The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction

该项目的成果将促进对澳大利亚干旱大陆及其周围海洋环境的更好了解，有助于全球气候变化的研究，并为脆弱的生态系统对此类事件和过程的反应提供新的见解。该项目直接解决了国家研究重点“水——一种关键资源”、“应对气候变化和变异”、“克服土壤流失、盐分和酸度”、“澳大利亚生物多样性的可持续利用”和“了解我们的地区和世界”。它为澳大利亚八所大学和一个研究机构的高效合作研究和培训提供了一个联盟型平台。

The outcomes of this project will promote a better understanding of Australia's arid continent and its surrounding marine environment, contribute to studies of global climate change, and provide new insights into the response of fragile ecosystems to such events and processes. The project addresses directly the National Research Priority 'Water - a critical resource', 'Responding to climate change and variability', 'Overcoming soil loss, salinity and acidity', 'Sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity' and 'Understanding our region and the world'. It provides a consortium-type platform for highly productive collaborative research and training across eight universities and one research organisation in Australia.