Results for Environment
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Blue carbon and ecosystem functioning in mangroves under pressure (4957)
Mangrove forests provide a wealth of ecosystem services to the marine and terrestrial environments and to people. These forests are biodiversity hotspots and mangrove trees play a...
World cup in the Arctic? Sport adaptation to extreme heat in a warming world
"One of the biggest challenges outdoor sport now faces is climate change, with extreme heat events becoming more frequent and intense. Even in the most optimistic future scena...
Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolutionary Processes
Project will be updated after proposal is submitted in term 3
Tracing patterns of vessel movement - understanding secondary spread of fouling marine invasive non-native species
The introduction of non-native species (NNS) can act as a driver of change in marine systems, negatively affecting species and habitats and contribute to ecosystem degradation. Inv...
Change in Arctic Habitat Suitability for Caribou
This research aims to understand the impact of climate change on Arctic habitat suitability for Caribou by investigating trends in spatial and temporal rain-on-snow (ROS) occurrenc...
Factors controlling microplastic-pathogen interactions in watercourses
Microplastics from urban, agricultural and atmospheric sources represents a major threat to freshwater health. The loss pathways and source-partitioning of macro-and micro- and nan...
TBA
Details to be completed when the student submits their project details in March 2025.
Understanding the Drivers of Change in the UK's Largest Freshwater Ecosystem
Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, covering 383 km2 with a mean depth of 8.9 meters. It is fed by 6 main rivers, and is surrounded by wetlands, marshe...
Grow or mow? Managing urban grasslands for pollinator conservation and soil ecosystem services
Urban expansion is a key threat to global biodiversity, with 70% of the global human population predicted to be living in urban areas by 2050. Urban grasslands comprise significant...
The role of trees in maintaining biodiversity resilience and habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes
Background. Woodlands are increasingly recognised as key semi-natural habitats providing landscape complementarity to the seasonal availability of resources needed for farmland...
Low-cost technologies for high-quality air pollution monitoring
Outdoor air pollution causes 4.2 million premature deaths globally each year. Air pollution in most parts of the world is currently assessed using expensive ground-based sensors. T...
Losing their Cool: are high-elevation heat exchanges warming Himalayan glaciers?
We recently discovered that over half of the ablation area of one of the world's highest glaciers, Khumbu Glacier, Nepal, comprises ice that is at the melting point. Moreover, ice...
Impact of environmental change on the dynamics of freshwater zooplankton and their parasites
Zooplankton are arguably the most important trophic group in lake ecosystems. Their grazing controls algal populations, including harmful or nuisance blooms and they themselves p...
Assessing Impacts of Combined Sewage Overflows and Surface Water Outfalls on Invertebrate Populations in River Catchments in Southwest England (5059)
Freshwater systems are considered to be the most threatened globally and chemical pollution has contributed significantly to freshwater wildlife population declines. It is importan...
Leaky Ocean Eddies
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous and most energetic features of the global ocean circulation. They play a key role in transporting and redistributing climatically important properti...
Understanding the origins of agriculture to guide future climate adaptation
Around 12,000 years ago 99% of the human population were hunter gatherers, but by 5000 years ago 99% were farmers (Weisdorf, 2005). This characterises one of the most fundamental t...
Infrastructure Resilience of Small Water Supply Systems
The provision of safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030 requires robust infrastructure. Small drinking water supplies are used by around a quarter of the global populat...
TBA
Details to be completed when the student submits their project details in March 2025.
Investigating the role of social phenotypes in relation to bystander behaviour during fallow deer fights
Fighting behaviour is a critical component of ecology, and contests between rivals is often the determining factor for securing valuable resources for survival. Fighting inflicts s...
Identifying mechanisms for decline and pathways to recovery in Lepidoptera populations in calcareous habitats
Many butterflies and moths in the UK are in decline. This is a consequence of multiple pressures including climate change, habitat loss and pollution. Across the UK, butterflies an...