Department of Geosciences participates in the Earth Day 2016
On the 22nd April Department of Geosciences, represented by the Physical Oceanography Research
Group, participated in the Earth Day event organized by Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School in
Naxxar. Students and their tutors took interest in the variety of material displayed at the stand. PORes.Grp members of staff handed leaflets on research activities conducted by the group, introduced the
audience to the oil spill modeling, surface currents monitoring, the KAPTAN smartphone application and
the citizen science activities such as Spot the Jellyfish. The students and tutors were advised to use the
open services designed by the PO-Res.Grp for their projects on marine-related topics. The event was
attended by the Parliamentary Secretary Hon Chris Agius.