Geopark In Focus
by Prof. Iain Stewart
Thank you for joining us on this journey to discover more about the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark, one of Earth’s Extraordinary Places. In this series of interviews, Geopark Patron Professor Iain Stewart explore what it is that makes this Geopark so special, from when the rocks around us were formed, to evidence of early humans and right up to artists and writers who are being inspired by the Geopark today.
Episodes
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Marine Life of The Bay
In this final episode, Prof. Iain Stewart and guests head around the coast and underwater to explore the internationally protected marine environment of the Geopark. Here the geology has created a wealth of intricate coves, sea caves and quiet nooks and crannies for a huge diversity of life to...
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Caves
Why are the caves of The English Riviera so internationally important? Prof. Iain Stewart is joined by Nick Powe, whose family have run Kents Cavern for five generations, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Dr. Donald McFarlane of Claremont McKenna College California, who has published...
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Past Climate and Sea Level Change
This week Prof. Iain Stewart is joined by Dr Jenny Bennett, who chairs the Geology section at the Devonshire Association, and Malcolm Hart, Emeritus Professor at the University of Plymouth and Chair of the Geoscientific committee of the Geopark, to explore how past climate and sea level change…
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Today's Inspiration
In this episode Prof. Iain Stewart explores how the extraordinary landscape and heritage of the Geopark area is inspiring creativity across a wide range of cultural practitioners including writers, poets, artists and composers. Featuring: Chrystine Jones, Geopark Ambassador Artist Hugh Nankivell,...
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Writers of The Riviera
Prof. Iain Stewart and guests discuss the long history of authors who have been inspired by the English Riviera, from Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Dame Agatha Christie and many more right up to the writers of today. They explore how literature and culture can be used to improve wellbeing and...
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Early Humans
In this episode Prof. Iain Stewart unravels the story of human history and explores how the human story is fundamentally evidenced in the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark. He is guided on this journey by leading experts in this field, Prof. Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Evolution…
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Fossils and Deep Time
In this first episode of Geopark In Focus, Prof. Iain Stewart talks with Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at University of Bristol, and Dr Kevin Page, geoscience and geodiversity specialist and Honorary Associate at the University of Exeter. They take us on a journey through…
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About this show
Thank you for joining us on this journey to discover more about the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark, one of Earth’s Extraordinary Places. In this series of interviews, Geopark Patron Professor Iain Stewart explore what it is that makes this Geopark so special, from when the rocks around us were formed, to evidence of early humans and right up to artists and writers who are being inspired by the Geopark today.
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Prof. Iain Stewart