Skyla Thornton, Media Intern at the School for Climate Studies “Africa’s arm has often been twisted to plant the wrong trees, for the wrong reasons, in the wrong places” – Prof Guy Midgley. On 27 May 2025, various stakeholders met at STIAS in Stellenbosch to...
Dr Andrew Watson, Hydrologist and Senior Researcher at the School for Climate Studies From May 26 to 30, 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held a technical meeting focused on the use of stable and radioactive isotopes for modelling...
DR ROMAIN PIRARD, Environmental Economist at the School for Climate Studies Developing value chains to use invasive alien species has always been a contentious idea. Some argue that it provides more resources to deal with invasions and upscale eradication...
Media officer & science writer at Stellenbosch University With one of the largest streamflow networks globally, administered by South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), South Africa is...
Wiida Fourie-Basson, Media officer & science writer at Stellenbosch University The Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at the School for Climate Studies (SCS), Stellenbosch University (SU), were shocked to learn of the passing of Dr John Measey (57)...
Dr Raquel A Garcia With a changing climate, it becomes crucial to understand how organisms experience temperature in their habitats. For terrestrial animals, air temperatures translate into a wide array of microclimates on the ground, depending on habitat...
