MARiS at SCAR Conference 2024!

South Africa was well represented at the XIth SCAR Open Science Conference held in Pucón-Punta Arenas, Chile in August 2024. Representatives from the MARiS sea ice research group attended and presented their research at the conference.

Sharing 'Science for Society' at AAORIA Forum 2023

UCT-MARiS was invited to attend the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Forum at the CTICC in Cape Town and share their involvement in various projects focused on the Atlantic Ocean.

Sharing the Magic of Phytoplankton: Soapbox Science

Oceanography MSc student, Lillina Ruiters recently had the opportunity to help bridge the gap between science and society at the SoapBox Science 2023 event on the 25th of November at the V&A Waterfront, in Cape Town.

A winning streak at the Cape Town Ocean Hackathon 2023

AOS Masters student, Andile Kuzwayo represented UCT in the 2023 Cape Town Ocean Hackathon® in team SARDASH while taking on the challenge to develop a prototype web application that could simulate a potential path of sardines over 48 hours.

ACDI-MARIS Climate Change Workshop for Teachers

The ACDI research unit recently partnered with MARiS to host an interactive workshop entitled “How can we survive the century?”. Local Grades 7-9 Geography & Natural Sciences teachers were invited to engage & discuss Climate Change.