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The IRAL workshop has created a webpage which contains information for the public and the entire community. It will be updated throughout the project by the PI's. If you want to learn more visit Integrated Record of Ancient Life (integrated-record.github.io)

PaleoSynthesis PI Manuel Steinbauer is organizing a 2-days meeting in Bayreuth (Germany) on Macroecology and Biogeography. Interested? More details can be found here: https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ecography2023/

Don't forget about our deadline (Feb., 26) to submit your proposal for the Analytical Paleobiology School! Check out the details here ↪APS/ (icon by freepik)

"Paleontology has provided invaluable basic knowledge on the history of life on Earth. The discipline can also provide substantial knowledge to societal challenges such as climate change. The long-term perspective of climate change impacts on natural systems is both a unique selling point and a maj...

"Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) and temperature (T). Study area: Europe (and closely adjacent regions). Methods: We identified 31 ind...

The next Science School is coming up in summer 2023. Do you want to be there? Then find out about the requirements here https://paleosynthesis.cms.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/.../science-schools/ Deadline is the 26th of February, 2023.

Today the second part of the BioDeepTime workshop begins. After a very successful workshop at the beginning of last year, the members of the team have travelled to Erlangen again and will work on further progress and let their heads smoke until Friday. Those who were not able to attend in perso...

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"Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining, united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, the field is still attempting to form an identity di...

"The fascination with ancient flora and fauna is a centuries-old phenomenon and is one of the main drivers of fossil crimes. Fossils have been sought by the rich and famous since the advent of colonialism, propelling development in the field of palaeontology but also in how fossils make their way t...