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The Palaeontology Group at the University of Melbourne investigates interactions between Earth, life, climate, and environments over geological time.

We focus on species evolutionary responses to climatic, oceanographic and environmental change which is critical for assessing how current and future climate change will impact Earth’s biodiversity. We use fossils, palynology, sedimentology and stratigraphy to investigate floral and faunal responses to rapid climatic and environmental change.

Our research involves studying the greenhouse worlds of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic which is critical for assessing how current and future climate change will impact Earth’s biodiversity.