Due to the Covid-19 situation, Lecture Meetings will be held by Zoom until further notice.
All meetings are on THURSDAYS at 8:15pm.
Members of the public are invited: some Zoom invitations will be available for those not in the Society: send an email with HSS Talk in the subject line to
info@hampsteadscience.ac.uk before a meeting to get an invitation.
| Date | Subject (Standard Info) | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
8:15 pm |
This talk discusses the use of a portable Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) instrument to gather 3D information about forest structure. We create a virtual forest model that we use to validate satellite vegetation products and estimate previously elusive tree properties. |
(NPL) |
8:15 pm |
The talk will cover the history of insecticide use and development, the potential risks and benefits and alternatives to conventional chemistry. The speaker will go into some detail on the very public debate about one particular type of insecticides, the neonicotinoids, and their potential effects on bees. Including her views on how policy making can become skewed and doesn’t always use the best scientific evidence. Although she will try to make the case for using insecticides, she will also acknowledge that we should be using them in the most responsible way and trying to phase them out and find better alternatives to protect our crops without damaging non-target species and the wider environment. For this she will draw on examples of the work being done in her Department at Rothamsted, including biological control, biopesticides, the use of 'natural' chemicals, plant breeding and genetic manipulation. |
(Rothamsted Research) |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
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8:15 pm |
(University College London) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
(National Physical Laboratory) | |
8:00 pm |
Last updated 13-Oct-2020