From the 6th to the 9th of January, the two PhD students attended the QRA Annual Discussion Meeting, hosted by Newcastle University. This years theme being ‘Quaternary Insights: Linking the Past, Present and Future’. Many interesting oral sessions and poster sessions were held. And, both PhDs presented a poster on (preliminary) results.
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Keynote presentations:
- Wiley Keynote Speaker: Prof. Nina Kirchner with “Processes in glacial and emerging post-glacial landscapes in the Arctic – recent examples from Sweden and the northern Greenland Ice Sheet margin”
- QRA Keynote Speaker: Dr. Celia Martin-Puertas with “Co-production of palaeoclimate knowledge to support near-term climate predictions”
Fieldtrip:
Noses Point at Seaham by Dave Roberts, Bethan Davies and Seb Pitman
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