Marine Life Talks

Marine Life Talk Posters

A series of monthly talks on marine conservation topics. These talks are open to the public and admission is free.

The Marine Life Talks are held on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm, please arrive at 7.15pm to be met in Reception. National Oceanography Centre Southampton can be reached via Dock Gate 4 (between Town Quay and Ocean Village).


Brittlestars
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 19:15 - 20:30
Secret life of a new brittlestar from the Antarctic deep sea, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Rachel Boschen – Brittlestars or ophiuroids are close relatives of the starfish you find in rock pools along...
Marine Life Talks
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 19:15 - 20:30
Plastic Planet – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Jennifer Durden –  Plastic has become ubiquitous in the developed world in the last 60 years, and much of it ends up as waste in our oceans: up...
Sampling at Swanage
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 19:15 - 20:30
TONIGHT! Solent Aliens, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Moira Maclean – Within Southampton Water there is minimum of 50 Alien non-native species which have been introduced to this area by a number of...
Image: Daniel Riordan
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 19:30 - 20:30
Living the life aquatic: a maritime archaeological odyssey, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Dr R Helen Farr – With Titanic mania sweeping Southampton this month in memory of the 100th anniversary of its...
Collecting water from the CTD
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 19:15 - 20:30
Ecosystem effects of deep-water oil well blowouts – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Charlie Main – Deep-water oil well blowouts can bring large quantities of hydrocarbons into contact with the...

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