British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

A synthesis of Antarctic ice-ocean boundary observations from the underwater vehicle Icefin

Peter Washam (Georgia Institute of Technology).

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Biotic Diversification in Southeast Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago in the Era of NGS

Frank Rheindt - National University of Singapore.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The long term development of Triadic Resonance Instability for finite width internal wave beams

Katherine Grayson.

zoom webinar - email jrt51@cam.ac.uk or jn271@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 22 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The links between sensory and motor systems: from cells to organisms

Natasha Mhatre - University of Western Ontario.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 16 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The fluid mechanics of CO2 sequestration in heterogeneous porous media: a journey across scales

Graham Benham, BPI and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

zoom webinar - email jrt51@cam.ac.uk or jn271@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 15 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The importance of ice-nucleating particles in tropical deep convective clouds

Rachel Hawker - University of Leeds.

Zoom.

Monday 15 February 2021, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ocean’s response to the stochastic atmospheric forcing

Shenjie Zhou (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Problem solving in slime molds

Audrey Dussutour - Universite Paul Sabatier.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 09 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

On the interaction between submesoscales and turbulence: from theory to application

Abigail Bodner, Brown University.

zoom webinar - email jrt51@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 08 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Extreme Weapons: A Natural History

Doug Emlen - University of Montana.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 02 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Nondiffusive turbulent mixing in surface oceanic boundary layers

Dr. Tomas Chor, University of Maryland.

zoom webinar - email jrt51@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 01 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Interannual variability in Pacific Subantarctic Mode Water formation regions

Rachael Sanders (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The mind of the bee

Lars Chittka - Queen Mary University of London.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Contributions to a mechanistic understanding of climate change

Stephan Fueglistaler, Princeton University.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 25 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genome duplication, gene dosage, and evolution

Aoife McLysaght - University of Dublin.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 19 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Natural halogens and tropospheric ozone

Dr. Fernando Iglesias-Suarez, DLR.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 18 January 2021, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

An AUV underneath the ‘Doomsday glacier’: Revealing pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites ice shelf, West Antarctica

The talk will be on Zoom, please contact the organiser for further details.

Anna Wåhlin, University of Gothenburg.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 13 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Fine-scale ocean processes in the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Madi Rosevear, University of Tasmania.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 02 December 2020, 10:00-11:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Limitations of the Miles-Howard criterion

Jeremy Parker, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 30 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Trends and emissions of ammonia and its influence on air quality in the UK deduced with satellite and surface observations and the GEOS-Chem model

Dr. Eloise Marais, University College London.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89471866908?pwd=THAxZDNzc2ZhSURyRmh6VGtpSXAyQT09.

Monday 30 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How a year-round breeding tropical songbird copes with seasonal aridity

Chima Nwaogu (Fitzpatrick Inst).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 24 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

SubZero: Floe-Resolving Sea Ice Model

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Georgy Manucharyan, University of Washington.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations

Josh Firth (Oxford).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Double-Diffusive Convection in the Arctic Ocean

Nicole Shibley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 16 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Aerosol Research at ECMWF

Dr. Angela Benedetti, ECMWF.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81480247722?pwd=Q0cvSGVCSzJYb0hlVUUreXJpb1BoUT09.

Monday 16 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Extreme temperatures in the Antarctic

Professor John Turner, British Antarctic Survey.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92298256917?pwd=RnFsQmhvNnNjZkpKeXY1V0hYZlJidz09 .

Thursday 12 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour

Miriam Liedvogel (Max Planck).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Jet Regimes and the Predictability of Euro-Atlantic Weather

Kristian Strommen, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 09 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The impact of lee waves on the Southern Ocean circulation and its response to winds

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Luwei Yang, University of California, Los Angeles.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 15:00-16:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Convergent Evolution of a Social Symbiosis

Joe Parker (Caltech).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Dune-dune interactions: experiments and modelling

Karol Bacik, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 02 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Estimating and attributing greenhouse gas fluxes using radiocarbon

Dr. Heather Graven, Imperial College London.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84731267634?pwd=UEtxdFhjWDQxUDhsVFBEb1U2Q2RFUT09.

Monday 02 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The late, great bilaterians: hunting down the first animals in the fossil record

Graham Budd (Uppsala).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 27 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

From top to bottom: using surface velocity variations to look below glaciers

Kasia Warburton, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Monday 26 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Is the Halley temperature record homogeneous?

Prof. John King, British Antarctic Survey.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/94856318028?pwd=UHJCckFwNUlVMmZJaURCQlF4SjBKdz09.

Friday 23 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Seasonal prediction and predictability of regional Antarctic sea ice

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Mitch Bushuk, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 21 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Do fish have necks? How fish use the axial muscles and skeleton to power suction feeding

Ariel Camp (Liverpool).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 20 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The ocean’s transient conveyor belt

Shantong Sun, Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech.

zoom webinar - email jn271@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 19 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Replaying the tape of life: how predictable is evolution?

Katie Peichel (Bern).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Gravity-driven flows and mixing in layered porous media

Chunendra Sahu, BP Institute, University of Cambridge.

zoom webinar - email jn271@cam.ac.uk for link.

Monday 12 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour

Speaker to be confirmed.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Sunday 11 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Melting and mixing at the submarine termini of tidewater glaciers

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Rebecca Jackson, Rutgers University.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 07 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The utility of simple climate models

Dr. Chris Smith, University of Leeds.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86969774219?pwd=Unp0SVZQdVBSQ3ZvT1NsVTFUOGViUT09.

Monday 05 October 2020, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Observing Iceberg Melt in a Greenland Fjord

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Margaret Lindeman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 23 September 2020, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Arctic Freshwater Storage and Export in CMIP6 Models

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Hannah Zanowski, University of Colorador Boulder.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 09 September 2020, 15:00-16:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ice melt driven by the ocean - Two process studies on the physics of ice-ocean interactions based on observations from NE Greenland and the central Arctic Ocean

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Dr Janin Schaffer, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Thursday 23 July 2020, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ikaaġvik Sikukun: Bridging the Scientific and Indigenous Communities to Study Sea Ice Change in Arctic Alaska

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Christopher J. Zappa, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 15 July 2020, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Influences of Melt Water from Sea Ice/Ice Shelf in Polar Oceans

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Kofan Lu, JAMSTEC.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 08 July 2020, 10:00-11:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

ROSETTA-Ice: a new framework for understanding the Ross Ice Shelf

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Kirsty Tinto, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Thursday 02 July 2020, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview and latest results

Prof. Peter Bernath - University of Waterloo.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 29 June 2020, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Weddell Polynya: when will it come back?

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Casimir de Lavergne, LOCEAN, Sorbonne University.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Tuesday 09 June 2020, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ice streams: fantastic beasts and how to model them

The talk will be online. Contact the host to get Zoom details.

Elisa Mantelli, Princeton University.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 03 June 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Explosive and Degassing volcanic eruptions: natural analogues with relevance for geoengineering schemes

Professor Jim Haywood, University of Exeter/Met Office.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Dynamics of a barotropic current at an ice shelf front

Nadine Steiger, University of Bergen.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 1.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

To fly or not to fly? Improving volcanic ash forecasts for aviation

Dr. Natalie Harvey, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 02 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Separating the forced atmospheric circulation response to Arctic sea-ice loss from internal variability

Christine McKenna, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 02 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Drivers of seabird movements and their fitness consequences

Annette Fayet (Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

How mixed is the ocean mixed layer?

Neeraja Bhamidipati, BP Institute, University of Cambridge.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 24 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Longevity, senescence and reproductive variation in wild African elephants.

