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Upcoming Lectures in 2024 - open to non-members.  
Previous Zoom Lectures are available for 30 days from broadcast - emailed to members only. 

List of lectures (more details for each lecture can be found below list):

Saturday 17th February at 2.00 pm in person St John's Hall - AGM and Annual Address                                                                                                Wednesday 20th March (time tbc) in person at Penryn Campus, "How Climate Change might trigger more Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions" Wednesday 15th May at 7.00 pm on Zoom, “Why earthquakes happen all the time in Britain but not in Ireland”                                                                  Wednesday 19th June at 7.00 pm, Penryn Campus, fossil workshop and social event                                                                                                           Wednesday 18th September at 7.00 pm on Zoom, Mine Water Geothermal Energy                                                                                                                   Wednesday 16th October (time tbc) Joint Lecture with the Cornwall Geoconservation Group                                 


Saturday 17th February at 2.00 pm

Annual General Meeting and Annual Address, St John’s Hall, Penzance

Professor Jon Gluyas, President Designate The Geological Society of London, Ørsted/Ikon Chair in Geoenergy Carbon Capture & Storage, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University (title tbc)

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The Annual Dinner will follow.

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday 20th March in person on Penryn Campus (time and venue to be confirmed)

"How Climate Change might trigger more Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions" - Dr Matthew Blackett, Reader (Associate Professor), Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University Dr Matthew Blackett

 

Joint with the Royal Geographical Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday 15th May at 7.00 pm on Zoom

“Why earthquakes happen all the time in Britain but not in Ireland” - Professor Sergei Lebedev University of Cambridge 

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“Variations in the thickness of tectonic plates offer a long-sought explanation for why Britain experiences many more earthquakes than neighbouring Ireland.”

 

All welcome

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday 19th June at 7.00 pm, Penryn Campus  

Fossil workshop and Social

Details to follow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday 18th September at 7.00 pm on Zoom

Mine Water Geothermal Energy

Alexandra Sweeney, PhD student, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University

 

A quarter of the UK’s population live above disused underground mines. What used to be just a nuisance is now turning into an important resource for low carbon heating of homes and businesses. This talk will explain how mine water geothermal systems work and feature the latest results from a study of how dense the schemes could be made before they interfere with each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday 16th October 2024 

Joint Lecture with the Cornwall Geoconservation Group (Details to be confirmed)