The third event in the Second Nature speaker series is tomorrow!
Island Britain is separated from the European continent by the English Channel and the North Sea. But it was not always so. The floor of the Channel provides evidence for two catastrophic floods arising from the drainage of huge glacial lakes in the area of the southern North Sea. These megafloods carved the Dover Strait to make Britain the island it is today.
Picture from Nature
Join us with Professor Phil Gibbard, Dept. of Geography, Cambridge University, for a talk and discussion on recent research in the English Channel that has revealed evidence for two catastrophic “megafloods” hundreds of thousands of years ago which led to the creation of Britain as we know it today. Professor Gibbard will talk about how these floods defined Britain’s geographical future, sealed our sttus as an island and had profound implications for natural life in Britain and the climate of the North Atlantic.
No specialist knowledge required – all welcome!
Title: How Britain became an island
Speaker: Prof Phil Gibbard
Location: Second Nature
Date: Thurs 27th Sept
Time: 11am SLT, 2pm EST, 6pm GMT, 7pm BST
Contact: Joanna Wombat
For more info, see the full description
Will the finale involve a megaflood dividing the Second Nature island in two?
It was great, thanks, Jo! I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Prof Gibbard, both in Second Life and at the NPG offices, who most graciously put up with my novice questions. And I can now imagine mammoths tramping around the grasslands of the southern English coast only very recently (i.e. 20,000 years ago!)
I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Prof Gibbard, both in Second Life and at the NPG offices
Which was better?
(much as I like Second Life)... I prefered meeting him in person actually! Are you ever in Second Life, Scott? If so, I can also compare with the real you at our events at The Lamb :)