. de Boer, CA. Coelho. & MK. van Aalst
11h40
Changes in extreme rainfall and temperature events in Malawi.
LM. Mtilatila
12h00
12h20
12h40
13h00‐14h00
Impacts of climate change on groundwater in south Africa.
C. Colvin, A. Maherry, R. Maserumule, D. Le Maitre, & S. Israel
The Lake Chad catchment: hydrological regime modelling using the paleoclimatic
scenario.
N. Lemeshko
ACCESS: The NRF /DST Center of Excellence for African Climate & Earth System
Science
NA. Sweijd & SG. Philander
LUNCH
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Session B: Climate Change in Africa (14h00‐17h00)
Chair: George Philander (University of Cape Town)
14h00
Distinguished
Lecturer
15h00‐15h30
15h30
16h00
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene.
PJ. Crutzen
TEA
Poster Plenary
Student Session
Chair: Jessica Shulschenk, Co‐President, Executive Board, World Student
Community for Sustainable Development
17h00 – 18h00
Poster Session and refreshments
Posters for Session A & B – Monday 11 th and Tuesday 12 th
1. Inter‐annual variability of winter instability over the south‐western Cape (South Africa)
T. Beckman & A. Favre
2. Effects of climatic warming on lichen populations in a Southern African Arid ecosystem.
W. Maphangwa
3. Evidence that fog and dew are significant moisture sources for shrubby succulents in a semi‐arid
South African ecosystem.
I. Matimati, CF. Musil, L. Raitt & E. February
4. Sayigh estimation for global solar radiation in the Niger Delta region Nigeria.
UK. Okoro, TC. Chineke, & OK. Nwofor
5. Fog Climatology and Prediction from General Circulation Models and Satellite Data: A Bayesian
Network Approach.
R D. Grandin
6. Hydrographic and satellite observations in the Delagoa bight, southern Mozambique.
T. Lamont, T. Morris, M. Roberts, & MA. van den Berg
7. Primary production in the Benguela and Agulhas ecosystems.
RG. Barlow, T. Lamont, M. Kyewalyanga, D. Louw, & H. Sessions
8. Climate change or natural variability? Namibian evidence
CH. Bartholomae & AK van der Plas
9. Mechanisms of oceanic change on the Agulhas Bank.
N. Chang, P. Penven, & F. Shillington
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10. Climate analyses in Emad‐deh, Larestan, Fars Province, Iran.
M. Bahrami
11. Desert and desertification in Iran.
M. Bahrami
12. Drought Frequency in the Volta Basin of West Africa – A Pattern or Climate Change?
R. Kasei
13. Development of a cryogenic trap and GC‐ECD technique for analysis of volatile halogenated
organic compounds (VHOC) in marine air and seawater.
B. Kuyper, C. Palmer, C. Labuschagne & CJ. Reason
14. Modelling climate variability and change on decadal timescale over eastern Africa region.
PA. Omondi, RA. Okoola & IA. Ogallo
15. Assessment of flow regime in Mediterranean intermittent rivers: Characterisation, alteration and
shift.
O. Oueslati
16. Climate change scenario and water/nutrient balance response in a semi‐arid
catchment (Merguellil‐ Tunisia)
A. Abouabdillah & A. Lo Porto
1&. Effect of temperature and litter quality on decomposition rate of pinus patula needle litter
Y M. Salah & M C. Scholes
18. A GIS‐based procedure to procure weather data for crop modelling
19. Fire frequency in the Fynbos: Quantifying variation and dependency on fuel age
20. Improving climate information for adaptation decisions
F. Akinyemi
D. Southey
T. Ewen
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Wednesday 14 th January 2009
Session C: Economic and social dynamics of climate change (08h30 – 10h30)
Chair: Rashid Hassan (University of Pretoria)
08h30
08h50
09h10
Valuing the ecosystem services provided by the northern Benguela upwelling
ecosystem.
JJ. Heymans, V. Christensen, & UR. Sumaila
Climate change and ecosystems ‐ impacts, feedbacks and implications for avoiding
dangerous climate change.
G. Midgley
Informal economies and the environment.
J. Froestad & C. Shearing
09h30
Distinguished
Lecturer
10h30‐11h00
Climate change and ecosystem services.