Phyllis Lee (University of Stirling).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 18 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of plasticity for life cycle regulation in seasonal environments

Karl Gotthard (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Impacts of surface-derived meltwater on ice motion in Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula

Andrew Sole, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 10 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Present day anthropogenic climate forcings: The impact of including Earth System interactions

Dr. Fiona O'Connor, Met Office.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2020, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

It's about time: The evolutionary ecology of circadian rhythms during infections

Sarah Reece (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospherically significant reactions of Criegee intermediates

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing, University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Quantifying irreversible mixing in stratified turbulence and breaking internal waves

Chris Howland, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 03 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A deeper take on our sexual nature: Importance of cellular sex and underlying mechanisms

Bruno Hudry (Institute de Biologie Valrose).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The ocean boundary layer beneath a melting Antarctic ice shelf: stratification, tides and turbulence

Cat Vregdenhil, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 27 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Origins and extinctions of early vertebrates: a story of ecology, phylogeny, and the fossil record

Rob Sansom (University of Manchester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 21 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions in Earth System Models

Dr. Cat Scott, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Turbulence driven by tides in planetary cores: wave turbulence vs. geostrophic turbulence

Thomas Le Reun, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 20 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Ode to the masalai: New Guinea as a crucible for evolution in plants and insects

Simon Segar (Harper Adams University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 14 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

PM2.5/NOx modelling for health exposure research

Nathan Pavlovic.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

A 60 Year International History of Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration

Send an email to the organizer if you're not from BAS but want to come in.

Martin Siegert, Imperial College.

British Antarctic Survey, Aurora Conference Room.

Monday 09 December 2019, 16:30-17:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

A budget for turbulent mixing and water mass transformation in a partially enclosed deep basin

Carl Spingys, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 03 December 2019, 11:00-12:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Zonal jet variability: insights from a framework of idealised models

Laura Cope, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 02 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION: The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations

Josh Firth (Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Modeling ocean eddies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Mack, Stefanie L., British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room Two.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

Dr. Nicolas Bellouin, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Tracking trade in underground symbioses

Toby Kiers (VU Amsterdam).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

What sets the heat content of Southern Ocean mode water formation regions?

Emma Boland, British Antarctic Survey.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 18 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Causes and consequences of social evolution in spiders

Trine Bilde (Aarhus University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Random movement of mesoscale eddies in the global ocean

Send an email to the organizer if you're not from BAS but want to come in.

Xiaoming Zhai, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A Preliminary Simulation of Convections and Airflows Using An Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Finite-Element Model Fluidity-Atmosphere

Dr. Jinxi Li, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Viscoplastic Droplets

Maziyar Jalaal, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 11 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Andean hummingbirds

Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Institute WSL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Motion of vortices with buoyancy

Stefan Llewellyn Smith, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 04 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Why do organisms age? Beyond energy trade-offs

Alexei Maklakov (University of East Anglia).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Investigation of fine-scale englacial structure using phase-sensitive and polarimetric radar sounding

If external to BAS, please contact seminar organizer to gain access to the building

Tom Jordan, University of Bristol .

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ice cores and aerosols: Past atmospheric chemistry from new generation, continuous ice core analyses

Dr. Joe McConnell, Desert Research Institute.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Decoding the thermochemical and magnetic evolution of asteroids using thermal modelling

James Bryson, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 28 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of eusociality: How does the queen control reproduction in her workers?

Elizabeth Duncan (Leeds University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Processes affecting climate model projections of stratospheric water vapour

Jake Smith, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 21 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How coordinated behaviour is achieved through selection, synchrony and sex

James Herbert-Read (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 15 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Simply simulating objects and phase change in fluid flow

Eric Hester, University of Sydney.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 14 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

On the quantification of parametric uncertainty in Antarctic ice sheet model projections, including the role of bedrock topography.

If external to BAS, please contact seminar organizer to gain access to the building

Andreas Wernecke (The Open University).

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 2.

Friday 04 October 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Variability of stochastically forced zonal jets

Laura Cope (University of Cambridge).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Friday 27 September 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Dynamic processes in a supercooled ISW plume: tales from the Victoria Land Coast Current

Natalie Robinson (NIWA, New Zealand).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 23 September 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

The Role of New Particle Formation in the Remote Atmosphere: Improving Our Understanding Through Pole-to-pole in-situ Measurements From the Nasa Atmospheric Tomography Mission

please contact organiser for a visitor pass if external to BAS

Christina Williamson, University of Colorado.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 10 September 2019, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Effect of ocean variability on the Greenland Ice Sheet in the 20th and 21st centuries

** Please email ahead if visiting from outside of BAS **

Donald Slater (Scripps, UC San Diego).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Friday 06 September 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Optimal perturbation recipes: how to change Southern Ocean heat content

Dan Jones (BAS).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Arctic Ocean freshwater variability: a decadal memory of atmospheric circulation

Sam Cornish (University of Oxford).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Will climate-volcano interactions be modulated by ongoing climate change? Perspective from explosive eruption column rise.

Thomas Aubry, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Southern Ocean Circulation and Frontal Dynamics from Cryosat-2 Along-track Radar Altimetry

Erik Mackie (BAS).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Influence of Large-Scale Ridge Topography on Barotropic Flows in the Southern Ocean

Ryan Patmore (BAS).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 20 May 2019, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Global models for atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment

Hamish Gordon, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Modelling and Assessing the Impacts of Intercropping, as a Sustainable Farming Practice, on Food Security, Air Quality, and Public Health

Ka Ming Fung, Graduate Division of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 May 2019, 11:00-12:15

Sinews of Sustainable Development Distinguished Speakers Series

Britain after Brexit: How to redesign the UK's role in sustainable development

Rt Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP.

Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 17:45-18:45

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Getting Under Europa’s Skin

Anyone external to BAS wishing to attend please contact the seminar organiser.

Dr. Britney Schmidt (Georgia Tech).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 08 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Two talks on Ice-Ocean interaction in East Antarctica

Takeshi Tamura (National Institute of Polar Research) and Daisuke Hirano (Institute of Low Temperature Science).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Out-of-term seminar

Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual time; out-of-term seminar

Cosima Porteus (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Microbial evolution in the human gut

Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The role of lateral rheology contrasts in the evolution of mountain ranges

Camilla Penny, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 11 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of recombination rate variation in the wild

Susan Johnston (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Air Pollution in Delhi, India

Ying Chen, Lancaster.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Sources of hydrographic variability in Sermilik Fjord, a major glacier fjord in southeast Greenland

Irena Vankova, BAS.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 04 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Interactions between stratospheric ozone and climate change in the Arctic

If external to BAS, please email aling@bas.ac.uk in advance to gain access to the building

Dr Jiankai Zhang (Lanzhou University and Academic Visitor at Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 2.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 14:30-15:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Linking all the things: towards a biodiversity knowledge graph

Roderick Page (University of Glasgow).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

From a steady plume to periodic puffs during confined carbon dioxide dissolution

Francois Nadal, Loughborough University.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 25 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Environmental and climatic effects of volcanic aerosol: past, present and future

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr Anja Schmidt (University of Cambridge).

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 19 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Why do females fight?

Eleanor Bath (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interactions between stratospheric ozone and climate change in the Arctic

Dr Jian Kai Zhang, Lecturer, Lanzhou University and Academic Visitor at Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 18 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

On the interaction of turbulence, waves and mean flows in geophysical fluids

Louis Couston (BAS).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 18 February 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Exploring How Eruption Source Parameters Affect Volcanic Radiative Forcing

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Lauren Marshall, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Speciation, horizontal transfer and the evolutionary genomics of bdelloid rotifers

Tim Barraclough (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The formation of large impact craters

Gareth Collins, Imperial College London.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 11 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Through a glass darkly - interpreting animal behaviour with the aid of machines

Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Talk is postponed as of 01.02.2019

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Turbulence in Forced Stratified Exchange Flows

Kat Smith, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 04 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ocean modelling from the Ross to the Tasman Sea

Erik Behrens (NIWA).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

High-throughput synchrotron X-ray imaging of extant and fossil insects

Thomas van de Kamp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The influence of small-scale turbulence on mixed layer fronts

Matthew Crowe, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 28 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Pleiotropy, chance and predictability in the genetic paths of evolution

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo (Institute Jacques Monod).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Modelling coupled ice-ocean interactions in the Amundsen Sea

Jan De Rydt (Northumbria University).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Tuesday 22 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Coupled ice-ocean interactions for the Amundsen Sea glaciers, Antarctica

Jan De Rydt - Northumbria University.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 21 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Analysis of snow and aerosols deposition variability over High Mountain Asia and other major high mountain ranges

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Hoi Ga “Veronica” Chan, Princeton University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The present: CryoSat-2 (and other altimeters) for enhanced ocean observation in the polar oceans. The future: SKIM (Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring satellite mission), a candidate satellite mission exploring global ocean currents and waves.

