More than just a lid on the ocean and a perch for preening penguins, sea ice is essential for maintaining our global marine ecosystems, and transporting seawater around the planet. Enjoy images of astonishing and endless forms of ice during this presentation and learn about the important differences between icebergs and sea ice. Discover about how something so simple as water freezing keeps our planet’s ecosystems functioning. Meet the animals who rely on the ice and learn about their adaptations which help them thrive in an environment that we consider so inhospitable.
Length:
45min + Q/A
This talk will take place on Sunday, 5 December:
12:00 pm – New York time (GMT-5)
5:00 pm – London time (GMT)
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Speaker
Conor Ryan is a zoologist with a particular interest in the ecology of baleen whales. Although his doctoral research was using environmental chemistry to study whale movements and diet, his current research has focusses on acoustics, bioethics and historic whaling.
He has an affinity for islands and polar places where he works as a wildlife guide and a self-employed scientist. Conor is a research associate on the research vessel Song of the Whale and regularly works on Lindblad Expeditions / National Geographic ships in Antarctica and the Arctic.
Originally from Cobh in Ireland, Conor has lived on the Isle of Mull for almost 8 years. He enjoys expedition kayaking around the Hebrides, foraging for seaweeds and fungi and learning about tiny, overlooked and obscure things such as lichens.