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SUMMARY:Living in the Cold - Professor Llyod Peck
DTSTART:20171114T200000Z
DTEND:20171114T210000Z
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CONTACT:Annika
DESCRIPTION:The Southern Ocean is the coldest ocean on Earth. Its temperat
 ures are amongst the most stable of the global marine environment with mos
 t places having annual temperature ranges of less than 3°C\, and some pla
 ces less than 1°C. Total darkness in winter and 24 h sunlight in summer r
 esults in very short summer phytoplankton blooms that provide the resource
 s for nearly the whole marine ecosystem. This talk will focus on the adapt
 ations of the unique fauna living on the seabed around Antarctica\, and ex
 plore the reasons why these animals are so different from those in warmer 
 oceans. It will also explore how their adaptations make them possibly the 
 most vulnerable to future climate change.\n\nProfessor Lloyd Peck leads a 
 team of around 25 scientists and PhD students in the British Antarctic Sur
 vey. He has completed 18 summer science visits to Antarctica and 3 to the 
 Arctic. His research interests are broad and based around the ecological a
 nd physiological adaptations of animals to their environment and how the e
 nvironment limits what organisms can do.  These limitations are often easi
 er to identify in extreme environments. He is also interested in how the a
 daptations that animals possess affect their capacities to respond to envi
 ronmental change. Prof Peck has written over 225 papers in international j
 ournals\, and more than 20 books\, book chapters or major reviews. He has 
 logged over 700 dives in Antarctica and counts it amongst the best places 
 on Earth for diving because of the unusual invertebrates\, the mammals and
  the ice. He gave the Royal Institution Christmas lectures in 2004.\n\nMem
 bers: Free\, Non-members: £3
LOCATION:Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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