Michel Tsamados (UCL).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 09 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The biogeochemical fingerprint of melting ice

**If external to BAS, please notify organiser in advance**

Kate Hendry, University of Bristol.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Alarm calls and interspecific eavesdropping

Robert Magrath (Australian National University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Title to be confirmed

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey

Constraining the representation of the atmospheric hydrological cycle in General Circulation Models using water isotopes and what would be needed to directly compare ice core water isotope records with model simulations

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Hans Christian, University of Bergen.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 04 December 2018, 14:30-15:30

British Antarctic Survey

The ExoMars mission: exploring the martian atmosphere and the search for life

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

James Holmes, The Open University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Tuesday 04 December 2018, 13:30-14:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Direct measurements of urban pollutant emissions

Eiko Nemitz, CEH.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Sea Ice-Ocean Feedbacks in the Antarctic Shelf Seas

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Rebecca Frew, University of Reading.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Friday 30 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Northern Antarctic Peninsula: a marine climate hotspot of rapid changes on ecosystems and ocean dynamics

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Kerr, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande .

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution on the wing

Owen McMillan, STRI.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: ground and airborne measurements

Dr Thomas Bannan University of Manchester.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Turbulent leakage in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Laura Cimoli, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 26 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social learning? So what! Looking for evolutionary consequences of social information use.

Rose Thorogood (University of Cambridge and University of Helsinki).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 20 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Re-thinking controls on the East Australian Current's eddy shedding and mean poleward extent

*If external to BAS, please notify seminar organiser in advance and arrive 5-10 minutes before start time to ensure access to building*

Christopher Bull.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual conflict in ecological context

Jen Perry (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Satellite Observations, Earth System Models and Public Engagement Synergies: from Oil and Natural Gas Operations, Enhanced Weathering to Ozone Gardens

Maria Val Martin, University of Sheffield.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

On the dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in experiments and the real world

Aleksandra Lewandowska, Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 12 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Sea level rise and the implications for coastal flooding

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Ivan Haigh, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Friday 09 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The tension between generality and diversity: what makes biology so cool

Hanna Kokko (University of Zurich).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 06 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Synchrotron Adventures with Criegee Intermediates: Studies of Tropospheric Chemistry in the Lab

Rebecca Caravan, Sandia National Labs.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Dynamics of volcanic outgassing and plume transport revealed by proximal Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) measurements

Emma Liu, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 05 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Linking Glacial-Interglacial States to Multiple Equilibria of Climate

**If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building**

David Ferreira, University of Reading.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony. How culture made the human mind

Zoology Graduate Student's Invited Speaker

Kevin Laland (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 30 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Precessing flows: from geophysics to bioreactors

Patrice Meunier, IRPHÉ, CNRS, Marseille.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 29 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of ant social chromosomes and bumblebee diversity

Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Internal wave-induced mean flow

Felix Beckebanze, Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 22 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Simulating Southern Ocean, sea ice, and ice shelf interactions: model intercomparison and future projections

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Kaitlin Naughten (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Epigenetics and social insects

Eamonn Mallon (University of Leicester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 16 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

An expanding picture of Criegee intermediate tropospheric chemistry

Dr Joseph Beames, Cardiff University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Waves, turbulence and large-scale flows in mixed convective-stably-stratified fluids

Note change of venue (MR4)

Louis-Alexandre Couston, British Antarctic Survey.

MR4, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 15 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute lecture series

When Your Life Depends on It Extreme Decision making lessons from the Antarctic

Brad Borkan.

SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 11 October 2018, 18:00-19:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Timing and pattern of tooth eruption – Investigation of their evolution in wild and domestic mammals

Madeleine Geiger (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 09 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Waves and turbulence in sustained stratified shear flows

Adrien Lefauve, DAMTP.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 08 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Seismic Imaging of Eddy‐Dominated Warm‐Water Transport Across the Bellingshausen Sea

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Kathy Gunn, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Polar sea ice variability derived from ice cores: The Bromine approach

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Andrea Spolaor, University of Venice.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 10:30-11:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Rates and Mechanisms of turbulent mixing in the west Antarctic.

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Ryan Scott, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Friday 28 September 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Wintertime Fjord-Shelf Interaction and Ice Sheet Melting in Southeast Greenland

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Neil Fraser, SAMS.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 19 September 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What genes made us human, and how much did they cost?

James Sikela, UC Denver.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 04 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Catalyst design for energy and environmental applications

Dr Muhammad Zaheer.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 August 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

THE CHEMICAL WARFARE BETWEEN PLANTS AND INSECTS: From pathway discovery to functional diversification of toxins

Professor Søren Bak , University of Copenhagen.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Interconnectivity between volume transports through Arctic straits

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Agatha de Boer, Stockholm University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Thursday 05 July 2018, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Moving-mesh finite element modeling of ocean circulation near ice shelf grounding lines

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Ben Yeager, Imperial College London.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 04 July 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Antarctic sea-ice control on glacial and modern deep-ocean circulation and carbon storage

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Alice Marzocchi, NOC.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 27 June 2018, 11:00-12:00

Winton Discussions

The impact of policy on the low-carbon transition: opening the black box of energy technologies

Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room.

Tuesday 26 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

British Antarctic Survey

The effect of ice shelf dynamics on marine ice sheet stability

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Marianne Haseloff, University of Oxford.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Wednesday 20 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans PhD Student talks

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

David Bett and Rachael Sanders, BAS.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Monday 18 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

Winton Discussions

Hidden problems in the global wind industry

Dr Jim Platts, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room.

Friday 15 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Understanding uncertainty via statistical analysis of a global aerosol model

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Lindsay Lee, University of Leeds.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Dynamics of heat transfer and exchanges across the Antarctic Slope Front

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Andrew Stewart, UCLA.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Climate of 79N glacier (Greenland)

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Jenny Turton, Friedrich-Alexander Universität.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 12 June 2018, 10:00-11:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Processes controlling the flux of Circumpolar Deep Water onto Antarctic Shelves.

**If external to BAS, please email organiser in advance to gain access**

Andy Hogg, Australian National University.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 11 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

A Lagrangian analysis of the seasonal and interannual variability in Greenland precipitation sources

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Johannes de Leeuw, Utrecht University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Monday 11 June 2018, 11:15-12:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Designing a strategy for merging atmospheric chemistry models and measurements: Going after what matters

Please note, venue and time.

Prof. Michael Prather, Earth system Science Dept, UC Irvine.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of color vision in Heliconius butterflies.

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Adriana Briscoe (University of California at Irvine).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Pathways of boundary mixing in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current revealed by a tracer release experiment.

External Visitors - Please contact organiser in advance to gain access

Marie-Jose Messias, University of Exeter.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual selection and trait investment in a dynamic world

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Christine Miller (University of Florida).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric research from the molecular to city scale

Dr Francis Pope, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Understanding (some of) the Arctic Ocean: The Pacific Inflow via the Bering Strait - change, implications and using GRACE data to solve the 60-yr old riddle of what drives it.

