Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Thursday, 11 Sep 2025 - 18:00

Earth – Our Planetary Life Support System

Sun, Earth, and Moon seen from space with a starry background.

Planet Earth is an intricate and interconnected system, with some fundamental rules that we usually ignore. But we are part of our planet, not separate to it or just perched on top of it. This lecture will consider the two primary rules of Earth: that energy continually flows through the system (in from the Sun and then out again to space) and that matter/atoms must be continually recycled and use these to build up an outsider’s view of our planet.

Helen Czerski

Professor Helen Czerski

Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment

Dr Helen Czerski is a physicist and oceanographer with a passion for science, sport, books, creativity, hot chocolate and investigating the interesting things in life. ...

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