Rick Battarbee Lecture Series 17-19h, Thursday 17th May, 2012.
Professor Rick Battarbee FRS is one of the world's foremost physical geographers. As Director of the Environmental Change Research Centre (UCL Geography) he led a team that pioneered the use lake sediments to reconstruct the impacts of acid rain on freshwater and other vulnerable ecosystems. His subsequent insights have ensured that UCL has been at the forefront of research into global environmental change. The Rick Battarbee Lecture Series has been established at UCL to celebrate the contribution he has made to science, and geography in particular. It is with great honour that the inaugural lecture will be given by Professor John Dearing, from the University of Southampton. John's research addresses the complex links that exist between human activities, climate and the natural environment, particularly the changes taking place over multi-decadal timescales. He chairs the Past Global Changes (PAGES) programme "Past Human-Climate-Ecological Interactions" (PHAROS), a contributing programme to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). The title of his lecture will be: Sediments, Systems and Sustainability. The lecture is free, but please register at the website to confirm attendance. http://rwb2012.eventbrite.co.uk/