R. Costanza
TEA
Session C: Economic and social dynamics of climate change (11.00 – 1.00pm)
Chair: Maarten de Wit (University of Cape Town)
11h00
11h20
11h40
Climate change, poverty and the challenges of the millennium development goals in
sub‐Saharan africa: a game of all losers or winners?
GK. Aflakpui
Towards an effective climate change law regime in South Africa: prospects and
possibilities.
J. Glazewski
Shifting the discourse on climate change: from an environmental to a human rights
and human security challenge.
12h00
Valuing ecosystem services
AL. St.Clair, K. O’Brian, & B. Kristoffersen
R. Hassan
12h20
Sea level rise impacts for the city of Cape Town: inundation scenarios, risk
assessment and adaptation measures.
A. Cartwright, L. Fairhurst, G. Oelofse, & G. Brundrit
12h40
Sea level rise and the great harbour cities of Africa: comparisons among Alexandria,
Cape Town and Lagos.
GB. Brundrit, AM. El Nemr, & R. Folorunsho
13h00‐14h00
LUNCH
Posters for Session C – Thursday 15 th & Friday 16 th
Busses Depart 14h30 for Kirstenbosch and return from 17h30 onward
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15h00‐17h30 KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANICAL GARDENS
Public, Media & Scientist Discourse
From Poznań to Africa
Building a new global response to climate change
and exploring risks and benefits to Africa
Introductory Remarks:
“Observations and
implications
from Poznan”
15h00 – 15h30
Professor Bruce Hewitson – Climate Systems Analysis Group, University of
Cape Town.
Dr Guy Midgley – Climate Change Programme Director ‐South African
Biodiversity Institute
Professor Harald Winkler – Energy and Development Research Centre,
University of Cape Town
Professor Rashid Hassan – Director, Centre for Environmental Economic and
Policy in Africa, University of Pretoria
Perspectives
15h30 – 16h10
16h10 – 17h00
17h00
• Paul Crutzen
• Robert Costanza
• Martin Claussen
• George Philander
• Thure Cerling
• Rob Brown
• Student Representation
Discourse & Perspectives
Tea and Coffee
map – directions to Kirstenbosch
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Thursday 15 th January 2009
Session D. Palaeoclimates of Africa: Terrestrial records
Chair: Mike Meadows (University of Cape Town)
08h30
Strontium isotope ratios of aquatic fossils from the Plio‐Pleistocene Turkana Basin
(Kenya, Ethiopia) provide a new proxy for climate change in NE Africa.
JC. Joordens, HB. Vonhof, CS. Feibel, & D. Kroon
08h50
09h30
09h50
10h10
10h30‐11h00
The rain on the Serengeti plain: climatic change in Tanzania during the past 1.5 million
years.
NJ. van der Merwe
Stable oxygen and carbon isotope characteristics in speleothems from southern Africa
– how good are they?
K. Holmgren
Speleotherm records from the Cango Caves spanning 50‐100 kyr.
MJ, de Wit, C.Harris & J.Kramers
High‐resolution records of rapid climate change preserved in fossilised Hyrax middens
from south‐western African.
BM. Chase, ME. Meadows, L. Scott, DS. Thomas, L, Quick,
E, Marais, M, Sealy, N, Ogle, & PJ, Reimer
TEA
Session D. Palaeoclimates of Africa: Marine records
Chair: John Compton (University of Cape Town)
11h00
11h20
Sediment erosion on the southern South African continental margin: indications for
the paths of oceanic currents?
G. Uenzelmann‐Neben & K. Huhn
Changes in SE Atlantic watermass distribution and upwelling intensity during the last
1.1 million years.
E. Ufkes, RR. Schneider, JH. Jansen & D Kroon.
11h40 Terrigenous sediment export from the western margin of South Africa over glacial ‐
interglacial cycles.
J. Compton & J. Wiltshire
12h00
12h20
Holocene clay mineral provenance and climate change recorded in the western
margin mudbelt, South Africa.
CT. Herbert & JS. Compton
Mid‐Holocene climate on both sides of tropical Atlantic Ocean: data‐model
comparison.
