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SUMMARY:A Palaeontological view of the modern climate and biodiversity cri
 sis - Danila Schmidt\, University of Bristol
DTSTART:20230207T120000Z
DTEND:20230207T130000Z
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CONTACT:Oscar Branson
DESCRIPTION:The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change in the 6th Asse
 ssment stated that historical and palaeontological records show that clima
 tic variability has high potential to affect biodiversity and human societ
 y and that “… global biodiversity crises [are] often triggered by rapi
 d warming”. Often these records of change occur over millennia and are o
 nly studied regionally or at limited taxonomic levels in incomplete record
 s. This is raising the question what the contribution of the geological re
 cord can be to answering questions on impacts and risks of climate change 
 on natural systems. I will draw on examples of links between environmental
  change and biotic response in the fossil record\, and highlight the power
  of our methodologies working with challenging records and our experience 
 in combining climate and biological records. I will argue that\, while we 
 cannot say much about the risks of climate change in the coming decades\, 
 the fossil record has fundamental contributions to make via the analysis o
 f ecosystem resilience and responses.
LOCATION:Department of Earth Sciences\, Tilley Lecture Theatre
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