*If external to BAS, please contact organiser in advance to gain access*

Rebecca Woodgate, University of Washington.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 21 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Oceanography to fish population genetics: multidisciplinary studies with numerical models

**If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building**

Emma Young, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Illuminating the start of complex life: Spatial analysis of Ediacaran ecosystems

Dr Emily Mitchell, Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The search for signs of ozone recovery

Dr James Keeble, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Fuxianhuiids and their exceptional contribution to the early evolution of Cambrian euarthropods

Javier Ortega Hernandez (Dept of Zoology, Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 08 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

High-latitude Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by seasonal sea-ice feedbacks during the Antarctic Cold Reversal

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Chris Fogwill, Keele University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 307.

Tuesday 08 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Polar low formation: ambient environments and the role of moisture

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Annick Terpstra, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neuroethology of a striking crustacean, the mantis shrimp

Dr Kate Feller, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Rapid laundering of deep-ocean waters in an abyssal boundary current

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Prof. Alberto Naveira Garabato (NOC, Southampton).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Friday 27 April 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Information Extraction from Airborne Radio-Echo Sounding: Basal Properties and Crystal Orientation Fabric of the Greenland Ice Sheet

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Tom Jordan, University of Bristol and Stanford University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 14:30-15:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

On the origin of human sociality: Ape minds and the evolution of Homo sapiens

Christopher Krupenye (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

GSI Seminar - Using stories in energy research: Snapshots of three approaches

Dr Rosie Robison, Dr Chris Foulds, Dr Mel Rohse (Global Sustainability Institute).

Coslett (COS207), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The ice-covered Ross Gyre: variability and drivers

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Tiago Dotto, National Oceanography Centre.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 18 April 2018, 11:00-12:00

Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute lecture series

Cold cases in Antarctic history

Doors open 5.30pm

Dr. Ursula Rack.

SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 11 April 2018, 18:00-19:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Debating Nature's Value Conference

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB002), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Wednesday 11 April 2018, 09:30-19:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

GSI / Environmental Law seminar - Richard Buxton Law

Matthew McFeeley and Hannah Brown, claimant lawyer at Richard Buxton Environment and Public Law Firm.

Helmore (HEL113), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 10 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Megafolding of englacial layers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Neil Ross, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Turbulence Beneath the Larsen C Ice Shelf

Peter Davis, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 11:00-12:00

Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute lecture series

Ireland’s Antarctic Explorers

doors open at 4pm

Michael Smith.

SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road.

Saturday 17 March 2018, 16:30-17:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION

Canceled

Jennifer Perry (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 13 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Radiocarbon as a carbon cycle tracer in the 21st century

Heather Graven, Imperial.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 12 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Deep-water circulation changes lead North Atlantic climate during deglaciation

Francesco Muschitiello, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE.

Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London).

Canceled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

The High Latitude Dust Project

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Professor Jo Bullard, Loughborough University.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 11:00-12:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Adding turbulent convection to geostrophic circulation: insights into ocean heat transport

Catherine Vreugdenhil.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 05 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE.

Helen Leggett (University of Cambridge).

Canceled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Methane and the Paris Agreement

Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway and NERC Project MOYA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Geophysical flows on Earth and Mars

Jim McElwaine (Durham University).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 26 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Cognition in the wild: foraging hummingbirds and building nests

Sue Healy (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 20 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Emissions and Chemistry of air pollution in London and Beijing: a tale of two cities.

Professor James Lee, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Chemical convection and stratification at the top of the Earth's outer core

Matthieu Bouffard, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 19 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Benefits of social relationships in carrion crows

Claudia Wascher (Anglia Ruskin University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 13 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Surface meltwater ponding and drainage causes ice-shelf flexure

Alison Banwell (University of Cambridge).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 12 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

The role of Birkeland currents in the Dungey cycle

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

John Coxon, University of Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Friday 09 February 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Understanding model diversity in CMIP5 projections of westerly winds over the Southern Ocean

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Tom Bracegirdle, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 06 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution in island colonising birds: silvereyes of the south Pacific

Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 06 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Fundamental Limits to Volcanic Cooling and its Implications for Past Climate on Earth

David Wade, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Multi-scale observations of ocean circulation in the Atlantic

Eleanor Frajka-Williams, University of Southampton.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 05 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Arctic and Antarctic aerosol size distributions

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Manuel Dall'Osto (ICM-CSIC, Barcelona).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Friday 02 February 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Exploring gravity wave characteristics over the Southern Andes, Antarctic Peninsula, and South Georgia Island

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Corwin Wright, University of Bath.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Paleogenomics beyond humans

Michi Hofreiter (University of Pottsdam).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 30 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Dynamical Response to the QBO and the Solar Forcing in the Northern Winter Stratosphere: Towards a Deeper Mechanistic Understanding

Hua Lu, British Antarctic Survey.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 29 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Can polar bears change Arctic clouds?

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Jo Browse, University of Exeter.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neural circuitry of a polycystin-mediated hydrodynamic startle response in Platynereis: from genes to ecology

Gáspár Jékely (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ambient air quality and human health in India

Luke Conibear, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Mixing and transport of warm waters on the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf

Alex Brearley, British Antarctic Survey.

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 22 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Decadal oceanic variability drives ice sheet retreat in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 307.

Tuesday 09 January 2018, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Changes in the Export of Weddell Sea Deep Water

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Povl Abrahamsen (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 06 December 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Long Range Predictability of the winter atmosphere in the North Atlantic Sector.

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Professor Adam Scaife, Met Office.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 05 December 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Surface roughness: a key to understanding Arctic sea ice from micro to macro scales

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Jack Landy, University of Bristol.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Growing old yet staying young: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity?

Emma Teeling (University College Dublin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Aeolian dune development and migration dynamics: field insights from a terrestrial laser scanner

Jo Nield (University of Southampton).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 27 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Challenges in Understanding Decadal Trends and Variability of Oceanic Dissolved Oxygen: Perspectives from MPI-ESM's Large Ensemble Simulations

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Yohei Takano, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 330b.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Tagging along: where do Marion Island’s Grey-headed albatrosses go?

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Kim Stevens, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 21 November 2017, 13:30-14:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Parental Care

Chris Cunningham (Swansea University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 21 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Dual air quality benefit of SO2 emission controls by decreasing sulfate and biogenic secondary organic aerosol

Dr Eloïse Marais, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neurophysiology in the field: What can it tell us about the ecology of acoustic communication?

Heinrich Römer (University of Graz).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 14 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Modelling grain growth in polycrystals

Felix Ng (University of Sheffield).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 13 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Glaciers, icebergs and silicon: Preliminary findings from ICY-LAB research expeditions to SW Greenland

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Kate Hendry, University of Bristol.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Monday 13 November 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Links between Southern Ocean dynamics and Antarctic ice melt

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Laura Herraiz Borreguero, University of Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Can social networks explain why females cheat?

