Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) presents Geological Skills for a young professional (Jul 27 – 29, 2017)
Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) presents Geological Skills for a young professional (Jul 27 – 29, 2017)
A 3-DAY APPLIED GEOLOGICAL SKILLS COURSE
Venue: C.S.I.R.
Miningtek, Carlow Rd & Rustenburg Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2109
About the Course: This
three-day course will include talks on the various opportunities within the
industry, the different techniques used to collect, analyse and present data,
and some “soft” skills such as mentorship, the perfect CV and acing that
interview: The course will conclude with an introductory workshop by Rod Tucker
on core logging, and a practical session, where delegates will get the
opportunity to examine a 600m section of drillcore from bore-hole BV-1, drilled
in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex.
Day 1: The participants will be introduced to the nitty-gritty of the mining industry,
in terms of potential employment opportunities and what the industry looks for
in potential recruits, a view through a
day in the life of an exploration geophysicist, the importance of sampling and basic necessities in the application of
softwares
Day 2 introduces
participants to sample analysis (including QA/QC), data management, Geomatics, details of field
work, killer CV writing and experts guide
Day 3 focuses on the Chip
& Core Logging Course by Rodney Tucker where practical application of knowledge acquired from
the previous days are put into practice.
For more information,
visit: https://www.gssa.org.za
Or save the date to
your google calendar
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Dear All SA-YES Members,
On
behalf of the SA-YES executive, We wish you all a happy new month, as
well as remind you that you are the backbone of Earth Sciences now and
future.
It
is high time we strengthened our relationship on all grounds, to foster
a better working environment for YES in South Africa in 2017 and
beyond. In lieu of this, I will like to introduce to you our new SA-YES
executive body who are poised to facilitate growth and development of
the network (find details below).
Kindly visit our blog http://yes-southafrica.blogspo
Have a splendid month ahead
Sincerely,
SA-YES network Secretariat
Monday, January 23, 2017
Geoengineering the Climate: Impacts and the Developing World Summer School at Beijing Normal University 17-21 July 2017
Background
Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is the
most radical, controversial, and rapidly acting form of geoengineering. SRM is
a set of proposals to reduce the impacts of climate change by means such as
sulfate aerosol injection or marine cloud brightening. This school will focus
on interpreting and analysing computer simulation of SRM from the international
Geoengineering Intercomparison project (GeoMIP) consortium of 12 Earth System
models. We will also investigate social and ethical aspects of SRM. The GeoMIP simulation
and data are from large computer systems that are not available in the
developing world, and inaccessible with typical internet speeds. This the
school will equip developing world researchers with the state-of-the-art
simulation results on geoengineering, and the knowledge of how to use these
results in their own studies.
Teachers
John Moore, Duoying Ji, Long Cao, Ying Chen
(China’s geoengineering program), Pete Irvine (Harvard University), Doug
MacMartin (Cornell University), Masa Sugiyama (Tokyo University)
Participants
The summer school will train researchers
and advanced students with an expertise in their local climate change impacts
in the developing world. The essential
local knowledge and impact models needed for understanding and predicting
climate change scenarios have not considered geoengineering climates. These
impacts may be, for example, in the effects of large storms or typhoons,
floods, droughts, or agricultural production. The students will be given GeoMIP
data on a disk to keep.
Applications
Apply before March 30 by sending a 300 word
explanation of your motivation for attending, and current CV. Also indicate if
travel support is needed. For further
information and applications please contact John Moore john.moore.bnu (at) gmail.com
Costs
We have limited travel grants available for
participants who apply for transport costs. Meals and accommodation will be
provided at BNU by the course.
Friday, January 6, 2017
New Leadership
On behalf of the entire body of the Young Earth Scientist (YES) Network, South Africa chapter, we will love to wish every YES member a prosperous new year 2017 that will be filled with unspeakable joy and seismic-range advancement in all ramifications.
We will also love to introduce to you our new national coordinator, Mr Zakhele
“A hearty greeting to all SA YES NETWORK Members!
As we welcome the New Year, I thought I’d send my first official greeting to all members of YES Network (SA Chapter). I recently assumed the position of President and National Representative of the SA YES Network and I look forward to the next 2 years of serving and growing this network of young earth scientists.
So, who am I? Well in a nutshell, I grew up in Soweto and went on to adopt the University Pretoria as my second home, where I am currently pursuing my postgraduate studies in climate change related research. Apart from being a rock-star, I enjoy reading (A LOT) and cooking – as well as the eating thereafter. My biggest wish is to (time) travel as much as possible. My colleagues and I look forward to an exciting and fruitful 2017, and I hope you will join us in making this YES Chapter exemplary.”
Kind Regards,
Zakhele H. Nkosi
President and National Representative:
YES Network (SA Chapter)
Kindly meet of our newly appointed National Secretary General, Mr Oluseyi A Abegunde.
Mr Oluseyi is currently a PhD student in Applied Geology at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His research focuses on environmental geochemistry, GIS and its applications, software modelling, geostatistics, water treatment, data analysis, economic geochemistry and minerals geochemistry.
He is experienced in organizing presentations and attained leadership positions within his department and the university both in undergraduate and graduate level. He has presented in local and international conferences and well published.
The new team of executives is poised to take YES network South Africa chapter to the next level. Therefore, we solicit your support as no rocks, no wealth, no nation.
Looking forward, may this New Year find you better, restored, healthier, happier, peaceful, contented, blessed, satisfied, interest revitalized, vision reignited, and succeed in all ramification to make this New Year THE BEST one yet.
Happy New Year
From the office of the Secretary General, YES network SA chapter
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