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News & Events: Seminar Series

Water and Climate Seminar Series - Hilary Term 2009

Please Note: This seminar series has finished. For information on our current seminar series please see our Seminar Series.

All seminars will be held in the MSc Teaching Room 1, School of Geography and the Environment, at 1pm on Thursdays, unless indicated otherwise below. For further information please contact

Week 1: 1pm, Thursday 22 January 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

From science to policy - climate change at the Environment Agency.

Dr Glenn Watts, Environment Agency.
Download Presentation [PDF: 2.7MB]

Week 2: 1pm, Thursday 29 January 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

Media and the Environment: Glacial Melt in the Andes.

Mr James Painter, BBC.

Week 3: 1pm, Thursday 05 February 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

Climate change and UK Chalk groundwater resources.

Dr Chris Jackson, British Geological Survey.
Download Presentation [PDF: 4.9MB]

Week 4: 1pm, Thursday 12 February 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

No Seminar.

Week 5: 1pm, Thursday 19 February 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

Climate Change and River Ecology.

Dr Fai Fung, SoGE.
Download Presentation [PDF: 3.5MB]

Week 6: 1pm, Thursday 26 February 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

POSTPONED Drought, Demand and the Place of Resilience.

Dr Will Medd, Lancaster University.

Week 7: 1pm, Thursday 5 March 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

Climate Change and Water Resources.

Dr Steven Wade, HR Wallingford.
Download Presentation [PDF: 6.9MB]

Week 8: 1pm, Thursday 12 March 2009, MSc Teaching Room 1, SoGE

Climate change, water availability and agriculture in a developing country context.

Dr Andy Newsham, Tyndall Centre, University of Oxford.
Download Presentation [PDF: 2.4MB]