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Monday night lecture

Unravelling the past from hidden volcanic ash

Unearthing ancient volcanic ash from the depths of ice sheets and lakes has provided critical evidence for our reconstruction of past environments and climates. This lecture explores the power of this approach for addressing many of the major environmental challenges that we face today.

Webinar

Geography in practice: learning from nature - supporting NFM design while enhancing river form and function

This webinar will focus on two main areas. First it will consider the breadth of NFM (Natural Flood Management) measures and their potential to interlink and emulate natural processes. Secondly focusing on one particularly popular NFM measure, the installation of ‘leaky barriers’.

Monday night lecture

Land smart

How can we fit people, food, nature, houses, carbon, trees, solar panels, roads, flood-waters and warehouses on one small island? Land smart for the latest on the race for space on earth.

Webinar

Geography in practice: the foundations of a digital twin

The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This session focuses on the foundations of a digital twin.

Monday night lecture

A nation of map addicts

Britain takes its maps very seriously indeed. Mike, author of the bestselling classic, Map addict, takes us on a tour of our finest, favourite and oddest cartography.

Monday night lecture

Decarbonising transport: considering people and place

Sarah will outline the work that is taking place to accelerate the decarbonisation of transport and consider how considerations of people and place intersect with delivery of greener transport.

Lecture

A history of polar exploration in 50 objects - Anne Strathie

Anne returns with her fourth polar book to talk about objects from a period of exploration which is the bedrock of our present-day knowledge and fascination with polar regions. 

monday night lecture

Magmatic memories: Eldfell 1973

2023 saw the 50th anniversary of the Eldfell eruption on the island of Heimaey, Iceland. This talk will investigate the legacy of this eruption, both on the landscape itself, and the thriving community who took on a volcano and won!

Lecture

Eileen Hendriks: Geology in Devon and Cornwall

Eileen Mary Lind Hendriks played a pivotal role in resolving the stratigraphy and structure of Devon and Cornwall.

Monday night lecture

Haenyeo voices: merging tradition and science to monitor reef changes

This project explores the effects of environmental change on Jeju Island’s reefs by combining Haenyeo divers’ traditional ecological knowledge with scientific monitoring.

monday night lecture

How we all became navigators

What is the story behind the development of the maps applications we use every day and how have they changed the way we think about the world around us?

Monday night lecture

The future of geography: how power and politics in space will change our world

Geopolitical expert Tim Marshall explores how politics and geography are as important in the skies as on the ground, covering great-power rivalry, technology, commerce, combat in space, and what it all means for us down on Earth.