B. Turcq, A. Sifeddine, P. Braconnot, D .Williamson,
AL. Albuquerque, & RC. Cordeiro
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12h40
13h10‐14h15
14h30
Distinguished
Lecturer
15h30 – 16h30
Discussion
16h30‐18h00
Holocene climate variability: responses to natural and man‐made forcing in data
and models
E. Jansen
LUNCH
Is the Sahara a Tipping Element?
M. Claussen
Chairs: Mike Meadows & John Compton (University of Cape Town)
Poster / Plenary session
Posters Session & Refreshments
Posters for Session C & D – Wednesday 14 th and Thursday 15 th
21. Informal economies and 'green' jobs: poor urban constituencies in South Africa.
T. Herbstein, N. Kimani, M. Shale, S. Timm
22. Analyzing returns to R&D investments in renewable energy technologies
C. Josephson
23. The urban environment and human well‐being in Nigeria.
GI. Nwaka
24. Capacity building and adaptation to climate change on human health vulnerability in Ghana: a case
study on Guineaworm and malaria.
FA. Yeboah, W. Agyemang‐Bonsu, K. Yeboah‐Awudzi, NK. Ayisi‐Boateng, & T. Quarcoo
25. African systems, freshwater and coastal‐ implications of climate change
JR. Shaw
26. Coastal erosion and ecosystems vulnerability in a wetland of international importance in morocco.
FZ. Bellaghmouch & A. Khattabi
27. A study of carbon sequestration methods: suggested methods to be applied in Africa.
N. El‐Boghdady & H. Shobak
28. Climate risk management in southern Africa: making robust adaptation choices
AC. Taylor, G. Ziervogel, & MF. Zermoglio
29. Climate variability and its economic and social impact in Mauritius.
N. Gopauloo
30. Sensitivity of southern African maize yields to the definition of onset under conditions of climate
change.
S. Hachigonta
31. Socio‐economic, political and environmental impacts of the twin shock of high global oil and food
prices on the sub‐Saharan African region: a reflection on the poor.
T. Mariri
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32. Engaruka, an ancient irrigation system in Tanzania: historical societal change triggered by
interactions between climate, socio‐economy and livelihood strategies.
L.Westerberg
33. Impacts assessment and climate change adaptation strategies in Makawanpur district, Nepal.
34. Influence of climate variability on oil palm production in Nigeria.
M. Suvedi
TI. Aneni, CI. Aisagbonhi & O. Anyaele
35. Living drought: the case of smallholder farming in north east Nigeria.
O. Gbadebowale
36. Attributing change in the risk of extreme weather events.
D. Stone
37. Vulnerability of the natural ecosystems of the coastal area Aaaidia Ras el Ma, Morocco, to sea level
rise.
A. Khattabi & FZ. Bellaghmouch
38. Promoting carbon sequestration through participatory land use planning by poor resource farmers
in arid communal areas of Zimbabwe: a case study.
R. Mugandani
39. Socio‐economic and ecological impact of climate change for world population.
C. Bacaimane
40. The role of woody canopy cover in resource selection by sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) in
northern Kruger national park
A. Dabengwa
41. Climate change, forestry and national development in Central African Republic.
B. Bokoto de Semboli
42. Climate change and local people attitude in Africa: the case study of the Bamileke of Cameroon.
M. Djatou
43. The impact of the energy sector on the economic and social well being of societies: Nigeria as a
case study.
O. Oluwadamilola
44. Impact of the climatic change on the agricultural productivity in Congo.
T. Tshibangu
45. Towards critical regionalism: creating nodal points to integrate ecosystem services through organic
food, renewable energy and rainwater harvesting.
R. Auerbach
46. Potential policy responses to climate change: some observations from Cameroon.
C. Jum
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47. Practical responses to climate change in German development co‐operation.
L. Petersen
48. Climate change: a major challenge to Africa’s poverty reduction.
SU. Goll
49. Data‐model comparisons of southern African palaeo‐environments during the Holocene and Last
Glacial Maximum.
