Vild med videnskab: Det våde land – with Sebastian Mernild and Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland

Please note: the talk will be in Danish

We live in a wet country. Denmark is surrounded by the sea and criss-crossed by fjords, rivers and lakes. Rain falls upon us, groundwater lies beneath us, and along our coasts the land meets the sea. Water is essential to our lives – and at the same time a force that shapes, moves and transforms our landscapes.

But what happens to the land when the water changes?

For this conversation, Sebastian Mernild, professor of climate change, and Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland, cultural geographer, author and postdoctoral researcher, come together to explore what happens when water transforms our world.

Whilst Mernild takes us into the broader climatic contexts – the ice, the oceans, the atmosphere and the systems that help shape our planet and our future – Fjalland zooms in on the local landscape and examines how we, as humans, live with and experience the changes taking place around us.

The conversation is moderated by author and journalist Victor Boy Lindholm, and together they discuss how both science and art can help us understand the world we live in.

About Sebastian Mernild

Sebastian H. Mernild is a professor of climate change and glaciology and one of Denmark’s leading climate scientists. His research focuses, amongst other things, on ice, climate and the changes taking place in the Arctic and the rest of the world as a result of global warming.

He is also an experienced science communicator and a recipient of the Rosenkjær Prize. Together with Victor Boy Lindholm, he has written ’Isbogen – hvordan isen har formet vores verden og kommer til at forandre alt’.

About Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland

Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland is a cultural geographer, PhD, author and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Studies at Aarhus University. Her work lies at the intersection of landscape, environmental change and narratives about our world.

In her book 'Skumringsvers fra den sydskandinaviske regntid', she explores, amongst other things, our relationship with landscapes, nature and a changing climate.  undersøger hun blandt andet vores forhold til landskaber, natur og et klima i forandring.

About Victor Boy Lindholm

Victor Boy Lindholm is an author and journalist who has written on topics including nature, ecology and humanity’s relationship with the world around us. He is the co-author of ’Isbogen’, which he wrote together with Sebastian Mernild.

About Vild med videnskab

The event is part of the Copenhagen Libraries’ ‘Vild med videnskab’ festival. The festival takes place at libraries and other cultural venues across Copenhagen and features non-fiction and scientific lectures and talks for adults on a wide range of topics.