Marine Life Talk

1 August 2013 –

Marine life of the Gorringe Bank: uncovering secrets at abyssal depths

by Rui Vieira –

Seamounts are underwater mountains rising more than 1000m from the abyssal plain. These are exceptional areas of biodiversity and hotspots of endemic species.

Life and environment: An evaluation of the Gaia Hypothesis

by Professor Toby Tyrrell –

Toby will be signing copies of his book from 6.30pm

Galapagos marine invaders –

by Dr Ken Collins –

Engineering for measurement and sampling of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, Antarctica: Trials and tribulations –

by Dr Matt Mowlem –

Rigs, robots and deep-sea life: highlights from the SERPENT project –

by Dr Dan Jones –

A journey with White Sharks –

by Oliver Jewell –

This talk will focus around Oliver’s journey as a University of Southampton Undergraduate to a full time researcher and MSc working with white sharks in South Africa.

Diary of a fish: How fish tag themselves

by Kirsteen MacKenzie

Volcano trickery: How to survive an eruption –

by Dr Mike Cassidy –

This presentation brings together messy experiments, fascinating facts, incredible video clips and even some magic to help you to understand one of the most remarkable and dangerous natural phenomena on earth.

The Ediacaran Biota and the development of modern marine ecosystems –

by Alex Liu –

Fish from the continental slope west of the British Isles, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

by Clive Trueman–