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Speciation and conservation on a remote oceanic island
Our understanding of how species originate (speciation) has changed considerably since Darwin's seminal work. One aspect, however, that has been ignored is the role that microbes c...
A hidden record of early animal evolution? Exploring the Cambrian diversity of acritarchs and small carbonaceous fossils.
Overview: Microfossils offer a rich record of early animal evolution and the attendant reconfiguring of ecosystems. This project will focus on exceptionally well-preserved acrita...
Quantification and upscaling of greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from shallow waters, soils and trees in rural SE England.
Scientific background The race toward net zero is hampered by poor understanding of many greenhouse gas sources and their emissions, and how to scale these up spatially and tempo...
Impacts of Pacific Ocean warming trends (ImPOse)
The tropical Pacific Ocean is at the heart of global climate variability and change. El Niño and La Niña events consist of large-scale sea surface temperature (SST) a...
Understanding nonlinear wave-particle interactions in Earth's radiation belts for space weather modelling (Ref: 4253)
Lead Supervisor: Dr Oliver Allanson, University of Exeter Co-Supervisor: Dr Nigel Meredith, British Antarctic Survey, Space Weather & Atmosphere Team 2nd Supervisor: Prof And...
AIR QUALITY MONITORING ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND: DEVELOPING NEW UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICULATE MATTER VARIABILITY AND SUPPORTING MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk of the 21st century due to its detrimental health impacts, and disproportionate impacts on people living in urban areas as a...
Rivers on ice: do supraglacial streams evolve like bedrock rivers?
Supraglacial channels (rivers flowing over ice) are an increasingly common feature of glaciers and ice sheets subjected to a warming climate (Kingslake et al., 2016; Bell et al., 2...
The influence of groundwater to future flood risk
Flood risk is changing worldwide, associated with population and socioeconomic growth, and climate change. Lower catchments and estuaries are particularly vulnerable because land v...
Abrupt sea ice loss in the Arctic: Tipping points in warm and cold climates
Abrupt sea ice loss in the Arctic: Tipping points in warm and cold climates
Tracking Storms and Extreme Rainfall over Brazil in Convection-Permitting Simulations of Present and Future Climate (Ref: 4256)
Brazil is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, 70% of which are hydro-meteorological in nature, such as floods and droughts (Alves et al., 2020). Extreme precipitation in the re...
Monitoring of pharmaceutical contamination in estuaries across the world and assessment of the ecological risks of these molecules in estuarine system
Development of novel approaches to monitor pharmaceuticals in estuarine water samples and application of these in a worldwide estuary monitoring programme, performed under the UN D...
The Phylogenetic Relationships and Ecomorphological Diversification of Early Crocodylomorphs
The diversity of organisms on Earth is unevenly distributed across time and the tree of life. An understanding of the dynamics and processes underpinning this observation is one of...
The dawn of the Phanerozoic: non-bilaterian evolution and the nature of the Cambrian Explosion
The rise of the animals was a profound transition in the History of Life; for the first-time organisms were able to engineer the environment around them, altering geochemical cycle...
Offshore wind farm effects on ocean fronts and seabirds
Offshore windfarms (OWFs) will have important consequences for marine ecosystems, although indirect effects are virtually unknown. For instance, OWF construction and operation may...
Multitrophic Responses to Multitrophic Conservation Interventions: Non-target Species Responses to Biological Eradications on an Island
Survey and analysis of before-during-and-after effects of rat and ferret eradication on an offshore island examining terrestrial mammals and birds as well as site designated featur...
Convective storms, tropical circulation and climate change
This is a mathematical and theoretical project which will explore the relationship between severe storms and large-scale circulation in the atmosphere. Convective storms dominate t...
Success and Vulnerability in America's Tropical Forests
Few tasks in science are more urgent than revealing the rules that govern why some living things dominate and which will be most vulnerable in our rapidly changing world. Most life...
Next Generation, Physics-Inspired AI for Space Weather Forecasting
Space weather describes the variability of conditions in near-Earth space. One of the primary ways in which space weather can impact society is through the generation of anomalous...
Why do weather and climate models get the Indian Ocean wrong?
Scientific background The Indian Ocean is a key component of global climate, surrounded by monsoon systems on which billions of people depend, and warming faster than any other oc...
Multi-scale seismic hazard assessment
As we have seen in recent months, earthquakes can have devastating impacts on society. Reliably, accurately, and efficiently estimating seismic hazard is key to effective earthquak...