Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker Professor Laura Vaughan UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
Is the death of the high street inevitable? Professor Vaughan will describe her research using historical, geographical and spatial analysis of suburban centres. The results tell us how land use diversity and road connectivity have helped the high street adapt to significant social and economic change. Tues 11 Feb
A world with this much CO2: lessons from four million years ago Dr Chris Brierley UCL Geography
Last year, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations passed 400 parts per million – a level not seen since the Pliocene (3–5 million years ago). We know that the Pliocene was a warm world without glacial cycles and that the tropical Pacific’s climate was also structurally different. This lecture will discuss the causes and implications of this discrepancy. Thurs 13 Feb
Studying sex comes of age, 23 January.
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