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SUMMARY:The Long-Range Societal Impacts of Large Eruptions - Professor Cli
 ve Oppenheimer (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Matouš Ptáček
DESCRIPTION:To examine how volcanism shaped prehistoric and historic socia
 l trajectories\, it is absolutely necessary to understand both the essenti
 al mechanisms governing volcanic eruptions\, and the timescales of these p
 rocesses. As an individual volcano may remain active for over a million ye
 ars - an eternity compared to the blink of an eye in which our species has
  walked this planet - the effects on human ecology\, demography and migrat
 ion cannot be understated. Moreover\, such knowledge not only plays a vita
 l role in understanding archaeology & ancient environmental change\, but f
 inds equal application in predicting the dangers our increasingly intercon
 nected & interdependent world may one day face.
LOCATION:Harker Room 1\, Department of Earth Sciences
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