International projects:

• PMIP3 - Palaeoclimate Model Intercomparison Project 3


• PlioMIP - Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project

Funded projects:

• Descent into the Icehouse
  Funding: NERC
  Aim: To investigate the causes and consequences of global cooling from 50 million years ago until the onset of Antarctic glaciation around 35 million years ago.
  Participants: Dan Lunt



• Past4Future
  Funding: EU FP7
  Aim: To explore the Last Interglacial and in particular its relevance for understanding future climate change.
  Participants: Dan Lunt



• MedGATE
  Funding: EU FP7
  Aim: MEDGATE is an EU Framework 7 funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network which aims to reconstruct the flow patterns between the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, 5-10 million years ago, when ~6% of the world's sea salt precipitated in the Mediterranean.
  Participants: Rachel Flecker,Dan Lunt