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Look up! The changing skies above

The venue has step-free access, but toilet facilities are not wide enough for wheelchair access.
Past event - 2022
11 May Doors 7pm
Event 7:30 - 9:30pm
The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road,
London SE15 3BE
This evening we'll be taking to the skies, home to long distance migratory birds and a potential tool in the battle against global warming.

Mapping bird migration and understanding its ecological drivers

Dr Marius Somveille (Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research)
Billions of birds migrate every year between breeding and wintering grounds, exhibiting a remarkable diversity of routes and seasonal destinations, generating a major redistribution of birds worldwide. Despite this, the underlying forces driving bird migration patterns remain largely unknown. From mapping bird migration, my results indicate that birds tend to distribute across the world in an energy-efficient way, and that migration is an adaptation allowing birds to optimise their energy budget. This work provides a basis for predicting how climate change may affect migratory birds.

How an artificial dust layer could help fight climate change

Dr Peter Irvine (Lecturer in Climate Change & Solar Geoengineering)
Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering is the idea that we could add a layer of reflective particles to the upper atmosphere to increase the amount of light reflected by earth which would cool it down. Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering is not a substitute for necessary cuts to greenhouse gas emissions but could it help reduce climate risks? There is no plan B for climate, but is it time to start thinking about plan A+?

About Clíona Farrell (Host)

Clíona Farrell (PhD student, UK Dementia Research Institute)
Clíona is a PhD student in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL studying the cellular and genetic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in people who have Down syndrome. Outside of her studies, Clíona is passionate about science communication and has a fascination of all things Planet Earth!
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