EGU 2023

The EGU General Assembly 2023 took place, as usually, in Vienna (Austria) 23-28 April 2023.

2 members of the lab presented their research on ecosystem structure and mass extinction events…

Amy Shipley in front of the EGU 2023 sign in Vienna
Amy Shipley showcasing the EGU 2023 sign…

Alex Dunhill gave a keynote talk in the Climatic, tectonic, and biodiversity changes through hyperthermal intervals in Earth history (CL1.1.2) session entitled Extinction cascades, community collapse, and recovery across a Mesozoic hyperthermal event. Alex presented his talk virtually (from his home office in Bradford) due to illness. No schnitzel for Alex 😦 …

Dr Dunhill's online talk at EGU
A packed room for session CL1.1.2 during Alex Dunhill’s keynote talk on extinction cascades and recovery across a Mesozoic hyperthermal event.

Amy Shipley presented a poster in the Mass extinctions and environmental changes throughout the geological time: Causes and consequences (SSP1.3) session entitled Ecosystem structure changes following a marine megafaunal Pliocene extinction and the role of continental shelf habitat loss.

Amy Shipley's poster on community structural changes across the Pliocene megafaunal extinction.
Amy Shipley’s poster on community structural changes across the Pliocene megafaunal extinction.

Alex was also co-author on a poster by University of Leeds PGR Zhen Xu, presented in the Co-evolution of life and the Earth over deep time, and major transitions in Earth’s biosphere and environment (BG5.4) session, entitled Early Triassic super-greenhouse climate driven by vegetation collapse.


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