Julia Schroeder (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Using past decadal temperature changes to understand present and future climate

Dr Andrew Schurer, University of Edinburgh.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Long-range propagation of ocean swell

Bill Young (UCSD).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 06 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Anthropogenic carbon estimates in the oceanic carbon cycle

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Tobia Tudino, University of Exeter.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 307.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

A regime-based perspective on variability of the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude jet

Nicholas Byrne, University of Reading.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

When males lose their fathers genome: the why and how of a remarkable reproductive system

Laura Ross (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Oxygen-isotope records of the Early Holocene climate of Europe

Jonathan Holmes, University College London.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 11:00-12:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The linear stability of general zonal flows for any Rossby and Richardson numbers

Mike Bell (Met Office, Exeter).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 30 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Variability of the Antarctic slope current system in the northwestern Weddell Sea

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Marina Azaneu, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Adaptive radiations and species(?) diversity

Per Lundberg (Lund University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Detailed Modelling of Organic Chemistry in the Atmosphere – Recent Advances (and Limitations)

Dr Peter Brauer, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Aquaplanet and stationary wave monsoons

Ruth Geen (University of Exeter).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 23 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Rapid host and pathogen co-evolution following a severe emerging infectious outbreak

Camille Bonneaud (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 17 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Wind work on ocean eddies and the decadal-mean impact of relative wind stress on the ocean

Xiaoming Zhai (UEA).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 16 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

You are what you eat? Gut bacteria and mating preferences in Drosophila

Zenobia Lewis (University of Liverpool).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS Seminars

Andrea di Antonio and Anika Krause, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The evolution of ice rheology in glacier shear margins: Crystallographic fabric and thermoviscous feedbacks

Brent Minchew (BAS).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 09 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The response of ice sheets to climate variability

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Kate Snow, University of Edinburgh.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 307.

Monday 02 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Thermodynamic balance at ice-ocean interface in theory, models and maybe real life

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Alena Malyarenko, NIWA, New Zealand.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Thursday 28 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Complex Homology and the Neuromolecular Evolution of Social Behavior

NOTE SPECIAL TIME

Hans Hoffmann (University of Texas at Austin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Measuring pH variability using an experimental sensor on an underwater glider

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Michael Hemming, University of East Anglia/LOCEAN, UPMC, Paris.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Big Data Meets Geo-Computation: Combining Research Reproducibility and Processing Efficiency in High-performance Computing

PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION

Giuseppe Amatulli (Yale University).

Rayleigh room, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Ave, Cambridge CB3 0HE.

Friday 08 September 2017, 15:00-16:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bringing Partula up to date: from Captain Cook to the 2017 search for lost snails.

Dr. Justin Gerlach.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ice-ocean interaction at the Totten Glacier

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Alessandro Silvano, University of Tasmania.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 19 July 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Quantification of Kelvin wave-induced subsurface warming along the West Antarctic Peninsula

David Webb, Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), UNSW, Australia.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 17 July 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Soundscape ecology: what sound can tell us about ecological functioning

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Rachel Buxton, Colorado State University.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Thursday 06 July 2017, 10:00-11:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The bottom-intensification of mixing causes large, almost cancelling, abyssal upwelling and downwelling

If external to BAS, please email Dr Andrew Meijers (andmei@bas.ac.uk) in advance to gain access to the building

Trevor McDougall, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Conference Theatre.

Monday 03 July 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Exploring complexity in seabird foraging behaviour

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Xavier Meyer, BAS .

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Monday 03 July 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

A year in the life of the minutiae in a changing Arctic Ocean

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Bryan Wilson, University of Bergen.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 28 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Ecology and diversity of Southern Ocean pelagic amphipods

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Charlotte Havermans, University of Bremen.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Monday 26 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Southern Ocean coccolithophore biogeography – controlling factors and implications for global biogeochemical cycles

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Cara Nissen, ETH Zurich .

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Monday 26 June 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

The euphausiid exception in the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ)

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Jaime Farber-Lorda (Centro de Investigación Cientifica, Ensenada, Mexico) .

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 21 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Antarctic krill: Life is all about balance in a high CO2 world

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Jessica Ericson, University of Tasmania.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 20 June 2017, 13:30-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Using fisheries samples to investigate seasonal and regional variation in Antarctic krill lipids

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Nicole Hellessey, University of Tasmania.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 20 June 2017, 13:00-13:30

British Antarctic Survey

The 2016 K-axis Voyage: A Salpa thompsoni goldmine

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Paige Kelly, Australian Antarctic Division.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Monday 19 June 2017, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

What has the Antarctic ozone hole to do with biological evolution?

Prof Michael Edgeworth McIntyre (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 June 2017, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Examining mechanisms for submesoscale eddy generation using observations in the North Atlantic

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr Christian Buckingham (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 07 June 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Group living – causes and consequences: lessons from the biology of social spiders

Prof Leticia Aviles (University of British Columbia).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 06 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Seasonal changes in Circumpolar Deep Water in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, using seal-borne tags

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Helen Mallet, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 24 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

SO-AntEco: Contributing information and scientific advice to the CCAMLR South Orkney Islands MPA review

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Madeleine Brasier, University of Liverpool and Natural History Museum, London .

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Stratospheric ozone in the Earth system

Fernando Iglesias Suarez, Lancaster University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

ECCO version 4: an ocean data analysis and parameter estimation framework

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Gael Forget, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Monday 22 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

The Southern Ocean carbon cycle: Insights from a recently installed atmospheric O2 and CO2 measurement system at the Halley Research Station, Antarctica

Thomas Barningham , UEA, School of Environmental Sciences.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 307.

Wednesday 17 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Tropospheric ozone: Short-lived climate forcer

Dr Richard Derwent, rdscientific.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey

Snow cover variability in Western Himalayas and its implications on socio-economic status and livelihood of local communities

Dr Shresth Tayal, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Thursday 11 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Molecular biomarkers for seabird age estimation

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Ricardo De Paoli-Iseppi, Australian Antarctic Division.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Observations of turbulent dissipation in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Yvonne Firing, NOC, Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

Winton Discussions

The Status of Mini-Grids: Are they the 'next' big thing, or an un-economic diversion?

Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley.

Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Prebiotic Chemistry on Other Worlds

Paul B. Rimmer (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey

Krill feeding in fjords of the West Antarctic Peninsula (and a few penguins & seals)

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Alison Cleary, Norwegian Polar Institute.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Monday 08 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Southern Ocean in climate models

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Erik Behrens National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 02 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Cambridge Sustainable Food Hub

Duncan Catchpole, Cambridge Organic Food Co.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB111), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 28 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Different uses for spatial overlap scores: testing gannet sexual segregation & predicting kittiwake foraging areas

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Beth Clark, University of Exeter/RSPB.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 19 April 2017, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Making your work ODA-able: refocussing science for official development assistance

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Lucy Bricheno, NOC, Liverpool.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 12 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

The effects of directional wind shear on orographic gravity-wave breaking

Maria V. Guarino, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 04 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Variability of water isotopes in Antarctic snow and ice-core records

Thomas Laepple, Alfred-Wegener-Institut.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 04 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Sustainability and health – what are the issues

Stefi Barna, University of East Anglia.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB113), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Monday 03 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

What are you worth? Valuing ourselves and our natural environment

Prof Aled Jones, Global Sustainability Institute.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Arctic climate change – mid latitude circulation and extreme weather linkages

Prof Dr E. Hanna.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 21 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Using and Developing the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem)

Dr Scott Archer-Nicholls, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Fast Fashion: Slowing it down

Kristen Nuttall, Appso-Supro.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Winton Discussions

Thinking of becoming an Entrepreneur: What questions will you be asked?

Paul Mantle, Frontier IP Group.

Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neural basis of mating behaviour

Carolina Rezaval (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A comprehensive model analysis of the UK atmospheric composition and air-surface exchange of pollutants

Dr Massimo Vieno, CEH, Edinburgh.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The transient response of ice-shelf melting to ocean change

Paul Holland (BAS).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 13 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Sources and sinks of bioactive trace metals across the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Amber Annett, Rutgers University.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Thursday 09 March 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

From collective animal behaviour to collective motion of football teams

David Sumpter (Uppsala University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 07 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Modeling the Physical Multi-Phase Interactions of HNO3 Between Snow and Air on the Antarctic Plateau (Dome C) and coast (Halley)

Hoi Ga Chan, British Antarctic Survey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Mixing efficiency in run-down gravity currents

Paul Linden (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 06 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Formation of Southern Ocean Gyres

Ryan Patmore, BAS.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Friday 03 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Global questions about parenting and movement ecology in the world’s biggest tern

David Craig (Willamette University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 28 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

New Developments in Climate Observations

Prof Stephen Briggs, European Space Agency.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Inferences of mantle viscosity based on ice age datasets

Jacky Austermann (Bullard) .

