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Tipping points in lakes - Professor Pete Langdon
Lake pollution has profound impacts on ecological structure, function, and overall biodiversity. How and why do lakes tip into polluted states, and how easily can they recover?
Children's lecture: if the world were 100 people
Join us for the Society’s annual Children’s lecture.
Are countries meeting their climate promises?
The first global stocktake of the UN’s critical Paris deal concludes at COP28 in December. Join our expert panel to mark the international community’s climate homework.
SILA: exploring Inuit culture and sustainability
The artists Susie Hamilton, Naja Abelsen and Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin discuss their exhibition which explores Inuit culture, environmental concerns, and the Arctic expeditions undertaken by their forefathers in Greenland.
Saving heritage in conflict zones: what can geographers do?
Heritage destruction in active conflict zones has increasingly gained global attention, particularly since the rise of social media, portable and widely accessible means of recording and distributing imagery and the very public targeting of high-profile sites such as the Buddhas of Bamiyan and the Temple of Bell in Palmyra.
Our fragile relationship with life on Earth
Extinction documents over 130 species of extinct and threatened animals and plants to generate an overview of the accelerating loss of biodiversity.
Wounded Tigris: a river journey through the cradle of civilisation - Leon McCarron
A source-to-sea journey along the Tigris, through the birthplace of civilisation in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, investigating the environmental and geopolitical challenges that threaten the future of this once-great river.
Facing the difficult truths of the climate emergency: apocalyptic disaster or transformational moment in history? - Dr Caroline Hickman
Apocalyptic disaster or transformational moment in history? Conversations about climate change bring us face to face with feelings of vulnerability and uncertainty but are also essential if we are to develop the emotional resilience that humanity needs to face this uncertain future.
Navigating the Great Spine of Africa - Dr Rutledge Stephen Boyes
The Great Spine of Africa expeditions work with community members and multidisciplinary teams to traverse thousands of kilometres of rivers never scientifically documented. Part of the Explore festival.
Explore symposium 2023 - Saturday
Over the weekend of 4 and 5 November 2023, the Explore symposium included a wide range of expedition professionals, field scientists, intrepid travellers and each other.
Newcastle University expedition to Svalbard 2022
Short presentations from recently returned expeditions and field research projects. Hear what they did, and lessons they learned. Part of the Explore festival.
Mundo Perdido expedition, Belize and Guatemala
Short presentations from recently returned expeditions and field research projects. Hear what they did, and lessons they learned. Part of the Explore festival.