Professor Danielle Schreve

And then as we come towards the end of the last ice age, the sea level rises and Britain becomes cut off. So actually, there's a whole host of different types of evidence out there.

Definitely. So one of the things we try to do is to reconstruct that landscape. So to understand, for example, the changing coastline of Britain. Britain is in quite an extraordinary position, really, at the edge of the North Atlantic. So it's very sensitive to climate change. And we can get at that evidence for change through doing things like coring,

Definitely. So one of the things we try to do is to reconstruct that landscape. So to understand, for example, the changing coastline of Britain. Britain is in quite an extraordinary position, really, at the edge of the North Atlantic. So it's very sensitive to climate change. And we can get at that evidence for change through doing things like coring,

Definitely. So one of the things we try to do is to reconstruct that landscape. So to understand, for example, the changing coastline of Britain. Britain is in quite an extraordinary position, really, at the edge of the North Atlantic. So it's very sensitive to climate change. And we can get at that evidence for change through doing things like coring,

into deposits that might be, for example, buried below the sea now, but also on land as well, and actually looking at those cores of sediment through time and extracting as much information from them as possible.

into deposits that might be, for example, buried below the sea now, but also on land as well, and actually looking at those cores of sediment through time and extracting as much information from them as possible.

into deposits that might be, for example, buried below the sea now, but also on land as well, and actually looking at those cores of sediment through time and extracting as much information from them as possible.

Yes. So, paleoecology or paleoecology really deals with the ecology of the past. So, the paleo bit just means the old part. So, in the same way that an ecologist today would look at the habitats, the behaviour, all aspects of the ecology of the animals that they might study today, this is what I'm trying to do in the past.

Yes. So, paleoecology or paleoecology really deals with the ecology of the past. So, the paleo bit just means the old part. So, in the same way that an ecologist today would look at the habitats, the behaviour, all aspects of the ecology of the animals that they might study today, this is what I'm trying to do in the past.

Yes. So, paleoecology or paleoecology really deals with the ecology of the past. So, the paleo bit just means the old part. So, in the same way that an ecologist today would look at the habitats, the behaviour, all aspects of the ecology of the animals that they might study today, this is what I'm trying to do in the past.

And sometimes it's easy or relatively easy because the animals that I study are still around today or very close relatives. In other cases where you've got animals that are extinct today, we have to draw on different lines of evidence in order to try and reconstruct something of their life ways.

And sometimes it's easy or relatively easy because the animals that I study are still around today or very close relatives. In other cases where you've got animals that are extinct today, we have to draw on different lines of evidence in order to try and reconstruct something of their life ways.

And sometimes it's easy or relatively easy because the animals that I study are still around today or very close relatives. In other cases where you've got animals that are extinct today, we have to draw on different lines of evidence in order to try and reconstruct something of their life ways.

So fauna is animal life. And by that, anything could come into fauna, whether it's, for example, vertebrates. So that might be fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals. But it could also include all sorts of invertebrates as well. So particularly things like beetles, snail shells, that kind of thing as well. So it covers a very broad range of different types of material.

So fauna is animal life. And by that, anything could come into fauna, whether it's, for example, vertebrates. So that might be fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals. But it could also include all sorts of invertebrates as well. So particularly things like beetles, snail shells, that kind of thing as well. So it covers a very broad range of different types of material.

So fauna is animal life. And by that, anything could come into fauna, whether it's, for example, vertebrates. So that might be fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals. But it could also include all sorts of invertebrates as well. So particularly things like beetles, snail shells, that kind of thing as well. So it covers a very broad range of different types of material.

Definitely. And one of the things that I am interested in is studying the fauna as a whole. So not just focusing in on sort of the biggest, most impressive species, although obviously things like the megafauna are really interesting and charismatic animals, but actually things like small mammals as well. They can tell you a phenomenal amount about the local environment, about climate.

Definitely. And one of the things that I am interested in is studying the fauna as a whole. So not just focusing in on sort of the biggest, most impressive species, although obviously things like the megafauna are really interesting and charismatic animals, but actually things like small mammals as well. They can tell you a phenomenal amount about the local environment, about climate.

Definitely. And one of the things that I am interested in is studying the fauna as a whole. So not just focusing in on sort of the biggest, most impressive species, although obviously things like the megafauna are really interesting and charismatic animals, but actually things like small mammals as well. They can tell you a phenomenal amount about the local environment, about climate.

Small things like beetles are really good for reconstructing climate events in the past and telling you about local vegetation. And some sites preserve some types of evidence better than others. So we need to go after all of them in order to try and reconstruct the best, most holistic picture that we can.