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25/01/2024
Apply to become a member of the GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists (ECS) Committee!
๐ขApply to become a member of the GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists (ECS) Committee!
Call for applications open until 1st April 2024
https://www.geotraces.org/2024-call-geotraces-ecs-committee/
ECS Committee will coordinate and champion ECS activities within the framework of GEOTRACES science
Image: Adrian Artis
14/12/2023
6th SANAP SYMPOSIUM โ Houw Hoek Hotel Grabouw, Western Cape 27 November - 1 December 2023 - South African National Antarctic Programme Over a period of 5 days 172 people participate in the 6th SANAP symposium. A lot has happened in the past 4 years since the last symposium in Hermanus in 2018 and feedback on research and other activities within SANAP featured on the program. The symposium was hosted by Stellenbosch University at Ho...
07/12/2023
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Prof Burtram C Fielding has been appointed as the new Dean of the Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU). He specialises in the molecular biology of diseases such as viral infections and cancer.
This molecular biologist and prolific researcher is study leader to PhD, MSc and BSc Hons students and has contributed to a large number of book chapters and peer-reviewed publications. He is a recipient of various scholarships and scientific and academic awards.
โMy objective would be to enhance the faculty's standing as a globally recognised hub for research excellence and innovation," says Fielding.
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27/10/2023
๐ ARM BURSARY OPPORTUNITY!
ARM is offering bursaries to current Stellenbosch University (SU) students who completed their first, second or third year as well as and students ~ for further details see the poster below or visit the online version here - https://lnkd.in/dM4mSf8B
โDid you know that SU has recently partnered with African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) to establish the ARM Geometallurgy Research Chair. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the research chair, it has been established as a shared position between Dr Bjorn von der Heyden from the Department of Earth Sciences and Dr Margreth Tadie from the Stellenbosch University - Department of Chemical Engineering. Read more here - https://lnkd.in/dpkGm94A
26/10/2023
SU Earth Sciences
The FirstRand Foundation is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2024 academic year.
Bursaries will be awarded for Honours studies in ANY field.
Closing date: 31 October 2023
Find out more here: https://www.zabursaries.co.za/mba-postgraduate/firstrand-foundation-honours-bursary/
21/09/2023
15/09/2023
๐ฃImportant Announcement!
SU students who submit their final thesis or dissertation to SUNScholar after the examination process must make use of the new SU thesis or dissertation title page template for their title page.
All theses and dissertations submitted to SUNScholar must conform to this requirement by the December 2023 graduation.
The new thesis and dissertation title page templates (both MS Word and LaTeX versions) are housed on the SUNScholar webpage under "Step 1: Student prepares document."
To access the document: https://library.sun.ac.za/en-za/Help/Pages/online-thesis-submission.aspx
20/06/2023
Change in Cape Town temperature since the 1870s
Sea level rise since 1993
The amount of CO2 released (as if you can see it) in 2021 - Fossil fuel in orange, biomass burning in red, terrestrial ecosystem in green and oceans in blue - NASA production.
13/06/2023
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1117409/full
Do whales really increase the oceanic removal of atmospheric carbon? Whales have been titled climate savers in the media with their recovery welcomed as a potential carbon solution. However, only a few studies were performed to date providing data or model outputs to support the hypothesis. Following an outline of the primary mechanisms by which baleen whales remove....
19/05/2023
Our 2nd year Earth Sciences students at Stellenbosch University went on a lekker weekend Field Trip to the West Coast studying fossils and past environments at the West Coast Fossil park, as well as modern chemistry of the Berg River and Velddrif Harbour. Fun, Sun, Learning and Camping all-in-one. SU Earth Sciences Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Science