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 27 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Eco-evolutionary dynamics

Andrés López-Sepulcre (IEES CNRS Paris).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

The effects of ozone depletion, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased aerosols on precipitation in High-Mountain Asia

Zoran E.H. Kaufmann, EPFL, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Switzerland.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Global modelling of tropospheric halogens and their impacts on air quality and climate

Dr Tomás Sherwen, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Understanding drivers of Arctic sea ice loss through analysis of observations and models

Julienne Stroeve (UCL).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 20 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ice ice baby, under pressure: Ice-ocean interactions in and around ice shelves

If you are external to BAS and would like to attend, please let us know beforehand so that we can schedule this with reception.

Jim Jordan (British Antarctic Survey, Imperial College London).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Parasites, Immune Function, and Human Life Histories

Aaron Blackwell (University of California, Santa Barbara).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 14 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interaction between gaseous halogen oxides and other radical families

Dr David Rowley, University College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Impacts and fragmentation in liquid-liquid systems: Planet formation in the lab

Maylis Landeau (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 13 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Inter-group tolerance in humans and other primates

Anne Pisor (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Monday 13 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Winton Discussions

Greening up the Cavendish and the University: the Maxwell Centre as a test case

Ottavio Croze.

Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetic evolution of humans and closely related species

Aida Andres (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Turbulent transport and mixing of oceanic sea salt aerosol over the Indian sub-continent: Cloud microphysical and geo-engineering implications

Prof Dr. S. Ghosh, School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Inferring causality in the atmosphere - constraining aerosol-cloud interactions from observations

Edward Gryspeerdt, Imperial College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Debris flow analogue models: how far can we push them?

Lis Bowman (University of Sheffield).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 06 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Behavioural Ecology of Mosquitoes

Lauren Cator (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 31 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Air Pollution and Human Health (APHH) in a Chinese Megacity (Beijing): campaign overview

Dr Lekan Popoola.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 January 2017, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

On the generation of waves by turbulent wind

Frédéric Moisy (FAST).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 30 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Organisations + Change: Lessons for Sustainability?

A panel of speakers from different disciplinary perspectives.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 27 January 2017, 14:00-15:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Information gaps in ecology and conservation

Tatsuya Amano (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk / Department of Zoology University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Failing States, Collapsing Systems

Nafeez Ahmed, Author, Security Scholar and Journalist.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:30

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Book Launch & Talk: Failing States, Collapsing Systems

Nafeez Ahmed, Visiting Fellow of the Global Sustainability Insititute.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Conservation ecology of West African's montane forest habitats - primary seed dispersers and their substitutes.

Hazel Chapman (University of Canterbury).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

The properties of absorbing aerosol in the atmospheric and its role in the tropics and in the Arctic

Prof Hugh Coe, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Thursday 12 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Responsible Futures: A twenty-first century university

Sammi Whitaker, Anglia Ruskin University.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 08 December 2016, 13:00-14:00

DAMTP Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

How will the storm tracks change? High resolution studies of the future of extratropical storm tracks

Walter Robinson, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University.

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 07 December 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Submesoscale instabilities at ocean fronts

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Christian Buckingham (ex-Univ. Soton, soon to be BAS).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 07 December 2016, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Modelling Climate and Water Isotope Signatures of El Niño in the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period

Dr Julia Tindall, University of Leeds.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 06 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Dispersal evolution

Jean Clobert (Station d’Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS Moulis).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 29 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Scaling and Representative Measurements for Snowpack Sampling

Prof Dr Steven R Fassnacht, Colorado State University .

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 29 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Impacts of tropical UTLS ozone feedback on surface climate change projections

Dr Peer Nowack, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Rethinking volcanism from a trans-crustal perspective

Kathy Cashman (University of Bristol).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 28 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The transient response of ice-shelf melting to ocean change

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Paul Holland, BAS.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 23 November 2016, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolutionary ecology of innovativeness and personality in the wild

John Quinn (Cork).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Title to be confirmed

Julie Jones (University of Sheffield).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Understanding recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate

Dr Julie Jones, University Sheffield.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

The great devolution debate

Please let us know if you plan to attend this event at gsi-info@anglia.ac.uk

Panel of experts from academia and local government.

Coslett Building (COS 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 13:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon during the past 6000 years

Daniel Befort, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey

Abrupt climate changes and sea level rise during the last deglaciation (21,000 to 7,000 years ago)

Dr Lauren Gregoire, The University of Leeds.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Friday 18 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolutionary ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes

Stephanie Carlson (Berkeley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 15 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Sensitivity of simulated summer monsoonal precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya to cloud microphysics schemes in WRF

Dr Andrew Orr, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Tuesday 15 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS seminars

Jake Smith, Conor Bolas, Amy King.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

How Boltzmann statistics govern a river's shape

Olivier Devauchelle (IPGP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 14 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

All paths lead to rain: The social construction of a water crisis in India

Dr Zareen Bharucha, Anglia Ruskin University.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB214), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 11 November 2016, 12:00-13:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Detection of climate and environmental change in the big data era

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Claudie Beaulieu, Univ. Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 09 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of the sexual genome

Alison Wright (UCL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Comprehensive laboratory studies of hydrocarbon oxidation mechanisms

Dr Max McGillen, Bristol University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 07 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The precession resonance mechanism in nonlinear wave systems

Dan Lucas (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 07 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Mirabilite and salinity dynamics in sea ice brines

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Ben Butler, James Hutton Institute.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Wednesday 02 November 2016, 10:00-11:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Host-parasite coevolution

Kayla King (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

A unified nonlinear stochastic time series analysis for climate science

Dr. Woosok Moon, BAS Cambridge.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 01 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Direct Detection of Criegee Intermediates and Reaction Products Using Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy

For details of this seminar, please contact Dr Ferracci as above

Dr Dan Stone, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 31 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Splash and spray from a partially submerged spinning disc

Megan Davies Wykes (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 31 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Wake effects in the ocean - from dolphins to CTDs via western boundary currents

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dave Munday, BAS.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 26 October 2016, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Oral transfer of chemical cues, growth proteins and hormones: crowdsourcing development in social insects

Adria Le Boeuf, University of Lausanne.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Uncertainty quantification for complex simulators using emulation

Dr Richard Wilkinson, The University of Sheffield.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interactions of HOx with aerosols; Nitric acid-HONO-NOx cycling via particulate nitrate photolysis

Daniel Moon and Dr Chunxiang Ye, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Salinity intrusion in Northern San Francisco Bay: Observations and models

Stephen Monismith (Stanford University).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 24 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

When ice meets ocean: meltwater plumes from the murky depths

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Andrew Wells, AOPP, Oxford.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Wednesday 19 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of butterfly brains

Stephen Montgomery (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 18 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

'Exposure Track' -The Impact of Mobile Device Based Mobility Patterns on Quantifying Population Exposure to Air Pollution

Dr Marguerite Nyhan, Havard University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 18 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

National air quality monitoring network and model forecast in China: current status, perspectives and challenges

For details of this seminar, please contact Bin Ouyang, details above

Xiaoyan Wang and Wei Wang, China National Environment Monitoring Centre.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Adding the time dimension to our large-scale glacier inversions: goals, challenges, and early work

Dan Goldberg (University of Edinburgh).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 17 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Indicating natural and anthropogenic changes in marine ecosystems: Field studies with seabirds in the North Atlantic

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Stefan Garthe, Research and Technology Centre (FTZ), Kiel University, Germany.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Friday 14 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Winton Discussions

France’s Nuclear Energy Transition: Turning Points in National Policy and Innovation

Dr. Kathleen Araújo, Stony Brook University.

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room.

