SOCCO is a South African integrated science and innovation programme in support of the Department of Science and Innovation’s (DSI) Decadal and Strategic Plans.
We aim to strengthen South Africa’s climate impact as a global citizen with a clear commitment to ocean and climate stewardship.
SOCCO ocean modeller Dr Thulwaneng Mashifane talks to the CSIR's ScienceScope magazine about using models and machine learning to understand how climate change is reshaping the ocean.
Dr. Thulwaneng Mashifane
Staff
CSIR media release: CSIR ocean expert to serve on seventh Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Dr. Sandy Thomalla
Staff
A newly released satellite-based dataset offers scientists a tool for monitoring phytoplankton blooms, which are important indicators of ocean health and climate change.
Dr. Sandy Thomalla
Staff
SOCCO is a South African born programme whose Integrated Science and Innovation Strategy links the value chain from basic science to societal impact in technological innovation and policy. In addition SOCCO serves as a technological innovation system and an end-to-end Human Capital Development platform. Continue Reading
SOCCO has setup five world class research facilities (ocean robotics, bio-optics and biogeochemistry, CO₂, trace metal biogeochemistry and high resolution modelling) to address our multidisciplinary science objectives. These facilities now form part of the core of SOCCO as well as the South African ocean-climate science landscape stimulating funded international collaborations. Continue Reading
Browse peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and data products by SOCCO researchers since 2021. (but not through this link ->) Continue Reading