Movies at the Monument
Playing every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday between now and September, Phil James, senior lecturer in Geomatics, Professor of Climate Change Impacts Hayley Fowler and PhD student Neil Harris are part of a short film looking at the role of Social Media in academic research.
Focusing on the data collected last year during the "#toonflood", the team discusses how the public played a key role in collecting real-time data that has since been analysed and used by our research teams to predict future flooding events and inform future planning.
The film is one of three that has been produced by the University to help promote the British Science Festival which is being held in Newcastle from September 7th to 12th.
As part of this, Professor Fowler will deliver the Joseph Lister Award Lecture at the Festival on Wednesday 11 September, 2pm, Northern Stage entitled: Climate change, extreme rainfall and flooding: what is happening to our weather?
published on: 5th August 2013