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Humanity’s impacts on the oceans have been profound, and without corrective action will continue to grow. Renowned marine conservation biologist Callum Roberts has documented the history of ocean exploitation and our prospects for the future through books such as ‘The Unnatural History of the Sea’ and ‘The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea’. In the 2013 Myers Lecture on Science and Society he will discuss the choices and trade-offs that we face in shaping the future of our marine world.

Ransom Aldrich Myers (1952-2007) was a mathematically gifted, intellectually pugnacious, passionately humane individual committed to the unconstrained communication of science to decision-makers and to society. He was appointed Dalhousie University’s inaugural Killam Chair in Ocean Studies in 1997.  Predicated by a desire to address questions of fundamental importance, Ram sought general patterns by applying sophisticated modelling techniques to the analysis of regional and global datasets.  His articles on worldwide declines of large predatory fishes, and the threats these pose to marine ecosystems, are the best known of his more than 150 publications. Ram’s scientifically-driven provocations reflected a conviction that the protection of marine biodiversity and ocean ecosystems is a responsibility to future generations that humanity can neither afford, nor has the right, to ignore. This Lecture is funded by the Dalhousie Presidents Office and co-sponsored by the Departments of Biology, Statistics, and Oceanography at Dalhousie University.

Speaker: Dr. Callum Roberts, University of York, UK

Title: Future Oceans: A Sea of Hope or Despair?

Time: 7:30pm, Thursday, Nov. 7th 2013

Place: Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University

Reception to follow