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Dining after the dinosaurs? Dietary diversity and niche partitioning in Palaeocene mammals
Overview This project will use new techniques to address one of the perennial questions in palaeontology: the impact of dinosaurs and their extinction on mammal evolutionary histo...
Archaeal and Fungal participation in the biogeochemical cycling of novel phosphate sources in NI soils
Phosphorus is an essential component of biological systems as it is integral to the phosphate backbone of DNA and the adenosine triphosphate that living cells utilise for energy us...
Assessing the ecological impacts of non-native gamebird release on reptiles in the UK
Background and Rationale: Britain has a long history of releasing ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), hereafter referred to as &q...
Insect population responses to air pollution
This project will conduct national scale analyses of air pollution impacts on insect populations using long-term data-sets monitoring over 1,000 terrestrial insect species, and ex...
From Water Fleas to Elephants: Multispecies extrapolation of Pesticide Toxicity Using High-Throughput Testing Methods and Dynamic Energy Budgeting
We will look to develop DEB models that can be extrapolated across different species not often considered in Environmental Risk Assessment, the potential results of this project co...
Submarine volcanism from satellite imagery
The majority of the Earth's volcanoes are on the ocean floor, but direct observations of submarine eruptions are very rare. This means that fundamental characteristics of submarine...
Ammonia (NH3) in the marine atmosphere and impact on aerosols (Ref:4299)
Project Background: Atmospheric particles (aerosols) are key to the Earth's climate and affect air quality. Ammonia (NH3) is one of the principal precursor gases to aerosols (f...
Biodiversity, wellbeing and colour: wildflower genomics to inform the creation of new habitats
Sowing wildflower seeds is an essential part of our efforts to rewild urban landscapes and restore biodiversity, but how can we make sure that our efforts are not in vain? The comm...
Mesocosm Experiments to Integrate Landscape-Scale Factors into Future Directions for Pesticide Risk Assessment
Healthy aquatic plants are a cornerstone for healthy aquatic ecosystems. This project will generate fundamental science to improve future pesticide risk assessments. The novelty li...
Extending coexistence theory to predict impact of plant invasions on biodiversity
Biodiversity is important for human flourishing, and declining worldwide. Invasions by non-native plant species as a result of human activity represent a threat to ecosystems aroun...
What Are The Controls on Aqueous N Export From Human-modified Tropical Peatlands?
"Palm oil plantations in Malaysian Borneo are experiencing large but unquantified losses of aqueous Nitrogen (N) from leeching of N rich fertilisers. Leeching occurs due to po...
Ghost pingo ponds: The role of buried wetland deposits in rare aquatic plant conservation
To investigate long-term plant propagule viability in ghost pingo pond sediments and ascertain the potential of resurrected pingo ponds for wetland plant conservation More info...
Genomics of extinction, reintroduction and recovery of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) on the British Isles
White-tailed eagles were historically widespread across the British Isles, but human persecution and habitat alterations led to their extinction by the early 20th century. Reintr...
Evaluating the ability of human communities and environmental systems to adapt and recover to Late Holocene climate change in the Peruvian Andes.
During the Late Holocene (last 4250 years), palaeoclimatic reconstructions from Peruvian archives (ice, marine, speleothems and lakes) have provided high-resolution records of prec...
Understanding the role of different types of conservation area in meeting global biodiversity protection targets
Research background The most widely used approach for reducing biodiversity loss is establishing conservation areas, which is why scientists and practitioners have called for 30...
Exploring the unintended consequences of zerodeforestation oil palm
Background: Concerns about the loss of tropical rainforests have led companies to make zero-deforestation commitments (ZDCs) to reduce carbon emissions and biodiversity losses due...
Edinburgh Ecological Genomics Advanced Training
Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https:...
Machine Learning for Geophysical Hazard Sequences
Many geophysical hazards (volcanic eruptions, large earthquakes, landslides) have sequences of observable events that precede them. Experts often use these precursors to make forec...
Understanding Social Values on Low Carbon sub surface technologies
The Energy Transition to Net Zero is a societal objective that influences markets, institutions and civil society. In June 2019, the UK parliament passed legislation requiring the...
Understanding and predicting the consequences of pollinator and predatory insect declines for global agriculture
Insects are reported to be in rapid decline worldwide, driven principally by changes in land use and climatic conditions. At the same time, insects provide many important services...