BM. Chase & S. Brewer
50. Siliceous microfossils as late Quaternary paleoenvironmental indicators at Braamhoek wetland,
South Africa
M. Finné, E. Norström, J. Risberg & L. Scott
51.Late Quaternary climate and vegetation changes at Braamhoek wetland, eastern Free State
E. Norström, L. Scott, M. Finné, J. Risberg, T. Partridge & K. Holmgren
52. Meridional shift of the intertropical convergence zone during the Little Ice Age in the Southern
Hemisphere.
A. Sifeddine, D. Gutiérrez, L .Ortlieb, D. Field, B. Turcq, G. Vargas,
J. Valdes, R. Campello, & AL. Albuquerque
53. A multi‐proxy record of environmental change during the last glacial‐interglacial transition from the
Cederberg mountains of South Africa.
L J. Quick, BM. Chase, ME. Meadows, L. Scott, DS. Thomas, & PJ. Reimer
54. Palaeo‐environmental evidence from micro‐mammals from the Pinnacle Point cave sites (80‐167
ka), southern South African coast
T. Matthews
55. Comparison of some long pollen sequences from South Africa
L. Scott & GA. Brook
56. Holocene vegetation history at Lake Sibaya and Lake Teza
F. Neumann, C. Stager, L. Scott & M. Smith
57. Twenty million years of palaeo‐environmental evolution along the southern African west coast
D. Roberts
58. Aeolian deposition in equatorial West Africa during three glacial periods (OIS 2/3, 6, 10):
implications for global climate.
D. Roberts, C. Boulter & MD. Bateman
59. Stratigraphy of calcrete and related climate proxies from the Kalahari Plateau: new clues to 100
million years of climate fluctuations across central Africa.
B. Linol, MJ. de Wit, MC. de Wit, E. Thorose, J. Bruchs, F. Eckardt & F. Guillocheau
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Friday 16 th January 2009
Session E. African topography, ecosystems & climate variability (08h30‐10h30)
Chair: Maarten de Wit (University of Cape Town)
08h30 The paleo‐precipitation record of Africa from late carboniferous to late Cretaceous
(310‐65 myr).
F. Guillocheau, C. Robin, D. Rouby, & JJ. Tiercelin
08h50
Distinguished
Lecturer
09h30
The origin, evolution and climatic consequences of African topography.
R. Brown
Quantifying the shared history of species and landforms to decypher late Cenozoic
co‐evolution of landscape and climate across the Kalahari plateau.
FP. Cotterill, C. O’Ryan, & MJ. de Wit
09h50
The Albertine Rift climate change assessment: progress and challenges.
A. Seimon
10h10
Determining erosion rates in southern Africa with cosmogenic noble gases.
JE. Decker, S. Niedermann, & MJ. de Wit
10h30‐11h00
TEA
Session E. African topography, ecosystems & climate variability
Chair: Fenton (Woody) Cotterill & Frank Eckardt (University of Cape Town)
11h00
Predicted changes in the savanna ecosystems of South Africa as a result of climate
change induced carbon dioxide, temperature, and rainfall anomalies.
CL. Davis
11h20
11h40
Estimating future responses of soil respiration and nutrients recycling under climate
change from measured CO 2 fluxes, nitrogen, phosphorus and soil water content in an
arid south African ecosystem.
JM. Nyaga
Preliminary studies on the upper thermal tolerances of four aquatic insect species
from the cape peninsula, South Africa
ZA. Ketley, MD. Picker, HF. Dallas, & CC. Reed
12h00
Climate change and the implications of the ‘evaporation paradox’ for the cape floristic
region, South Africa
T. Hoffman, L. Gillson , M. Cramer & R. Rohde
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12h20
12h40
Climate change science, conservation and palaeo‐ecology; linking past, present and
future
L. Gillson
Climate warming impacts on vegetation and soil carbon flux in an arid South African
ecosystem: results from empirical investigations
CF. Musil
13h00‐14h00
LUNCH
14h00‐15h00
Distinguised
Lecturer
15h00‐15h30
15h30‐16h30
16h30
Stable isotopes, topography, and temperature
TE. Cerling
Discussion: Chair – MJ. de Wit, FP. Cotterill & F. Eckardt (University of Cape Town)
Posters and refreshments
Student Declaration – Chair: Jessica Shulschenk
Closing
Posters for Session E – Thursday 15 th & Friday 16 th
60. Aghulhas and Mozambique ridge: Two LIPS of a kind?
G. Uenzelmann‐Neben, K. Gohl & N. Pariegela,
61. The Mega‐Geomorphology of the Kalahari seen through SRTM data
FD. Eckardt, MJ. McFarlane, & DJ. Nash
62. Determining erosion rates in southern Africa with cosmogenic noble gases.
JE. Decker, S. Niedermann, & MJ. de Wit
63. Remote sensing reconnaissance of the Congo‐Zambezi watershed: exploration of palaeo‐hydrological
patterns and structural controls on biogeography.
