Planet Earth Distinguished Lecture 2022 The following is the calendar of activities organised for this year's Planet Earth guest. DAY 1: Monday 4rd April 2022 - Kings Buildings 1200-1330 Lunch in the Cockburn Museum, Grant Institute Everyone at the School is invited to an informal lunch at the Cockburn Museum, at which you will have the opportunity to meet this year's speaker Penny Holliday from the National Oceanography Centre. Meetings with individuals/groups On Day 1 Penny will be available for private meetings of 45min each with individuals or groups based in Kings Building. The following are the available time slots, please contact events.geos@ed.ac.uk if you are interested in reserving any of these: 1400 Meetings with individuals/groups 1500 Meetings with individuals/groups 1600 Meetings with individuals/groups DAY 2: Tuesday 5th April 2022 – Geography Building / ECCI / Dynamic Earth Meetings with individuals/groups Opportunity to meet with the speaker this time in the Central area. If you are based in Drummond Street and would like to meet Penny at the time shown below please get in touch with events.geos@ed.ac.uk: 1100 Meetings with individuals/groups 1200-1400 Scientific talk and lunch @ ECCI Penny will present a special seminar at the ECCI after which everyone is welcome to join her for lunch. This talk is aimed at academics, researchers, and PhD students. Title: Recent changes in North Atlantic ocean circulation Abstract: The North Atlantic is one of the most well-observed regions of the global ocean and yet still has mysteries that we need to unravel. The North Atlantic ocean circulation influences many aspects of the Earth system that matter to society including extreme weather, the health of the ocean and future climate. Accurately representing the many different processes that make up the mean circulation and how it changes over time in our climate models is crucial to the confidence we have in forecasts and policy advice that is built on them. In this presentation I will describe recent changes in North Atlantic ocean circulation and show how observations and model experiments have provided new understanding of the complexity of the feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere. Buffet lunch will be served in the Atrium after the talk. Public Lecture and Drinks reception @ Dynamic Earth The annual public lecture this year will be held at the Dynamic Earth where Penny will be delivering the following talk: Title: Sea change in the climate system: the challenge to understand and predict global ocean circulation Time: Doors open at 6pm Programme: 6pm Welcome Tea & Coffee 7pm Public Lecture 8.30pm Drinks reception This article was published on 2024-07-01
