OI Public Lecture Series: Collapse and resilience of marine ecosystems

The third of our Oceans Institute Public Lectures for 2024.
Professor Graeme Cumming discuses the science of collapse and the social-ecological dynamics that are driving global change in marine ecosystems. He will consider some of the big questions of our time: Are coral reefs on the verge of extinction? Will human societies collapse? And why have anthropologists so trashed Jared Diamond’s pet hypothesis?
The answers hinge on our limited understanding of complex systems and questions of scale. Despite the challenges we face, we still have the potential for great success or extreme failure, and this presentation will remain hopeful in the light of new advances and solutions.
Speaker: Professor Graeme Cumming, Premier’s Science Fellow.