The Thin Blue Line: Observing Earth’s Atmosphere

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Sam Illingworth (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Monday 12 May 2014, 14:15-15:30
• Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Amanda Maycock.

The atmosphere is a thin sheet of air extending from the surface of the Earth into space, it is about 60 miles thick, and constitutes less than a millionth of the Earth’s total mass, yet human beings depend upon it as a nourishing essence to their continued existence. But what exactly is the atmosphere? And more importantly how do we tell what on Earth is going on up there? In this presentation Dr Illingworth, a lecturer in Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, talks about the thin blue line separating the habitable environs of Earth’s surface from the harshness of outer space, describing how scientists monitor the atmosphere using a variety of observational techniques and instrumentation.

This talk is part of the Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept. series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• All Talks (aka the CURE list)
• CamBridgeSens
• Cambridge Environment
• Cambridge talks
• Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.
• Climate Science Seminars within Cambridge
• Department of Chemistry
• Featured lists
• LCLU Departmental Talks
• Life Science Interface Seminars
• Queens' College Politics Society
• School of Physical Sciences
• Talks related to atmosphere and ocean dynamics and climate science
• Trust & Technology Initiative - interesting events
• Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.