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Scratching the Surface? Looking from Space at Human Impact on Earth

An analysis of what we can learn of the earth’s fragile ecology from what is being revealed thanks to recent developments in space technology which have allowed us to view the Earth in new and amazing ways, identifying our impact on land, atmosphere, oceans and freshwater in astonishing detail.

The Early River Thames: The Iron Age and Before

The lecture will examine the changing shape of the Thames Valley (the London end in particular), evidence of population movement and urban growth and the appearance of agricultural and industrial activity from the earliest times to the arrival of the Romans.

'The Cradle of Stonehenge'? Blick Mead - a Mesolithic Site in the Stonehenge Landscape

This talk outlines the newly discovered local landscape history of the Vespasian's Camp area, the field interventions, and concludes with a review of the site.

Bug World: Sex, Violence and a Cast of Billions

Insects are the most abundant and enduring multi-cellular life form ever to have evolved. As model organisms in research, insects have greatly helped our understanding of genetics, physiology and behaviour.

Development, Developers and the Water Environment

An overview of the impact of development and developers on the water environment by Professor Carolyn Roberts

Britain's Damaged Rivers

From the nineteenth century onwards, growth in the UK's towns...

Gardening Entrepreneurs

We think of men such as Lancelot "Capability" Brown, (b...

Wildlife Gardening

Growing concern for the environment has encouraged us to see...

Oil on Troubled Waters: The Industrial Legacy and Britain's Groundwater

Groundwater is an important source of drinking water in London...

The Creeping Paralysis of Drought

Water shortage is an increasingly common challenge to development in...