School for Climate Studies

The SCS-C•I•B Annual Research Meeting took place on 13 and 14 November 🌍✨️

Under the theme "Climate Overshoot - Impacts on Invasives and Biodiversity", this year featured keynote addresses from experts from across the world, showing the extensive interconnection between climate and invasion science.

The ARM also showcased the work of the MSc and PhD students supervised and supported under the SCS-C•I•B.

Congratulations to the winners of best presentations:
🥈MSc silver: Tiaan Engelbrecht
🥇MSc gold: Miranda Anderson
🥈PhD silver: Kurtley Tonkin
🥇PhD gold: Sarah Jane Ackland

Looking forward to 2026!

Keen to work for the CSIR’s Southern Ocean Carbon–Climate Observatory (SOCCO), in partnership with the School for Climate Studies at SU? 🌍🌊

This esteemed collaboration is seeking to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Fellow, who will contribute to the development of climate-relevant ocean knowledge products for the Southern Ocean, African coastal regions, and global applications. 🗺️🔍

🔗 Click the link in bio to learn more!

Join us next week for a fascinating seminar on using dissolved gases in tree sap as new eco-hydrogeological tracers, presented by PhD candidate Marion Capucine.

⏰️ 26 Nov, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Lecture Hall 2020, Natural Sciences

See you there!

Interested in thermoregulation and climate change adaptation research? 🌡🌍

The CL•I•M•E LAB at the School for Climate Studies is offering a 2 year position researching the drivers of animal thermoregulation in a phylogenetic and global context.

Interested? Click the link in bio or go to climate.sun.ac.za for more info and to apply.

Review of applications begins on 26 November 2025 and will close as soon as a suitable candidate has been found.

Join Prof Midgley for this seminar, titled Niche Shift: The Story Behind Modern Human Dominance of Planet Earth 🌍

Hosted by

⏰️ 17 November, 16:00 - 17:00
📍 Neelsie Cinema or online
🔗 Register at the link: https://bit.ly/3X5cskY

See you there!

On 8 & 9 September, the School for Climate Studies hosted the first South African Ocean and Land Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Science-Policy Workshop.

Stay tuned for updates on the outcomes of this workshop, focused on making South African science and governance policy ready for effective and scalable land and ocean CDR 🌊🌳

Jointly organised by:




Presidential Climate Commission

📢 New research! Read all about endozoochory by black rhinos in our latest blog - link in bio 🦏

📢 Looking to do your PhD? Or maybe start a new Post-Doc position?

Join the School for Climate Studies!

Click the link in bio for more information about this incredible opportunity! ✨️

Forecasted to go extinct in the next 10 years, this 2023 study shows that African Penguins may be climate refugees from a distant past.

Read more via the link in bio 🐧

📖 Read: How the SAT-CARe initiative is transforming tree planting strategies in Southern Africa 🌳 (Cape Argus, 3 Sept. 2025)

Link in bio: https://capeargus.co.za/weekend-argus/news/2025-09-03-how-the-sat-care-initiative-is-transforming-tree-planting-strategies-in-southern-africa/