Thursday 13 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Non-genetic inheritance in mice

Rahia Mashoodh (University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Reduced-order transport models for energy and the environment

Zhong Zheng (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 10 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Mixing and phytoplankton dynamics in Antarctica's coastal seas

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Filipa Carvalho, Rutgers.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Friday 07 October 2016, 11:00-12:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

SO WHAT is the Global Sustainability Institute?

Meet the team!.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 207), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 20 September 2016, 16:00-17:30

British Antarctic Survey

An Evaluation of four global reanalysis products using in-situ observations in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica

Richard Jones, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 20 September 2016, 14:00-15:00

DAMTP Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

A model for super El Ninos

Dr Saji Hameed, University of Aizu, Japan.

MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 07 September 2016, 12:30-13:30

British Antarctic Survey

Atmospheric oxygen: Useful for more than just breathing...

Andrew Manning - University of East Anglia.

room 187, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge, CB3 0ET.

Tuesday 06 September 2016, 14:00-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: A community-wide effort to quantify tropospheric ozone in a rapidly changing world

Note unusual time

Dr Owen Cooper, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 02 September 2016, 11:00-12:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The mechanics of internal wave generation by volcanic eruptions

Peter Baines (University of Melbourne).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 08 August 2016, 15:00-16:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Controls on turbulent mixing on the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr Alexander Brearley (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 27 July 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The two-timescale response of Antarctic ocean and sea-ice cover to wind changes: a follow-up

Please note change of time and venue. If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. David Ferreira, Univ. Reading.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 20 July 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Momentum budget in the Arctic: Atmosphere - Ice - Ocean

f external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Michel Tsamados, (UCL).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 22 June 2016, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A global perspective on conflict and cooperation in animal mating systems

Simon Griffith, Macquarie University, Sydney.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Laboratory Studies of Criegee Intermediate Reactions

Rabi Chhantyal Pun, Bristol University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 June 2016, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Director's Choice

BAS work in the Arctic

Please contact the organiser beforehand to arrange access with BAS reception

Henry Burgess.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 14 June 2016, 14:30-15:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

How unsteady winds can fuel phytoplankton blooms at fronts in the upper ocean

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Dan Whitt, University of Cambridge.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Wednesday 08 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Meta-(DNA)barcoding & the ecology of coral-reef fish

Moshe Kiflawi (Ben Gurion University, Israel).

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Tuesday 07 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Imaging organic aerosols

Dr Francis Pope, Birmingham University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 June 2016, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey

Understanding Earth System responses during the Last Glacial Maximum

Dr Peter Hopcroft, University of Bristol.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Thursday 02 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute lecture series

LATITUDE NORTH BY Charles Moseley

Charles Moseley.

SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 24 May 2016, 17:30-19:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Is the mid-latitude winter storm frequency predictable?

Dr Gregor Leckebusch, University of Birmingham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 May 2016, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Director's Choice

Why BAS science matters for Antarctic Policy: Engaging with Politicians, Managers and other Stakeholders

Please contact the organiser beforehand to arrange access with BAS reception

Phil Trathan, Richard Phillips and Jen Jackson.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Friday 20 May 2016, 10:00-11:00

Winton Discussions

Energy Catalyst

Michael Priestnall, Lead Technologist in Energy for Innovate UK.

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room.

Thursday 19 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Using tagged seals to evaluate the MODIS record: can perturbations to the base of the Southern Ocean food web be detected in 12 years of data?

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Lauren Biermann, CEFAS.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Thursday 19 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The annual cycle in tropical lower stratospheric temperatures

Dr Alison Ming, Cambridge University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 May 2016, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

New thoughts about authigenic carbonate

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Sasha Turchyn, Univ. Cambridge.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 11 May 2016, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

Heroic reconstructions of polar climate

Philip Brohan (UK Met Office).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 10 May 2016, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Developing a unified framework for modelling (exo)planets

Nathan Mayne, University of Exeter.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 May 2016, 14:00-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Iodine compounds in polar regions and their relevance to regional aerosol & climate.

Dr Howard K Roscoe, British Antarctic Survey.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 April 2016, 14:15-15:15

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Spending time in a low carbon society: Less stuff, more fun?

Angela Druckman, University of Surrey.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 22 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Winton Discussions

Fuel cells and hydrogen – moving towards a low carbon economy

Gareth Hinds, National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room.

Thursday 21 April 2016, 16:00-17:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Opportunity Peterborough’s Role in the Development of a Sustainable City

Trevor Gibson, Opportunity Peterborough.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 15 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Stratospheric Sulfur Geoengineering – Benefits and Risks

NOTE UNUSUAL START TIME

Professor Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 March 2016, 11:30-12:45

Winton Discussions

Nurturing a political economy for a sustainable future: technology, innovation, and science

David Bent - Forum for the Future.

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room.

Thursday 17 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Winter is coming. What happens to sea ice anomalies?

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Joakim Kjellsson (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Wednesday 16 March 2016, 14:00-15:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Bringing together energy and water: a useful Nexus or just another network?

Michael Green and Chris Foulds, Global Sustainability Institute.

Marconi Building (MAR 102), Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford.

Wednesday 16 March 2016, 12:00-13:00

British Antarctic Survey

Planetary Vital Signs

Charles Kennel (University of California San Diego).

room 187, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge, CB3 0ET.

Tuesday 15 March 2016, 14:00-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Pushing the Envelope – Advancing Atmospheric Observations using Aerial Robotics

Dr Rick Thomas, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 March 2016, 14:15-15:15

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Nigeria: energy past to climate future

John Ward, Vivid Economics & Norbert Edomah, Global Sustainability Institute.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A sting in the tail: evolutionary consequences of chemical anti-predator defence in animals

Kevin Arbuckle, University of Liverpool.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Sea ice climate interactions in the Pliocene Arctic

Fergus Howell (University of Leeds).

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 08 March 2016, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

How many oceans are there really? Using Lagrangian ocean dynamics to study climate, marine ecosystems and plastic accumulation

Erik van Sebille (Grantham Institute/Physics, Imperial College).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 07 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Sensitivity of Antarctic Bottom Water to Changing Surface Buoyancy Fluxes.

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Kate Snow.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 187.

Monday 07 March 2016, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genome packaging: is that enough to explain the caste plasticity in social insects?

Solenn Patalano, Babraham Institute Cambridge .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Association between health responses and indoor air quality in London primary classrooms

Dr Lia Chatzidiakou.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Association between health responses and indoor air quality in London primary classrooms

Dr Lia Chatzidiakou.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

An equivalent barotropic view of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Dave Munday (British Antarctic Survey).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 29 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Zebra stripes: testing old stories with new data

Tim Caro, UC Davis.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Change agency: working with difference and conflict

Laurie Michaelis.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The Tangled World of Reactive Oxygen Species: the Search for the Bad Actors in Ambient Particles

Prof Suzanne Paulson, UCLA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Flexural Mechanics of Subduction

Neil Ribe (CNRS, Universite Paris Sud).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 22 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Sustainability in performing arts: “So shines a good deed in a naughty world”

James Phillips, Global Sustainability Institute.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Wednesday 17 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Does colour and colour change matter for thermoregulation in animals?

