15 - Tuesday, 16 September 2025 09:00 - 17:00 | Hybrid,
15 - Tuesday, 16 September 2025 | 09:00 - 17:00 | Hybrid,
This new series of regional events will take place around the UK, starting in Plymouth on 2 October 2024. Regional events will be co-hosted by the Society and the various host institutions and will feature a topical research seminar by a local expert in their field, followed by a panel discussion. Topics of discussion will range from climate impacts upon the world's oceans, to those on land and in our atmosphere. These regional events will be fully hybrid, with sessions live-streamed online to ensure all Fellows and interested parties can attend free of charge.
The series will culminate in a flagship hybrid conference, which will take place at Burlington House, London, UK, on 8–9 September 2025. This conference will serve as a platform for geoscientists, researchers and industry professionals to come together to discuss the impact climate change is having upon the environment and how society can mitigate the changes.
2 October
University of Plymouth - Professor Gerd Masselink
Impact of sea-level rise on atoll islands – is drowning the inevitable outcome?
25 November
University of Aberystwyth - Professor Sarah Davies
Climate change, sea level and storminess in Wales – a palaeoenvironmental perspective
4 December
University of Liverpool - Dr Rob Duller
How do sedimentary layers record information about past climate change?
16 January
University of Glasgow - Dr John MacDonald
Anthropogenic Geomaterials: what are they, and how do they impact climate and ecology?
20 February
Durham University - Dr Caroline Clason
Exploring the importance of glaciers for water, food, and energy security
12 March
University of Birmingham - Dr Shan Huang
Complex climate change impact on biodiversity dynamics in space and time
15 - 16 September
The Geological Society - TBC
Organisers
The Climate & Ecology Science theme is led by Dr Stephen Grimes from the University of Plymouth.
Registration for the final meeting at Burlington House will open in 2025. If you are interested in potentially sponsoring this event, please contact: sponsorship@geolsoc.org.uk.