{"id":6433,"date":"2015-09-25T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?page_id=6433"},"modified":"2016-09-23T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T11:14:43","slug":"school-university-lectures-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?page_id=6433","title":{"rendered":"School-University Lectures 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

These lectures were aimed at secondary schools (KS3, 4 and 5). They took place on 7th December 2015 in the Berrill Lecture Theatre at the Open University\u2019s Walton Hall campus.<\/p>\n

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The 2015 lecturing team: l-r Dr Mark Brandon, Dr Ellie Dommett, Professor Richard Holliman, Professor Simon Kelley and Kerry Reid. Photo: Kate Bradshaw.<\/p><\/div>\n

To view the 2014 lectures, select: Science Matters 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To view the 2013 lectures, select: Science Matters 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Event summary<\/strong>
\nIn this programme of school lectures, jointly organised with the Denbigh Teaching School Alliance<\/a> as part of the Engaging Opportunities<\/a> project, school students from Milton Keynes and the surrounding region heard from four Open University scientists. <\/p>\n

These Open University scientists work at the cutting edge of research. Their talks were followed by an opportunity to ask questions as the four speakers returned to the stage for a panel Question and Answer session. <\/p>\n

Short summaries of the 2015 lectures are listed below with links to videos of their talks. The speakers are listed in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/a>

Dr. Mark Brandon, The Open University<\/p><\/div>\n

When ice and oceans meet: the ocean driven decay of the great polar ice sheets<\/strong>
\nDr. Mark Brandon<\/a><\/p>\n

Key parts of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting as our climate changes – but much of this decay is hidden. It\u2019s not increasing air temperatures which are melting the ice, it\u2019s where the ice is contact with the ocean. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to detect this melting using satellites, but to understand how the ocean is melting the ice and the melt rate we need to get in close to where action is \u2013 the point where the ice and the oceans meet. <\/p>\n

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An ice ocean boundary.<\/p><\/div>\n

In my talk I describe what happens at these relatively small crucial boundaries, and explain why this is vital for the future of the ice, the future global sea level and ultimately for the climate of our planet.<\/p>\n