Global biogeography: islands, alien species and human threats to biodiversity

A Geographical Association (Nottingham branch) lecture, presented by Dr Richard Field, School of Geography, University of Nottingham.

Tags: biodiversity, biogeography, biological invasions, Dr Richard Field, Geographical Association, island biogeography, School of Geography

Lakes and the Arctic Carbon Cycle

A lecture looking at current understanding of the carbon cycle in lakes and outlining the importance of linkages between land and lakes.

Tags: Arctic, carbon cycke, Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, Geochemistry, Geographical Association, Lakes and the Arctic Carbon Cycle, Professor Suzanne McGowan, School of Geography

Making Black histories visible in Cotton Heritage venues in the Derwent Valley

Presented by the School of Geography and Institute for the Study of Slavery in association with the AHRC Global Cotton Connections project and Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies group.

Tags: AHRC Global Cotton Connections project, Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Institute for the Study of Slavery, Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies group, School of Geography

Give your vote to Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies project

A project investigating slave trade legacies in Britain, co-run by The University of Nottingham, is appealing […]

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Tags: Bright Ideas, charity, Global Cotton Connections, National Lottery Awards, School of Geography, Slave Trade Legacies, Susanne Seymour, vote

What do we talk about when we talk about climate?

Join the School of Geography for The Hayman Rooke Lecture in Environmental Humanities, ‘What do we talk about when we talk about climate?’

Tags: climate, Djanogly Theatre, School of Geography, the hayman rooke lecture in environmental humanities

Free online course – ‘Shale Gas and Fracking: the Politics and Science’

Led by Professor Sarah O’Hara from the School of Geography and Mathew Humphry, Head of the […]

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Tags: course, fracking, Mathew Humphrey, MOOC, online, politics, Sarah O'Hara, School of Geography, School of Politics and International Relations

Putting on a show – landscape research and public exhibitions

Annual GeogSoc Lecture: Professor Stephen Daniels presents ‘Putting on a show – landscape research and public exhibitions’.

Tags: cultural geography, exhibition, School of Geography, Stephen Daniels, University Park

Managing urban flood risk – the blue-green approach

A Blue-Green City aims to recreate a naturally-oriented water cycle while bringing water management and green infrastructure together. As part of the Science Public Lecture Series, Dr Emily Lawson discusses the impact this could have in managing urban flood risk. Admission is free, all are welcome.

Tags: flood, geography, School of Geography, science public lecture series, University Park

A very British obsession

The weather is a British obsession —and our response over the centuries to snow, floods, droughts, […]

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Tags: Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Climate Histories, Care for the Future: Thinking Forward through the Past, Professor Georgina Endfield, School of Geography

Elephants sowing seeds for future

Lindsay Brooke joins researchers on a field trip in the rainforests of Malaysia. “There’s one!” We […]

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Tags: Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Lindsay Brooke, Malaysia, MEME, School of Geography, the Management and Ecology of the Malaysian Elephant, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus