Results for Environment
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Assessing the threat of exposure of UK birds of prey species to microplastic pollution based on diet and trophic level
Rana has been recruited as aprt of the Scenario Scholarship Scheme for BAME Home Candidates. She will develop her project proposal, in conjunction with her supervisors, during the...
Toward next generation sea ice models: taking the rough with the smooth?
Existing sea ice models, such as those that appear in environmental and climate models, are built on continuum local balances of heat, momentum, and mass. State variables such as i...
The role of mesophyll CO2 diffusion in modulating the response of photosynthetic carbon uptake to CO2 enrichment of a mature temperate forest
The terrestrial biosphere captures about 3 in every 10 molecules of CO2 released by human activities. Mature temperate forests of the northern hemisphere stand out in their importa...
Discipline Hopping for Discovery Science
Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because...
Developing operational spatial models for Scottish fisheries
This project will develop a spatial combined stock and fishing fleet model to simulate both the west coast Nephrops fishery, and the potential effects of MPAs and HMPAs in demersal...
Use of molecular and isotopic signatures to inform foraging ecology and conservation needs for cryptic cetacean species
Studentship strategic priority area: Biodiversity Keywords: Marine, cetacean, stable isotopes, fatty acid, feeding ecology Abstract: We propose to use samples derived from dead...
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of soil microbiomes for crop health
Background Soil microbes can interact with plants to enhance plant defence against pests and disease. A set of bacteria are already being studied for their potential in sustainabl...
An early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental disruption
Project Highlights: 1. The conceptual appeal for an early warning system to provide timely response to environmental disruption (e.g. extreme climate events, radiation leaks, inf...
From Crops to Glaciers: A Deep Learning Framework for Earth Observation
The goal of this project is to satisfy this need and create a deep learning framework in the form of a neural network that excels at working with satellite imagery. This can be use...
Rainstorm-scale predictions of climate impacts on the water balance in East African drylands
Climate change presents great challenges for dryland regions, especially in communities where socioeconomic livelihoods are tied to the consistency of seasonal rainfall such as in...
Resilient treescapes for a changing climate: a mathematical approach
Climate change is expected to lead to worldwide deviations from current forest densities and species distributions. Simultaneously, the predicted distortions in long-term weather p...
The role of anthropogenic aerosol in near-future sub-Saharan precipitation
Sub-Saharan Africa is densely populated and highly sensitive to climate change. West Africa has experienced both prolonged periods of drought and increased flooding over the last 5...
Discipline Hopping for Discovery Science
This funding will be used to fund a series of short projects that will explore exciting environmental science questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives across the life, p...
Moths in the margins: developing and testing tools to determine the protection provided by agricultural field margins
PhD opportunity based at the UK Centre for Ecology Lancaster with degree award from Cardiff University This project will address the real-world challenge of optimising the effec...
Characterising the dynamics around offshore wind farms by combining machine learning and oceanographic techniques (4465)
This project will use data science techniques and satellite data sets to better understand how offshore wind farms can impact the ocean. In particular, effects on the waves, water...
Can polar seabirds really adapt to climate change?
The ability of animals to adapt to their environment is crucial for populations to persist in a changing climate. However, we know that the environment changes not only in the aver...
Unravelling the extent and impacts of plant invasion in the last pristine landscapes of Europe: the role of species interactions
Biological invasions of anthropogenic origin pose significant threats to biodiversity. Studies on their drivers and impacts have grown exponentially in the past 30 years, yet mos...
An oceanic species in coastal habitats: Risso's dolphin distribution in Scottish waters and implications for conservation management
Risso's dolphins generally occupy offshore habitats beyond the continental shelf, where they forage on neritic and oceanic squid. However, in the UK, and off western Scotland in pa...
Ice formation in clouds and the implications for climate
This project combines weather-scale and climate modelling with satellite data to understand ice formation in clouds and the effect on future climate. Climate models are very poor...
Climatology and habitability of Earth-like planets
Climate models have enabled us to examine the governing processes, dynamics, and lim- its of the Earth system, including of the feedbacks that can drastically transform the climate...