Outreach at Sacred Heart College

As part of our ongoing efforts in promoting science to the public via outreach events, Ray and Anastasia organized and conducted a number of short seminars with students studying chemistry at the College of the Sacred heart in Malta.

During these seminars titled ‘Use of chemistry in understanding ancient climates’ students were introduced to a number of proxies and analytical techniques used to determine a number of paleoclimate parameters. This included discussions on foraminifera, measurement of δ¹⁸O, Mg/Ca and δ¹¹B and what these proxies can tell us about past climate. Anastasia highlighted use of these proxies by sharing some of her research related to ‘the little ice age’. Students asked questions about these proxies and were also interested in career paths and financing of research endeavors.