T. Flügel, FD. Eckardt, & FP. Cotterill
64. Phylogeography of Killifishes (Nothobranchius: Cyprinodontiformes) in relation to palaeo‐drainage
dynamics across south‐central Africa
F P. Cotterill, D. Bellstedt, BR. Watters, S. Valdesalici & MJ. de Wit
65.The Phylogeogaphy of the Tigerfish (Hydrocynus vitattus) in south‐central Africa
S A. Goodier
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66. Regime and variability of the Congo river: contribution at the study of the stages and flows at Kinshasa.
K. Tshileo
67. Colonizing a Desert Wetland: Population history of the Nile crocodile in south‐central Africa reflects a
biotic signature from an ancient palaeo‐lake
JM. Bishop, P. Aust, F P. Cotterill, AJ. Leslie, & C. O’Ryan
68. Effect of climate warming, soil N enrichment and an alien‐invasive grass on post‐fire recruitment in a
Fynbos ecosystem
S. Ruwanza
69. The effects of experimental warming on flowering phenology, seed production and physiology of 24
Fynbos species
J. Arnolds
70. Sea level rise impacts for the city of cape town: inundation scenarios, risk assessment and adaptation
measures.
A .Cartwright, L . Fairhurst, G. Oelofse, & G. Brundrit
71. Sea level rise and the great harbour cities of Africa: comparisons among Alexandria Cape Town and
Lagos.
GB. Brundrit, AM. El Nemr & R. Folorunsho
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POST CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS
Saturday 17 January, 2009
1. Beaches, lagoons and sand dunes: coastal environments north of Cape Town
Leaders: John Compton and post graduate students, University of Cape Town.
Depart at 9 am and return by 6 pm.
We will travel 100 km north of Cape Town to explore the many different coastal environments along the west
coast of South Africa visiting Langebaan Lagoon in the West Coast National Park and the phosphatic Pliocene
fossil beds of the West Coast Fossil Park. We will see modern beach, rocky headland, salt marsh, lagoon and
sand dune environments and compare them with Pleistocene deposits including aeolianite and calcrete. The
depositional environments will be discussed in terms of palaeoclimate and sea‐level fluctuations on Holocene
and glacial/interglacial timescales.
2. Circumnavigating the Cape Peninsula
Leaders: Maarten de Wit and John Rogers, University of Cape Town.
Depart at 8h30 am and return by 6 pm.
We will travel around the Cape Peninsula a thin finger of land stretching southward from the central city of
Cape Town to Cape Point at its southern tip, a distance of approximately 60 km. Its highest point is Table
Mountain (1086 m above sea level), which lies immediately south of the central city, and mountains form a
ridge down the centre of much of the Peninsula. The rocks comprise igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
types, with spectacular examples of each, including the famous Cape Granite‐Malmesbury metasediments
contact that helped resolve 19th Century debate between Hutton and Werner about origin of granites.
Charles Darwin later (1891) wrote a detailed description of the Sea Point contact in his diary. The high and
rugged mountains in immediate proximity to the sea make for some spectacular scenery. The Cape Peninsula
is the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom with more than 1500 indigenous plant species.
Included in these tours:
• Geology guide book with maps and illustrations
• Park entrance fees
• Packed lunch and drinks
There will be short and easy walks on sand and rocks.
The weather is likely to be warm to hot; 25‐33° C; bring proper clothing for the outdoors (hat, windbreaker,
sun‐screen) and an extra bottle of water if required. There will be a chance to purchase snacks and drinks at
and use toilet facilities en route.
See http://www.humboldt5.uct.ac.za/ for more detailed information
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