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Occupancy and density of the badger (Meles meles) in Britain
Mammals include species of ecological, economic and cultural importance. In Britain, the badger is a particularly unusual case, because it is both protected, as the subject of spec...
Development and Evolution of Spider Eyes
Spiders are a diverse order of chelicerates with over 50,000 describe species distributed across most habitats on earth. These successful predators have multiocular visual systems...
Investigating the axial underpinnings of mammalian locomotor and ecological diversity
Fundamental changes in locomotion underpin many major ecological transitions in vertebrate evolution. Our understanding of how key innovations in the locomotor system drive animal...
Rapid damage assessment for earthquakes from synthetic aperture radar and machine learning
Earthquakes strike suddenly and without warning and can impact a large geographic region. Rapid identification of the amount and distribution of damage is critical for local and in...
Emergent constraints on future climate extremes (4961)
The general circulation models (GCMs) used to make projections of future climate change are vitally important to inform climate mitigation and adaptation strategies but are also in...
Mission to Understand Emissions: How can we assess air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from space today to shape the science and policies of to
Project Highlights: Develop new understanding of anthropogenic emissions from point sources Generate evidence for joined up climate and air quality policy Drive the development...
Climate change's impact on extreme European rainfall
Climate change will have major effects on the risks of extreme rainfall in Europe, which is a primary cause of flooding and drought, two of the biggest dangers we face. Events li...
Ecology and conservation of plants of the Peruvian fog oasis
Peruvian lomas, also termed fog oasis, are unique ecosystems composed of highly endemic plant communities forming in small fog-rich areas of the otherwise barren landscape of the h...
Endosymbionts as an overlooked threat for insect reintroductions
Species reintroduction - or augmentation - into restored habitat will be increasingly used to combat biodiversity loss in a rapidly changing world, and used for a wider range of ta...
Mitigating against recreational disturbances on songbirds in a National Park
Demand for public access to natural environments is rising following the COVID-19 pandemic, as the wellbeing benefits of nature visitation are increasingly recognised. However, hum...
Aviation turbulence in a warmer world
Clear-air turbulence is a major meteorological hazard to the aviation sector. Research by previous Scenario PhD students has revealed that severe clear-air turbulence has increased...
Investigating the nature and dynamical properties of rogue waves
Rogue waves damage marine infrastructure and pose a grave threat to ships. The immense height and force of these waves can lead to shipwrecks, capsizing, loss of cargo, and loss of...
Causes, character and consequences of Antarctic turbidity currents
Turbidity currents are the equivalent of underwater avalanches - rapid, sediment-rich bodies of water that flow down-slope. They occur globally and transport the greatest volumes o...
Crust and mantle seismic structure of the East African rift system: implications for magmatism, seismic hazard, and geothermal energy potential
A consensus has emerged over the last 20 years that mechanical plate stretching models for rifting are a poor fit for much of the East African rift: magma intrusion instead accommo...
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Novel Data Science Methods for Rapid Mineralogical and Grade Prediction in Magmatic and Hydrothermal Ni-Co-Cu-PGE Deposits
This project aims at generating numerical tools and application of Machine Learning Algorithms in understanding the geochemical characteristics of Ni-Co-Cu-PGE deposits. This appro...
Investigating the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands industry using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry
The oil sands industry in Alberta, Canada, represents an alternative source of petroleum which has positioned Canada as the leading supplier of oil to the USA. The oil sands materi...
The evolution of eukaryotic gene order: Following the birth, life and death of a eukaryotic gene cluster
Project Background How are eukaryotic genomes organised? How are they evolving? How are genes ordered along chromosomes? Does gene order matter for sustainable applications? These...
Understanding the risks to soil and plant health following the use of microplastic contaminated digestate in agriculture
In the UK, biodegradable organic waste, such as food waste, can be converted into combustible gas known as 'biogas' through an anaerobic digestion (AD) process. Turning waste produ...