Devi Stuart-Fox, University of Melbourne.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 16 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A marine biogenic source of atmospherically relevant ice nucleating particles

Dr Theo Wilson, University of Leeds.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Dynamical attribution of recent variability in Atlantic overturning

Helen Johnson (Earth Sciences, University of Oxford).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 15 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Upper Ocean Dynamics: Waves, Eddies, Turbulence, Spectra, Modelling

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper, Brown University.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 10 February 2016, 11:00-12:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Far from the deafening crowd: the effects of noise pollution on songbirds

John Swaddle, University of Exeter and College of William & Mary.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 09 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

El Niño 2015/16: the kid is back

Eric Guilyardi, University of Reading.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Stochastic dynamical systems and seasonal climate dynamics

Woosok Moon (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 08 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Reclaiming Sustainability - a talk based on the book ‘Sustainability: a cultural history’, by Ulrich Grober

Ray Cunningham.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Causes and Consequences of Selection at the Gametic Level in Animals

Simone Immler, Uppsala University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 02 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Laboratory studies of halogen oxide radical reactions and sensor development for reactive gases

Dr Valerio Ferracci, Cambridge University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 February 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Deformation in Porous Media; squashing paper, and carbon dioxide storage

Duncan Hewitt (DAMTP).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 01 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What chickens and dogs can teach us about genetics and epigenetics of domesticated behaviour

Per Jensen, Linköping University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 26 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Extracting policy relevant findings from air pollution monitoring networks

Dr Gary Fuller, King's College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 January 2016, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

The fluid dynamics of a suspension of frazil ice crystals

David Rees Jones (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 25 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Winton Discussions

Living Laboratory for Sustainability

Emily Dunning - Coordinator of the Living Laboratory for Sustainability.

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room.

Thursday 21 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Variability of the polar stratospheric vortex and its impact on surface climate patterns

Note unusual time and place

Aditi Sheshadri, Columbia University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 January 2016, 14:15-15:15

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

You, tree, and me make me me: biotic environments and the expression of genetic variation

Darren Rebar, Zoology Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 19 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Recent advances in knowledge of the kinetics and mechanism of Criegee Intermediates as tropospheric oxidizing species

NOTE SLIGHTLY LATER START TIME

Dr R.A. Cox, Cambridge University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 18 January 2016, 14:30-15:30

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Tropical rainfall, Rossby waves and initialised climate predictions

Adame Scaife (Met Office Hadley Centre).

MR4, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 18 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Après Paris: Exploring the shadow of COP21

David Wasdell, Director of the Apollo-Gaia Project.

Optometry Building 102, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Monday 14 December 2015, 13:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Air-sea exchange variability and its atmosphere/ocean model resolution-dependence in HadGEM3.

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Pat Hyder, Met Office.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Friday 11 December 2015, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS Seminars

Steve Campbell, Cameron Rae, David Wade.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 07 December 2015, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Natural iron fertilization of productive Antarctic shelf waters

Prof. Rob Sherrell, Rutgers.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Friday 04 December 2015, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Director's Choice

Back to the future? Climate clues from a past warm time interval

Please contact the organiser beforehand to arrange access with BAS reception

Emilie Capron.

British Antarctic Survey, conference room.

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 14:00-15:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

The Pope and the planet: religion in climate change

Ian Christie (Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group, University of Surrey).

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetics and genomics of lifespan in the short-lived African turquoise killifish

Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 December 2015, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Mixing at the fringes of a rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelf

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Prof. Alberto Naveira Garabato, University of Southampton.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Tuesday 01 December 2015, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Vortex splitting in the stratosphere by sub planetary-scale cyclogenesis in the troposphere, and some other thoughts about the dynamics of stratospheric sudden warmings

Professor Alan O'Neill, Reading University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 November 2015, 14:15-15:15

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Glacier Retreat and the Oceans: A view from Patagonia

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Carlos Moffat.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Monday 30 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Mixing at the fringes of a rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelf

Alberto Naviera-Garabato (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 30 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

High-latitude climate sensitivity in a greenhouse world: lessons from the Eocene

If you wish to attend this talk but are not a member of staff at the British Antarctic Survey, you are very welcome but could you please contact us at kelgan@bas.ac.uk to let us know that you are coming. Thank you.

Alexander P. Wolfe Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta .

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Thursday 26 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

The Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN)

From Kyoto to Paris: A historical perspective on international climate change negotiations

Dr. David S. Reiner (Proveri Inc.).

Castle Teaching Room, 4th floor, Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington Street, CB2 1AG.

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 17:15-18:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Artificial selection reveals the costs and benefits of large brain size

Alexander Kotrschal, Stockholm University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Role Models: research models to answer policy questions

Mr. Davide Natalini (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, uk) James Woodcock, Centre for Diet and Activity Research.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ozone-alkene reactions: The role of trees in atmospheric chemistry

Dr Michael Newland, University of East Anglia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 November 2015, 14:15-15:15

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How social interactions shape the genome.

Jenny Tung, Duke University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 19 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The valence of experience: learning and the directionality of preferences

Machteld Verzijden, Aarhus University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Urban Air Quality: An Increasing Challenge for Public Health

Professor Frank Kelly, King's College London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Effect of topography and surface friction discontinuity on tropical cyclone tracks

If external to BAS, please contact the organiser for building access.

Prof. Johny Chan, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CCFCS event

Speaker to be confirmed.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 16 November 2015, 14:15-17:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Origins and glacial-interglacial shifts

Nick McCave (Dept. of Earth Sciences).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 16 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Unusual questions/ extraordinary answers

Hands-on exhibition bringing new perspectives to sustainability.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 12 November 2015, 16:00-18:00

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Co-production: an inclusive approach to climate action

Dr Candice Howarth (Global Sustainability Instititute).

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Thursday 12 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

The South Georgia Gravity Wave Experiment (SG-WEX): investigating the small island problem

If external to BAS, please contact the organiser for building access.

Tracy Moffat-Griffin, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Adaptive immunity of wild songbirds; how to handle pathogens and maximize fitness.

Helena Westerdahl, Lund University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 10 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Tropical Cyclone Motion in the Presence of Surface Discontinuity and Topography

Johnny Chan (City University of Hong Kong, Trinity College Cambridge).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 09 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Variability of eddy-mean flow interactions in atmospheric storm tracks and an application to the ACC.

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Dr. Maarten Ambaum, University of Reading.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 04 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Behavioral flexibility is not predicted by innovation or brain size in great-tailed grackles, New Caledonian crows, and Western scrub jays

Corina Logan, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Introduction of a Portable and Automated On-Line Instrument to Measure Health-Relevant Aerosol-Bound Reactive Oxygen Species

Dr Daniel Lienhard, Francis Wragg.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 02 November 2015, 14:15-15:15

Geophysical and Environmental Processes

Magma storage, eruption and outgassing during volcanic eruptions - from space

Marie Edmonds (Dept. of Earth Sciences).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 02 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

The Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN)

Future Energy Needs and Engineering Reality

Professor Michael Kelly ( Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics, University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall..

Friday 30 October 2015, 17:00-18:30

Global Sustainability Institute Seminars & Events

Clim'art' therapy: where do climate change, the arts and psychotherapy meet?

Panel Discussion with artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Marina Velez and Zoe Svendsen led by Dr Renee Lertzman (Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC).

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 002), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 29 October 2015, 18:30-20:00

British Antarctic Survey

Polar lows: recent research on the dynamics of intense high-latitude cyclones

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance for building access.

Prof. Thomas Spengler, University of Bergen.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 330B.

Thursday 29 October 2015, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey

How mammals respond to changing environments, from leopards to devils

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Associate Professor Tracy Rogers, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, University of NSW, Australia.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Thursday 29 October 2015, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The Influence of Southern Ocean Winds on the North Atlantic Carbon Sink

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance for building access

Ben Bronselaer, Univ. Oxford.

British Antarctic Survey, Room 307.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genomics of Recent, Rapid Evolution: Examining the Role of Behavioural Flexibility

Nathan Bailey, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Dynamics of Airborne Droplets

Joint RIG seminar - note unusual time and place

Professor Jonathan Reid, Bristol University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 16:00-17:15

British Antarctic Survey - Director's Choice

Rothera Time Series and the Dutch Collaboration

Please contact David Munday (danday@bas.ac.uk) to arrange access to BAS

Hugh Venables, BAS.

British Antarctic Survey, conference room.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 14:00-15:00