Thursday 12 March at 6pm
Where Room T1.18, TARA Building, MIC Limerick
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The final event in the Faculty of Arts Public Lecture Series 2026 will take place on Thursday 12 March at MIC Limerick.
From Asteroids to Ice Ages - Earth’s Place in Space
Dr Angela Cloke-Hayes explores how events beyond our planet have shaped Earth’s long and dramatic history. The lecture examines asteroid impacts, variations in Earth’s orbit, and changes in solar activity, and how these cosmic influences have driven ice ages, climate change, mass extinctions, and evolutionary turning points. Drawing on geological evidence and the fossil record, it reveals how Earth’s environment have been repeatedly transformed by its place in space.
