All Outputs (3)

The benefit of a tough skin: Bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Projectile damage to building stone is a widespread phenomenon. Sites damaged 100 years ago during the First World War still see daily use, while in a more contemporary setting numerous reports show the damage to buildings in Baby... Read More about The benefit of a tough skin: Bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage.

Photoacclimation by arctic cryoconite phototrophs (2017)
Journal Article

© FEMS 2017. All rights reserved. Cryoconite is a matrix of sediment, biogenic polymer and a microbial community that resides on glacier surfaces. The phototrophic component of this community is well adapted to this extreme environment, including hig... Read More about Photoacclimation by arctic cryoconite phototrophs.

Long-term studies of land degradation in the Sneeuberg uplands, eastern Karoo, South Africa: A synthesis (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. For the past 15yr, the Sneeuberg uplands in the eastern Karoo, South Africa, have been a focus for research on land degradation by the above authors and other colleagues. Earlier work in the Karoo emphasised vegetation change whe... Read More about Long-term studies of land degradation in the Sneeuberg uplands, eastern Karoo, South Africa: A synthesis.