Fossilised palm leaves give new insights into the geographical landscape of prehistoric central Tibet

The new research, co-authored by academics from Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences, The Open University and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences suggests that central Tibet must have been no higher than 2.3km with large lakes fringed with subtropical …

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EGU 2019 session – Abstract submission open!

With the EGU conference 2019 just around the corner (10 January 2019, 13:00 CET) we would like to further publicise our session (CL1.08/BG2.34/GM5.7/SSP2.15) on the instrumental role Tibet has played on changing climate through the Cenozoic. Our session aims to bring together academics from many different disciplines from climate dynamics, vegetation/botany specialists and geologic/tectonic processes …

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UK-China impact festival and exposium

UK-China impact festival On Tuesday 8th November the UMBRELLA team was invited to be part of the first UK-China festival of science. This is event showcased the latest research being jointly developed collaboratively between both nations with the UMBRELLA-BETR project specially invited to showcase some of the latest cutting-edge work in the impact of climate …

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Tastes of China!

Our 4th trip in China reminded us just how wonderful the food is and especially how varied it can be from region to region due to the many different cultures and people who inhabit this wonderful country. After a long day collecting field samples it tastes even better too! Thus far we have been able …

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