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Edinburgh Science Festival: Meet the Marine Scientists

Meet marine scientists for some amazing activities in this drop-in event at Dynamic Earth!

Edinburgh Science Festival: Meet the Marine Scientists

About Edinburgh Science Festival: Meet the Marine Scientists

7th Apr 2025 to 9th Apr 2025
10am – 4pm / Drop in
Dynamic Earth
112 - 116 Holyrood Gait, Edinburgh Old Town EH8 8AS
Free with admission to Dynamic Earth
Event organiser/part of Edinburgh Science Festival
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Meet marine scientists for some amazing activities looking at how they use satellites to monitor the polar seas from space! Learn all about climate change and how it’s affecting our polar environments, and the impact it is having on the marine life and human populations that live there.

Presented by Dynamic Earth and the Scottish Association for Marine Science

Suitable for All ages

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