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WORLD OCEANS DAY
June 8th every year is World Oceans Day, and although coronavirus obviously means that there won’t be many live events this year, there…
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Stranger Tides: Treasure, plastic and circumnavigating rubber ducks
What is the difference between flotsam and Jetsam? Do the rules of ‘finders keepers’ apply to items found on shore? (Spoiler alert – No!). Why…
Deep-Sea Mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Talk by Dr. Philomène Verlaan For more information click here. Deep-sea mining has seen several “false dawns” since this marine industrial activity emerged in…
Ocean Film Festival
The Ocean Film Festival UK & Ireland Tour is back for 2019, bringing a brand-new collection of the world’s most mesmerising ocean films to…
For the love of sharks – Steve Backshall and special guests
10 July 2019 – 11 July 2019 7.00pm, doors open at 6.00pm Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR From…
Shifting tides: how can small-scale fisheries help address the Sustainable Development Goals?
9 Jul 2019 18:00 – 19:45. Attending this event This Science and Conservation Event is free to attend and booking is not required.
Drilling for the Future in Antarctica’s past
The Antarctic continent covers ~60 times the area of the UK and is covered by up to four kilometres of ice. The survival of…
Emily Penn – SHIFT sessions on ocean plastics
Emily has dedicated the last decade to solving the plastic problem at sea and on land. In this exciting new venue, she will be sharing…
London Ocean Forum
The Forum will bring together London-based academics, policy-makers, and ocean NGOs based in London, and also distinguished speakers from around the UK. We want to…
London Ocean Group Meeting
May 13th, 4pm, Grantham Institute Boardroom, Imperial College. Tarquin Dorrington (DEFRA) “UK Marine strategy and evidence”. Jackey Zhu Jing – (UCL & Maersk): “Routing modern…
The future for coral reefs in a changing climate | Dr Paul Hardisty
Date: 08 May 2019 Time: 16:00 – 17:00 Venue: 500, City & Guilds building Campus: South Kensington Campus Related Faculty: Natural Sciences…