IGCP572 is a Unesco-IUGS funded project. Its goal is to study the recovery of marine organisms and their ecosystems following the biggest of the five mass extinctions in Geological history - the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction.

252 million years ago marine ecosystems suffered major extinction from factors such as increased carbon dioxide concentrations, loss of oxygen in the oceans, carbon dioxide poisoning and rapid global warming. Researchers on this project will consider how marine ecosystems recovered after this ecologic crisis. Their discoveries may help us to respond to current global concerns such as sustainable use of global biodiversity, biodiversity response to global warming and keeping our planet environmentally sustainable.

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Find out about the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction: "P-TR Mass Extinction and Causes".

Read the original proposal: "Project Summary"

The scheduled field workshops/excursions and symposia see Timetable.

The coming events are:

Permian-Triassic mass extinction and subsequent recovery: an update
Z. Q. Chen; R. J. Twitchett; Tong J. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56(6), Pages 741-744. pdf