SOCCO

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. The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in both regional and global climate through its influence on global carbon and heat uptake and storage. SOCCO builds on South Africa's comparative geographical advantage to improve long-term projections of the Southern Ocean carbon-climate system for informed adaptation planning and decision-making that will meet society's urgent need for robust and actionable climate risk management. In so doing, SOCCO aims to strengthen South Africa's impact as a global citizen with a clear commitment to ocean and climate stewardship... Asmita holds an MSc in Physics from the University of Pretoria, where she used ultrafast laser spectroscopy to study the excited state dynamics of protein-bound carotenoids in the Light-Harvesting Complex II of higher plants. Combining her background in Mathematics,..

Also known as: Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observatory

Primary location: Rosebank