Sam McColl

7.30 pm Tuesday, 20 May, Palmerston North Central Library, George Street, Palmerston North

Held jointly with the Geoscience Society of New Zealand

Sam McColl is a quantitative geomorphologist who applies cross-disciplinary approaches to solve problems spanning natural hazards, agriculture, engineering, and environment, with primary expertise in landslide processes and Quaternary geomorphology. He is the Engineering Geology Team Leader at GNS Science and the current President of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

Sam will take you on a foray through the fascinating world of landslides, from the unbelievably large landslides on Mars to common problems in your back yard. The talk will explore why New Zealand has so many landslides and why they cost more than any other natural hazard. Some thoughts will be given to the big questions in landslide science and projections for landslides in a warming world.