Biosphere Evolution, Transition and Resilience (BETR) is a joint research programme funded jointly by the Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (NERC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
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   The aim of the BETR programme is to advance understanding of biosphere evolution by integrating excellent geoscience and  cutting edge modelling. Even though the three consortia look at different geological eras, their common dual goals are to: 
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1)integrate project research towards a better understanding of biosphere resilience both in the past and into the future; 

2)encourage UK-China cooperation in palaeoenvironmental research and training. 

About us

The BETR programme involves three research projects, which cover three key transitions in Earth history. If you would like to know more about us, please click the buttons below.

News and events:

2021

15th -16th November, BETR Nanjing Symposium. This will be a hybrid meeting, UK participants join in through zoom to the Nanjing meeting. Come to listen to the new BETR scientific findings....

2020

Multiple publications of the BETR during 2019 and 2020. More publications from the BETR group are coming...
21st January
BETR management committee meeting at University of Bristol.
Six early career researchers have won BETR ECRs' visiting scholarship. To see their detail, please visit visiting ECRs page.
The 2019 BETR Wuhan Workshop page is updated.
BETR workshop: Geobiological Methods and Advances.

2019

15th - 21st September
BETR workshop: Geobiological Methods and Advances

BETR 2019 Wuhan workshop on Geobiological Methods and Advances. The registration is now open, for more information and downloading registration form, please visit the event page.....

17th - 18th January

Science meeting: Earth Systems transitions - How resilient is the biosphere in the Geological Society London.
Invited speakers and a lot of researchers will bring their recent exciting science findings. The meeting programme is ready and open to download. If you would like to know more about the event, please click...

2018

4th - 8th September

Workshop: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
If you would like to know more about the event or to download some available .pdfs, please click...