Scotland
Events Diary
Upcoming Events
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Scotland’s Answer to the Great Barrier Reef
Dr Heidi Burdett’s research seeks to understand the fundamental relationships between organisms and their environment, from the sub-organism to community scale. She works on the kelp forests, reefs and algal beds off the coast of Scotland, studying photosynthesis, climate change and biochemical cycling. This year, Heidi received the Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences and gave the Award Lecture ‘Resilient Reefs‘ at the British Science Festival in September.
Date: 6th December 2019, 19:30 – 22:30
Location: Soutar Lecture Theatre, A K Bell Library, Perth
Catherine Gemmell: #STOP the Plastic Tide
As the 2020 Year of Coasts and Waters begins, Catherine Gemmell of the Marine Conservation Society shares her love for Scotland’s seas and shores, and her passion for stopping the plastic tide. From volunteers on the ground to pilots in the air, Catherine explores what is being done to tackle a global crisis in single-use plastics. Come along to find out what you can do to give our seas the protection they deserve.
Date: 7th January 2020, 19:30 – 21:00
Location: University of Dundee, Dalhousie Building (LT4)
OBS. The event will also take place in Dunfermline on the 8th of January and in Glasgow and Edinburgh on the 9th of January.
