Inaugural in-person Project Meeting
Posted on: 02/03/2022 By: Harry Robson
SEACHANGE project members gathered together for the first time at the University of Exeter Penryn Campus in Cornwall, to discuss the five individual Work Packages as well as an upcoming research cruise and fieldwork. Twenty three members of the project team got together for a two day meeting between Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th January 2022. Those who could not be there in person joined online enabling further participation from members across the globe. Attendees included both members of staff as well as students from the University of Exeter, University of Copenhagen, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and the University of York.
The 23 members of the project team enjoying the Cornish sunshine.
The event commenced with an introduction from projects PI's James Scourse, Callum Roberts, Kristine Bohmann and Bernd Schöne before individual presentations on Australia (Geoff Bailey), the Early Holocene of the North Sea (Oliver Craig, Harry Robson and Niklas Hausmann), Antarctica (James Scourse), Iceland (Paul Butler) and the Late Holocene of the North Sea (David Orton and Jen Harland). This was followed by an evening meal, allowing the project team to meet one another and continue discussion over a glass of wine. On the second day James Scourse provided an overview of the forthcoming scientific cruise which is scheduled for April and May 2022 in the North Sea basin and beyond, whilst Jen Harland detailed future fieldwork planned for July 2022 in Orkney.
The 2000-year old peat deposits eroding on the beach at Praa Sands and RSPB Marazion Marsh (credit: Harry K. Robson).
Following, there was an optional excursion to Praa Sands to visit 2000-year old peat deposits eroding on the beach as well as to RSPB Marazion Marsh to see a natural habitat which was likely how the peat deposits once looked. All in all, it was a highly successful meeting.
