Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Monday, 23 Mar 2026 - 18:00

A Living Planet

Several small, light-colored bonnet mushrooms with bell-shaped caps and thin stems growing among green foliage and brown debris on a forest floor

Earth is a living planet. But how much life is there, and what is it doing? We will discuss the distribution of biomass on Earth, and compare the effects of microbes, wild animals, domesticated animals. The aim of this lecture is to provide concrete examples of how life is woven in with the rest of the planetary engine, expanding the importance of biodiversity from sentiment alone to a matter of survival for both whole ecosystems and our own civilisation.

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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