January 10, 2024
Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024 with Adele Julier (University of Portsmouth, UK).
The project will focus on disentangling the history of human ignited and natural fire regimes in Britain. This will be achieved through the analysis of charcoal fragments extracted from sedimentary sequences.
For full details click here.
Deadline: 19 January 2024
May 7, 2021
The Plant Conservation Unit (University of Cape Town, South Africa) recently suffered a significantly when the building in which it was housed was ignited by a wildfire. A fund raiser has been initiated by Dr. Lynne Quick on behalf of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research (SASQUA).
To find out more and donate to the fund please visit: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/rebuild-the-pcu.
News article: Fire causes loss of the Plant Conservation Unit offices and photographic collections.
Ecology of the past 