The main scientific goal is to create a self-consistent model explaining the genesis and timing of the abrupt establishment of the modern Earth system through early Palaeoproterozoic time. This will be achieved utilising a multidisciplinary, international research group to study drillcore obtained from Palaeoprotrozoic volcano-sedimentary successions in Fennoscandia.

KEYWORDS: Asia, Russia, Fennoscandia, Climate Change, Early Life, Earth Evolution, Global Environment, Global Events, Paleoproterozoic