Physical Geography Seminar Series, Spring 2012
Seminars are normally held on Tuesdays in the Department of Geography, in the Ron Johnston Research Room at either 1pm or 4pm.
Seminars are open to all interested people; staff and postgraduates are especially encouraged to attend.
| Tuesday 7 February | Conflicting views on climatic and sea-level changes in the Caspian Sea Suzanne Leroy (Institute for the Environment, Brunel University) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 21 February | Microbe-mineral interactions at the extreme: from the cold to carbon capture and storage Andrew Mitchell (Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 28 February | Understanding coastal flood hazard in South Uist and Benbecula, Scottish Outer Hebrides Alastair Dawson (Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen) 1pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 6 March | Global atmospheric pressure variability and storminess climate change 1870-2008 from 20th Century reanalysis and met station data Edward Hanna (Geography, University of Sheffield) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 20 March | Neoproterozoic (Snowball) glaciation: microbes at work in terrestrial oases Ian Fairchild (Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Thursday 3 May | Novel sources of biological ice nuclei Bruce Moffett (Environmental Research Group, University of East London) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 8 May | Mini-Conference Presentations MSc Polar & Alpine Change and MEnvSci students 10am – 5pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Wednesday 9 May | Physical Geography PhD Student Upgrade Presentation David Anderson 12pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Thursday 10 May | Microbe-mineral interactions at the extreme: from the cold to carbon capture and storage Andrew Mitchell (Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University)) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Tuesday 15 May | Physical Geography PhD Student Upgrade Presentation tbc 1 – 5pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |
| Thursday 17 May | Antarctic Peninsula permafrost, periglacial environments, and climate change Gonçalo Vieira (Geographical Studies, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) 4pm, Ron Johnston Research Room |