Standing on the shoulder of giants – Ireland through the Ice Age

Dr Catherine Dalton

 

UNDERSTANDING how Ireland was shaped before and after the Ice Age will allow IQUA scientists understand how the present and future climate.

That will be the focus of a presentation given by a Mary Immaculate College geography lecturer Dr Catherine Dalton, who, as the Chair of the Irish Quaternary Association (IQUA), will host their annual spring symposium in Limerick this year.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Quaternary Science Retrospective will take place in the Hunt Museum on Saturday April 21 next and will consist of a series of retrospective talks in celebration of key quaternary scientists known for their trailblazing work investigating how the Irish landscape was shaped during and since the Ice Age.

The lives of these influential pioneers of the nineteenth and twentieth-century and the challenges they faced will be explored.

According to Dr Dalton of the IQUA, “the unseasonably cold weather and recent fodder crisis are important reminders of climate change and its impacts on all of us. To understand the present climate and how it might change in the future, we must understand the past. Ireland has a rich history of scientific endeavour that continues to this day.

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“Through this, Irish scientists have played a pivotal role in our understanding of the last ice age and how it shaped the landscape. We would like to illustrate the lives, works and legacies of these trailblazing men and women.”

More details can be found at www.mic.ul.ie

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