Water Conservator Carolyn Roberts gave the first of the series of Environment themed lectures for Gresham College on 15 October at Barnard’s Inn Hall. A Body in the River was based on her experience as Expert Witness for the UK police forces. Her contribution being the application of the principles of hydrology to murder investigations. The show started at 18.00, the main Hall holding about 90 people. The queue outside at 17.20 (left) showed that there would be a number of potential attendees disappointed. The topic was dealt with very well with a surprising amount of shared humour.
Carolyn gave examples from a number of UK locations of attempts by murderers to use water courses as a convenient way to dispose of their victims, and how science and engineering had defeated them. Carolyn is giving a number of watery lectures between now and May 2016: The Next Big UK Flood on 12 November is next, followed by drought, pollution of groundwater, damaged rivers and development and the water environment. More details at:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/frank-jackson-professor-of-the-environment
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