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Spatial variability in stable isotopes from Lesotho surface waters: insights into regional moisture transport.
The Eastern Lesotho Highlands are known as the 'water towers' of South Africa.The hydroclimate of the region is critical for supplying infrastructure within South Africa...
The nitrogen cycle in Arctic and Antarctic macroalgae
The nitrogen cycle is chronically being altered in marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the economic world (Ohkouchi et al., 2015): these changes can be monitored using stable nitr...
Analysing Phenology and Migration of Amazonian Butterflies under Climate Change
Migration is a widespread adaptation to seasonal environments in insects. Despite this, insect migrations in the tropics remain poorly understood. Panacea prola is an Amazonian but...
Remote sensing as a tool to detect sudden glacier detachment events
Glacier detachment events, where a large section of ice suddenly detaches from a glacier, have the potential to cause catastrophic damage in mountainous environments. Most notably...
Detecting, diagnosing and disrupting schistosomiasis.
Schistosomes released by freshwater snails cause human schistosomiasis. Sensitive diagnostics for detecting schistosome/snail environmental signatures are not currently available b...
Developing Heartworm Diagnostics Towards Improved Understanding of Infection Risk and Disease Preparedness
Heartworm is a zoonotic, mosquito-borne infection of dogs, caused by the nematode Dirofilaria immitis. This parasite causes congestive heart failure in dogs, and pulmonary/subcutan...
Linking organism traits to ecosystem service mapping to inform natural capital-based management approaches to the offshore marine environment
The aim of this studentship is to conduct research that draws together traits-based information, with habitat mapping approaches, and management scenario modelling, to inform devel...
Exploring coastal cliff instability with distributed fibre optic sensors
One of the significant environmental challenges the UK faces now is coastal erosion and cliff instability. Along its east and south coast, the soft rock cliffs suffer rapid erosion...
Are biodegradable plastics really better for the environment - impacts on the structure and functioning of ecological communities
Each year millions of tonnes of plastic are mismanaged, leading to their accumulation in the environment as litter. Almost half of this plastic debris is composed of single-use ite...
Linking buffalo behaviour and movement ecology with risks of zoonotic disease transfer between contiguous domestic animal and human populations.
Protected areas and wildlife reserves in developing countries maintain biodiversity and can also provide economic help for local communities. However, biodiversity is threatened by...
Recovery pathways for lake ecosystems
Global water demand has increased by 600% over the past 100-years and is predicted to grow significantly over the next few decades. Under current and future scenarios, aquatic ecos...
Towards Safe Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Lower-Strength Sedimentary Rocks (GeoSafe)
The UK has been generating electricity from nuclear power for over sixty years. Nuclear power generates 15% of the UK's electricity as of 2023, and current government plans ca...
Measurement and modelling of carbon emissions in snow-covered Arctic tundra and taiga biomes
Cold season carbon emissions make a significant contribution to annual carbon budgets in Arctic environments. With air temperature in northern high latitudes increasing at rates ne...
Systems approach for establishing climate smart aquaculture to balance biodiversity conservation and food security in coral reef ecosystems
This project will aim to understand impacts of climate smart sustainable mariculture as a nature-based solution (NbS) for enhancing biodiversity and food security in tropical marin...
Ice nucleating particles from blizzards above sea ice - magnitude and climate impacts of a potential particle source in a warming world.
Ice nucleating particles from blizzards above sea ice - magnitude and climate impacts of a potential particle source in a warming world.
Delphinid Whistle Repertoires: A comparison method between and within species
This project will describe and compare the whistle repertoires of several delphinid species.Delphinids produce three types of sounds: clicks (used for echolocation), burst pulses (...
Stability of marine basins in the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet from remote sensing
This project will assess the current and future stability of marine ice-sheet basins that collectively underlie Ellsworth Land, the region that connects the West Antarctic and Anta...
Testing the potential of seaweeds and seagrasses to improve water quality
Project Description: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on Health (Goal 3), Water quality (Goal 6), and Life under water (Goal 14) are all relevant to the study of...
Application of lacustrine carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometry on the Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation
Application of lacustrine carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometry on the Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation
The Elemental and Isotopic Partitioning Behavior of Nitrogen During Magmatic Differentiation
Nitrogen is the dominant element in Earth's atmosphere at 78% by mass. It is a core element to our DNA, it is an essential nutrient for life and is a crucial ingredient to for...