What can sediments tell us about climate change?
Veröld - Hús Vigdísar
Lecture hall
New findings from Queen Margrethe’s and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society
Open seminar in Auðarsalur, Veröld – Húsi Vigdísar, University of Iceland
Friday December 9th, from 12:00 til 14:00
Programme
12:00 – 12:05 Opening address
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s prime minister
12:05 – 12:10 Opening address
Kirsten Geelan, Ambassador of Denmark to Iceland
12:10 – 12:15 Opening address
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector, University of Iceland
12:15 – 12:45 Keynote
Why on Earth should we worry about what nature looked like in the past?
What questions does ROCS want to answer?
Professor Katherine Richardson, leader of ROCS
12:45 – 13:00 The Saga of that one layer between the Ocean and the Atmosphere around Iceland, and why should we care about it
Angel Ruiz-Angulo, associate professor of Oceanography, University of Iceland