Shackleton Conference

Shackleton Conference

• Event date: 23rd September 2019
• Posted on: 12th July 2019

2019 is the Year of Carbon at the Geological Society, and for the ocean science community it’s a chance to highlight the marine carbon cycle, a crucial part of the Earth system response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions.  The second Shackleton Conference (September 23^rd at the Geological Society in Burlington House) does just this. The carbon in the atmosphere is a tiny fraction of the carbon dissolved in the ocean, and an even tinier fraction of the carbon stored in marine sediments and oceanic crust, making the rate of change of the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere very sensitive to oceanic carbon dynamics. of carbon.

We have an exciting line up of top class keynote speakers from academia and industry, including Tina van de Flierdt (Imperial College), Sandra Arndt (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Jack Middelburg (Utrecht University), Hazel Robertson (Pale Blue Dot Energy) and Andrew Watson (University of Exeter).  Sessions (full schedule here) will cover carbon storage processes in Earth’s past and in the present day, and the future potential of marine sediments for carbon capture and storage. The location of this one-day conference in the heart of London provides an excellent “travel-lite” opportunity for London-based researchers to present their work.  We hope as many of you as possible can join us!

The Shackleton Conference is a biennial meeting organized by the Marine Studies Group of the Geological Society of London.

The cost for the day (9am to 5-30pm including refreshments, lunch and a wine reception) is £60.  Students and postdocs benefit from a reduced rate of £30.  You can register for the conference here.

The deadline for abstract submissions is September 1^st – abstracts can be submitted here

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