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1. Atmospheric CO2 - the key to early leaf evolution
Personnel: Professor D.J. Beerling, Professor W.G. Chaloner, Dr. B. Lomax, Dr. C. Osborne

2. The carbon balance of ancient polar forests: determining the roles of leaf habit and atmospheric CO2
Personnel: Professor D.J. Beerling, Dr L. Lorens, Dr. C. Osborne, Dr D.L. Royer

3. Understanding the distribution and ecology of ancient polar forests and their influence on climate
Personnel: Professor D.J. Beerling, Professor J.E. Francis, Dr S. Brentnall, Melise Harland, Dr C.P. Osborne, Professor P.J. Valdes

4. Biogenic trace gas fluxes and the chemistry of the palaeoatmosphere
Personnel: Professor D.J. Beerling, Professor P.J. Valdes

5. The Evolution of C4 Plants
Personnel: Dr C. Osborne

6. Palaeoceanographic changes during the Late Devonian Mass Extinction
Personnel: Dave Bond, Dr P. Wignall, Greg Racki, Jared Morrow, Jeff Over

7. Biodiversity response to climate change: Biodiversity and climate significance of Eocene forest communities of Antarctica.
Personnel: Professor J.E. Francis, Dr David Cantrill, Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini

8. Mechanisms Driving the Evolution and Breakdown of C4 Photosynthesis
Personnel: Dr. Colin Osborne, Emily Wythe

9. Terminal Cretaceous climate change and biotic response in Antarctica
Personnel: Professor J.E. Francis, Dr D. Pirrie, Dr J. Riding, Professor R. Raiswell, Dr A. Haywood, Dr V. Thorn, Stephen Hunter

10. Drought responses of C4 plants: resolving the effects of physiological pathway from phylogenetic history
Personnel: Sam Taylor, Stephen Hulme, Josie Welsh.

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