'Volcanism, Impacts and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects', London, UK
27 March 2013 - 27 March 2013
United Kingdom
The international conference on 'Volcanism, impacts and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects' will be held from 27 to 29 March 2013 in London, UK.
Asteroid impacts, climate change, volcanoes - the many existing theories on what causes Earth's worst mass extinctions may help settle the endless scientific dust-up on the matter. Whether the theory favours meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, cosmic rays, epidemics, or some other cause, no single cause has ever satisfied all scientists. That may be because big extinctions are not simple events.
The conference will focus on presenting the data that must be accounted for in any comprehensive theory of mass extinction's causal mechanisms and their effects. Presenters will be able to offer their interpretations and opinions on likely causal scenarios, with a clear separation between presentation of data and observations and interpretations.
The conference will bring together researchers from geological, geophysical, astrophysical and biological disciplines to discuss and debate research into the causes and consequences of mass extinction events. The aim will be to foster new, collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches to resolving outstanding problems in this field.For further information, please visit:
http://massextinction.princeton.edu/(opens in new window)
Asteroid impacts, climate change, volcanoes - the many existing theories on what causes Earth's worst mass extinctions may help settle the endless scientific dust-up on the matter. Whether the theory favours meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, cosmic rays, epidemics, or some other cause, no single cause has ever satisfied all scientists. That may be because big extinctions are not simple events.
The conference will focus on presenting the data that must be accounted for in any comprehensive theory of mass extinction's causal mechanisms and their effects. Presenters will be able to offer their interpretations and opinions on likely causal scenarios, with a clear separation between presentation of data and observations and interpretations.
The conference will bring together researchers from geological, geophysical, astrophysical and biological disciplines to discuss and debate research into the causes and consequences of mass extinction events. The aim will be to foster new, collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches to resolving outstanding problems in this field.For further information, please visit:
http://massextinction.princeton.edu/(opens in new window)