‘Rock star’ geologist Professor Iain Stewart will take his audience on a tour beneath the surface of the UK at a lecture in Dundee this month.
Professor Stewart’s talk, Underground Britain: The new geological front-line, is part of Dundee University’s Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
Professor Stewart is best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programmes, including the BAFTA-nominated Earth: The Power of the Planet.
Making Scotland’s Landscape, a major BBC Two series, saw him examine how centuries of human activity have changed our landscape.
The relationship between humans and the land they walk on will be revisited in his Dundee talk as Professor Stewart examines recent developments that have made the subject of geology more relevant to inhabitants of the UK than ever before.
He said: “Whether it be drilling and fracking for onshore oil and gas, deep injection of water for geothermal power, or underground storage of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste, communities across Britain are being confronted with controversial geological interventions under their backyard.
“I will be exploring this land below ground, showing how it is playing an ever more important role in our modern world and asking what the public really knows, and wants to know, about what lies deep beneath their feet.”
The lecture takes place at the Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, on March 22 at 6pm. A book signing and drinks reception will follow the talk.
Free tickets are available from www.dundee.ac.uk/tickets or by calling 01382 385564/385108.