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SPECIAL EVENTS, TALKS,

TMS Lectures: Autumn - Winter 2025

7th Oct 2025, 10:45 am - 28th Jan 2026, 12:00 pm

Browse all the upcoming lectures organised by Torquay Museum Society as part of their Autumn - Winter season!

TALKS

TALK: Lizards Around the World

21st Oct 2025, 10:45 am

Roger has studied the ecology and thermoregulatory behaviour of lizards over a 45-year period in more than 10 countries on 5 continents and he pioneered the use of infra-red thermography in biology when this was a newly-emerging technology. The talk describes some of this work with anecdotes about lizards, people and places.

TALKS

TALK: CO2 And You

22nd Oct 2025, 10:45 am

We examine the unexpected severe effects of high CO2 concentrations. The carbonate - bicarbonate reaction and its importance in diverse fields including: your domestic water systems, the operation of steam engines and marine yacht toilets.

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