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Project Code [22/FFP-P/11448]
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Project title
DEEPER: Ireland's DEEP-time Extinction and Recovery Project
Primary Funding Agency
Taighde �ireann-Research Ireland
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
Lead Organisation
University College Cork (UCC)
Lead Applicant
Not listed
Project Abstract
Most mass extinction events have been caused by rapid, greenhouse-gas driven warming. Although we have learned more about individual events, we have not yet created a generalised model that predicts their causes and effects. This project will use a standardized interdisciplinary approach to investigate two first-order, warming-driven mass extinctions. Geological and fossil data will be collected from southern Ireland to establish the climatic changes during these events, identify potential kill mechanisms, and quantify changes in ecosystem productivity and composition. This will build towards a unified mass extinction model that will have important implications for the long-term impacts of modern warming.
Grant Approved
�407,556.00
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
1. Carbon Stocks, GHG Emissions, Sinks and Management Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
31/10/2024