2025 Tiny archives of earth and time exhibition

Located just outside Heriot-Watt’s lake and GRID building you can find out ‘Tiny archives of earth and time exhibition, which features an overview of all sorts of microscopic life that can be found in the ocean, what they do, and what information we can get out of them, describing both iconic and curious events recorded through time. The exhibition was displayed at Dynamic Earth during the Edinburgh Science Festival.

Side one: chronicles of the ocean.
Side 2: Meet & Greet: tiny authors, tiny archives.
Side 3: An Odyssey of the deep: in search of tiny archives.
Side 4: the earth’s games: the everlasting story.

2022 FUTURUM CAREERS: What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

Dr. Babette Hoogakker, together with Dr. Catherine Davis, wrote an article for futurum careers discussing what is happening to oxygen concentrations in the ocean and how information from the past may help understand what is going to happen in the future:

https://futurumcareers.com/what-is-the-fate-of-dissolved-oxygen-in-our-oceans

2021 Climate Detective word-jumble

Announcing the winner for the Climate Detectives 2021 word-jumble: Isla from the Lothians. Congratulations to everybody getting the right answer of ‘paleontologist’. We will plan a similar event for next years’ Science Festival.

Edinburgh Science Festival

26th June – 12th July 2021 | Climate Detectives

Join us at the Heriot-Watt Campus for a fun-fact-filled self guided walk about past climates.

Our circular walk is about 3 km long, going through well developed forest trails and the Heriot-Watt research avenue.

Restrictions permitting there are nearby facilities (refreshments).  There is plenty of free parking available around the campus (nearest car parks: visitor car parks B and A). The trail starts and finishes outside the Oriam. 

Interactive posters showing QR codes will guide you through the walk. Here you will find out about the massive contribution that tiny fossils, looking like popcorn, have made in unravelling past climate change.

To fully enjoy this experience, make sure to bring your smartphone with you! To keep the wee ones (> 5 years) entertained there will also be a word-jumble! 

You can learn more about it here:

Climate Detectives – Main Menu
Welcome to the online presentation of the Lyell Centre Past Climates group for the Edinburgh Science Festival 2021.
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Feedback form self guided walk: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=8l9CbGVo30Kk245q9jSBPSReHxRi_rxLqSIf4yR672pUNjBaNTRRTjBQU1FUUlQ2NlY5T0xSWFBBSC4u

Lyell Centre Virtual Doors Open Days 2020

26th – 27th September 2020 | “What is happening to oxygen in the oceans?”