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 experts …
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 …
September saw the UMBRELLA team all gather together in XTGB once again for a series of meeting’s, paper discussions and project targets, however we were also very excited to have a general meeting with the other two BETR projects (BETR – Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition & BETR – Eco-PT) joining us for a general meeting and workshop. This brought …
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 …
23th – 25th – XTGB – Paul and Dan arrive – After a long journey and three flights from the UK both Paul Valdes and Dan Lunt joined up with the rest of the UMBRELLA team at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. No rest for the weary however, because the next day …
Part of the recent fieldwork involved studying the sediments mapped as mid Miocene in the Jinggu Basin (23.5°N, 100.7°E). The geological evolution of Yunnan and the southeastern margin of Tibet is complex but appears to include Cenozoic extrusion of the Indo-China block as a result of the India-Asia collision. As much as 350 km of …
11th October – Was our last day in the Ailaoshan mountain region. An early morning start meant lots more leaf preparation. Normally this would not have been a problem however many of the team were nursing some hangovers, in particular Alex Farnsworth, Jan Peter Mayser who stayed up into the early hours of the morning …
(Soon to be translated). 6th October – The second field work in Yunnan is now in full swing with several members of team UMBRELLA (Bob Spicer, Teresa Spicer, Alex Farnsworth and Jan-Peter Mayser) from the UK flying out to meet up with Su Tao (accompanied with some of his students in tow). After a bit …
生物圈演化、地质历史转折期与恢复力（Biosphere Evolution, Transitions & Resilience, BETR）中国国家自然科学基金委员会（NSFC）与英国自然环境研究理事会（NERC）双边合作项目。BETR的研究目标通过整合古环境研究的不同学科的前言研究领域（比如：古生物，地球化学，地质年代学，以及系统演化等）以及气候模拟来理解地球生物圈的演化。其中“亚洲季风和生物多样性的演化”是BETR的重要研究内容之一。本研究项目的愿景是通过深入理解地球历史新生代以来（六千五百万年以来）东南亚地球的气候和生态系统的演化过程，为研究未来全球气候变暖提供重要的科学依据。 点击这里可以进一步了解更多的研究内容介绍. 本研究包括中英双方个研究领域的学者，包括: The University of Bristol , department of Geographical Sciences(英国). 中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园 (中国). The University of Bristol, Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU)(英国). 中国科学院青藏高原研究所(中国) The Open University, Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences (英国). 中山大学生命科学学院 (中国) 中国科学院昆明植物研究所 (中国) 研究人员: Professor Paul Valdes (英国) Associate Professor 苏涛 (中国) Professor Bob Spicer (UK) Professor 丁林 …
亚洲季风是地球气候的一个重要组成部分，由于它直接控制着降水分布，从而影响农业生产，并影响着世界上近半数人口的生计。季风气候对植物群、动物群、生态系统以及农业生产都具有重要影响，明显地促进了受季风作用的国家和地区的经济繁荣与发展，也促进了季风区形成较高的生物多样性。中国西南地区以高度的生物多样性著称（吴增益等, 1987），这得益于由地形地貌的多样性直接或间接导致的空间异质性（Qiu et al., 2011; Zhang and Sun, 2011; Zhu, 2013; Jacques et al., 2014）和时间上的环境多样性——受季风影响而形成的温度与降雨的强烈季节性变化。 古近纪和新近纪早期是现代植被形成的重要时期(Prothero, 1994)。中国西南和华南地区作为世界生物多样性热点地区之一，并拥有丰富的化石记录，对研究现代生态系统的形成和演化、理解该地生态系统对季风气候演化的响应具有明显的优势。本项目旨在集结世界领先的研究者形成一个独特的团队，研究中国西南和华南地区在古近纪和新近纪早期生态环境的自然演化，并深入探讨演化形成的机制及对气候环境变化的响应。 References: Jacques et al (2014). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 411, 208–215 Prothero DR. 1994. Eocene-Oligocene transition: paradise lost. New York, Columbia University Press, 291 p. Qiu et al, 2011. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59, 225–244. Wu ZY, Zhu …