Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisor(s): Prof Simon Poulton and Prof Benjamin Mills (University of Leeds), Prof Andrey Bekker (UC Riverside)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: The rise of oxygen on the early Earth has been recognised as one of the most significant episodes in the history of our planet, and this initial rise set in motion a prolonged chain of events that ultimately resulted in the habitable conditions we now enjoy. In recent years, the topic of early Earth oxygenation has received a huge amount of attention, and almost without exception, traditional views on the timing, causes and consequences of oxygenation have been shown to be incorrect (e.g., Krause et al., 2018; Alcott et al., 2019). More information...
Expiry Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Supervisor(s): Prof. Duncan Mcilroy
Funding Status: Funding is in place for this project
Description: The new Inner Meadow Ediacaran locality in Conception Bay, only an hour drive from St. John’s, contains a dense diverse assemblage of the rangeomorphs Primocandelabrum, Charnia gracilis, Charnia sp. and related taxa; several of which are new/undescribed taxa. The site was discovered in 2022 at the edge of a small coastal community and partly exposed in 2023. We will conduct the remaining excavations in 2024 to expose the surface from beneath a layer of soil- who know what we will find! More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024