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The Department of Geography at @KingsCollegeLon | leading in urban studies, geocomputation, environment & development, hazards & risk, environment dynamics
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http://www.kcl.ac.uk/geography 15-12-2011 10:48:14
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Is one of the world’s most spectacular sights at risk?
A new study by Aidan Byrne finds huge flocks of Lesser Flamingos are in danger of being flushed out of their feeding grounds as East Africa’s lakes continue to rise - and climate change is set to make things worse.⬇️
Day 2 of the #ECSconference2024 . Having a whale of a time 🐋
ICYMI my poster on humpback whales of the Pitcairn Islands is over at CO-20.
King's Geography ZSL Science
Great to hear Essex 🦫 work reported on the ENDS Report Eco Chamber podcast! Flood risk & drought mitigation impact, AtkinsRéalis wetland animation & King's Geography data collection
open.spotify.com/show/4uqmPDLen…
EnvAgencyAnglia Matt Butcher Mark Mulligan
New in International Development Planning Review: Daanish Mustafa 🦉 دانش مُصطفیٰ on gender equality and responsible consumption and production, the two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that could be the key to achieving some success in realising the SDGs: bit.ly/IDPR-Vol-46-2 King's Geography
Joins us today at 4pm for a webinar on: 'Thirsty Islands of the Aegean Sea: Ancient and Modern Water Crises on Aigina' with Irene Polinskaya (KCL) and Katerina Velentza (U of Hull)!
Link to join: bit.ly/4aLNj3E
With King's Water Centre King's Geography
The World Made Me 🌍 returns!
As a teenager, Professor Kate Schreckenberg had ambitions to solve global hunger.
But going to university brought home the real complexity and nuance of the challenge.
Hear Kate speak more about her career:
youtube.com/watch?v=BW7Bio…
If you'd like to learn how to build freestation.org and other designs of #LowCostSensing for #EnvironmentalResearch register for this fully funded NERC course King's Geography over three days in London and the #ThamesEstuary
I was able to legitimately inflict The Fall on my students King's Geography in a lecture on Manchester music in Urban Cultural Geography. They didn't look impressed but I was able to tell them that 40 years ago this is precisely what students King's College London wanted. Only £1.60 too
Thrilled to play a small part in this paper out today in Conservation Letters! 'Destructive fishing' is often talked about but has no formal definition, limiting effective policy. Here, we consult with 80 experts from 32 countries to develop a draft definition!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
📢🔥New PhD opportunity with us at King's Geography on exploring future fire regimes through modelling, valuation and narratives. Join our vibrant team! Deadline 15 April.
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-ex…
We're running a 3-day training course for PhD/ECRs on 'Fundamentals of Build-It-Yourself Environmental Sensors' in May! Open to all with priority given to those with NERC funding.
Register here: environmentalsensorhub.org/training/funda…
King's Geography Dr Kris Chan Daniel Schillereff Mark Mulligan
#WorldWaterDay2024 is about water for peace. Banish tired tropes of water wars and unpick the real issues at stake in the fab Disorder Podcast with King's Geography Prof Naho Mirumachi
open.spotify.com/episode/37CoWZ…
Threats to tropical rainforests | Ecosystems Curiosity Booster video on Time for Geography, to help students studying for #GCSEs , #IGCSEs , #A -levels, #IA -levels, #IB , #National5 #Highers | with King's Geography King's College London | The Curious Geographer Mark Mulligan timeforgeography.co.uk/videos-list/ec…
Why is there a disconnect between climate science and policy action? How can we model the environment to understand where change is needed? Apply to our MSc Climate Change - interdisciplinary science & policy taught by people who care: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgrad… King's Geography
Last week H2020 ReSET project and King's Geography took part in a beautiful set of events mixing science and art on London’s newly pedestrian Strand, including #AI grandmas, #NbS walking tours and stunning light show St Mary le Strand - The Jewel in the Strand using PolicySupport.org #FreeStation environmental data!
This was fun to record! With Graihagh Jackson🌎 Akshat Rathi Justin Rowlatt
To follow progress on those sea level projections to 2300 with machine learning: see Protect-slr and our talks at EGU & The Alan Turing Institute #ClimateInformatics
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