Popular Science

Sharing earth and ocean science with everyone.

I am passionate about sharing my enthusiasm for all things earth and oceans with as many people as I can — through writing, radio and television, public speaking, and as a special-interest enrichment speaker on cruise liners.

Professor Dorrik Stow on stage presenting a lecture on cycles in ocean drilling data

Public Talks & Clips

Public talks: Royal Geographical Society, Edinburgh Lecture Series, Dynamic Earth.

Cruise enrichment lectures:

· Explorer of the Seas, RCI transatlantic (2024)
· Silver Whisper SE Asia & Vietnam, Silverseas (2025)
· Bolette Iceland exploration, Fred Olsen (2025)
· African Revelations, Oceania Sirena (2026)

Video clips and YouTube — in development.

Cruise Liner Enrichment LecturesProgramme of recent at-sea lecture seriesPPTX

Japanese edition cover of Encyclopedia of the Oceans, authored by Dorrik Stow

Science Writing

Published books and articles, with more information to come.

Themes:

· Oceans and Climate
· Use of the Seas
· Geoscience and Development
· Geoscience Education
· Natural Hazards
· Energy and Mineral Resources

Science Writing — OverviewThemes, articles and selected piecesDOCX Full Scientific BibliographyComplete list of scientific publicationsDOCX

Dorrik Stow speaking on energy, fossil fuels and Iceland's renewables, with 'Geology in the Service of Man' projected

Science & Society

Science in the service of humankind.

Themes:

· Earth resources
· Natural resource management
· Global water resources
· Environment & sustainability
· Science of climate change

Expert witness: International Tribunal for Law of the Sea, Hamburg.

Oceans: A Very Short IntroductionDocumentDOCX

Featured lecture

Scramble for Oil in SE Asia: Global Energy Sustainability

Professor Dorrik Stow — Enrichment Lecture on board Silver Whisper, Vietnam cruise.

Download lecture (PDF)