Research Articles (Earth Sciences)

The emergence of modern sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean

Knies, Jochen; Cabedo-Sanz, Patricia; Belt, Simon T.; Baranwal, Soma; Fietz, Susanne; Rosell-Mele, Antoni (Springer Nature, 2014-07)

Arctic sea ice coverage is shrinking in response to global climate change and summer ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean are predicted by the end of the century. The validity of this prediction could potentially be ...
Correlation between knowledge of HIV, attitudes and perceptions of HIV and a willingness to test for HIV at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Orisakwe, Emeka E.; Ross, Andrew J.; Ocholla, Peter O. (AOSIS Publishing, 2012-07)

Background: With millions of South Africans infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and less than 10% of the population aware of their HIV status, HIV counselling and testing (HCT) is the first step in any attempt ...
A global compilation of over 13 000 dissolved iron measurements : focus on distributions and processes in the Southern Ocean

Tagliabue, A.; Mtshali, T.; Aumont, O.; Bowie, A. R.; Klunder, M. B.; Roychoudhury, A. N.; Swart, S. (Copernicus Publications, 2011-11)

Due to its importance as a limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth in large regions of the world’s oceans, ocean water column observations of concentration of the tracemetal iron (Fe) have increased markedly over ...