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A new generation of physically-based models for predicting ice-sheet fracture and sea level rise
Sea-level rise is one of the most critical issues the world faces under global warming. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 10% of the world's popula...
The Evolution and Extinction of Biodiversity by Day and Night
The Evolution and Extinction of Biodiversity by Day and Night
The impacts of long-term woodland creation on invertebrate communities
Many countries are setting ambitious targets for habitat restoration and woodland expansion (e.g. Bonn Challenge), such as England's commitment to plant 11 million trees by 2022 an...
Modelling the Impact of Surface Melt on Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability
Floating ice shelves modulate the flow of ice towards the ocean, and are vulnerable to changes in both the atmosphere and ocean. The formation of surface meltwater has been linked...
Water quality risks from soil structure degradation in Scotland
Are soils being managed in a way that degrades their structure and affects water quality? You will help answer this question in a fully funded PhD project between the University of...
University of Southampton - Cross-disciplinary research for Environmental Sciences
Taking advantage of this opportunity to cross-fertilise ideas, the programme will provide a range of flexible opportunities and platforms to bring together our researchers (includi...
Hydro-Mechanics of Fluid-Induced Seismicity in the Context of the Green-Energy Transition
Green-energy transition technologies such as carbon storage, geothermal energy extraction, hydrogen storage, and compressed-air energy storage, all rely to some extent on subsurfac...
Adaptation mechanisms of globally successful marine cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria are the most abundant photosynthetic organisms on the planet. To adapt to the highly varied physical and chemical marine environment, cyanobacteria use diverse strate...
Understanding lifelong and multigenerational inbreeding effects in the Seychelles warbler
Inbreeding depression needs to be measured in natural populations where environmental stresses exposes its detrimental effects However, such studies probably greatly underestimate...
Surge Forth: Understanding glacier dynamics where the Scottish Highlands meet the Lowlands
Reconstructing the former geometry and behaviour of glaciers and ice caps is important to understand how contemporary ice masses will respond to ongoing climate change.
Cross-disciplinary research for Discovery Science
The Grantham Institute will convene a panel to allocate the NERC Cross-disciplinary research for Discovery Science funding to one or more activities via an internal, competitive fu...
Importance and sustainability of endangered communities of bee pollinators in the machair, a changing coastal ecosystem
The machair is a unique environment localised in Western Scotland and North-west Ireland, characterised by low-level coastal grasslands usually fronted by a higher dune ridge. The...
Right tree, right place, right reason: understanding species- specific benefits and disbenefits of urban trees
At present, there is a global focus on tree planting for climate change mitigation and other environmental benefits, e.g. Defra's 25 Year Environment Plan to plant 1 million urb...
Development of fast ozone detectors for measurement of ozone fluxes from ship and airborne platforms
Model calculations show that ocean dry deposition has the potential to reduce surface O3 mixing ratios by several ppb, which is of a magnitude where it can influence human exposure...
The risk of soil contaminants on above- and below-ground urban ecosystems
This interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the risks posed by soil contamination by anthropogenic activities above- and below-ground in urban ecosystems. This is crucial a...
From road to sea: Exploring the biological effects of tyre particles in marine invertebrates. (Ref:4293)
Project Background: Tyre wear particles are anthropogenic particulates that stem from the abrasion of synthetic rubber tyres on road surfaces. It is estimated that over 3.4 mil...
Community and privately-owned urban (green) spaces as nature-based solutions
The project aims to halt biodiversity loss by restoring and connecting currently isolated habitat patches. It will improve biodiversity by restoring and connecting habitats across...
NERC-NSTC: Erosion in the deep ocean - the impact of the Kuroshio Current on the continental shelf and slope of Taiwan
The global 'conveyor belt' of ocean currents are an important part of Earth's climate system, transporting heat and nutrients around the global oceans. They also transport large vo...
The Impact of Subsurface Heterogeneity on the Performance of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) Systems
Global energy needs are steadily rising with a predicted increase of 45% within the next 15 years. In the long-term, sustainable energy is hoped to connect economic growth to incre...
Searching for a bit of peace and quiet despite unreliable cues: dispersal, settlement, and fitness of a top predator in multi-use forests and
FULL TITLE IS: Searching for a bit of peace and quiet despite unreliable cues: dispersal, settlement, and fitness of a top predator in multi-use forests and monitoring predator-pre...