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Eggshell thinning as a re-emerging risk to bird populations: the potential role of chemical pollution
Bird populations are at risk from multiple environmental threats including chemical pollution. DDT was banned over 50-years ago due to its role in eggshell thinning causing bird po...
Assessing the current and future sustainability of coral reef ornamental fisheries under different management scenarios.
Many species of wild marine ornamental fish and invertebrates are collected from tropical coral reefs to supply the international marine aquarium trade. Today, an estimated 2300 sp...
Searching for Upper Atmospheric Waves at the Edge of Space (SURGE)
Atmospheric modelling is entering a new era of whole-atmosphere models which extend from the surface to space.These models will provide significant societal benefit, improving both...
Reconfiguring seascapes in the Anthropocene: Assessing how connectivity pathways maintain biodiversity
Scientific BackgroundAnthropogenic activities are changing ecosystems worldwide - manifested as mass extinctions, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. These impacts are...
Engineered Anammox Biofilms for Low-Energy Wastewater Remediation and Environmental Protection
According to the UK Environment Agency, there are continuing problems with the discharge of NH4+ and NO3- from wastewater to the environment, causing harm to aquatic ecology, drink...
Plastic pollution and ocean giants: Investigating the extent and impacts of plastic ingestion by marine megafauna (ref 4597)
The widespread and pervasive nature of plastic pollution has resulted in a growing body of evidence documenting the detrimental effects of anthropogenic waste on marine organisms....
Wholescape systems thinking: water quality effects on coastal habitat condition and services across the land-sea interface
This research project aims to improve understanding of the whole system links between freshwater quality and the natural capital that exists or can be restored downstream in transi...
The effects of secular changes in sedimentary regime on the preservation of time at outcrop scale.
The effects of secular changes in sedimentary regime on the preservation of time at outcrop scale.
What's for dinner? Oceanographic drivers of Manx shearwater chick provisioning and growth
Oceanographic features (e.g. fronts, gyres and eddies) are known to aggregate pelagic forage fish and thereby shape the space use of marine predators1,2. These features are dynamic...
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...
Astro-turfing the city: quantifying the impact of artificial lawns on the structure and function of urban ecosystems
Understanding how the management of urban habitats affects biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services is essential for creating sustainable and liveable cities. Lawns are...
An environmental evaluation of deep-sea mine tailings placement (DSTP)
Deep-Sea Tailings Placement (DSTP) is the process whereby mining industries discharge processed mud- and rock-waste slurries (tailings) directly into the marine environment.DSTP ca...
Novel satellite and modelling studies to assess wildfire emission impacts on air quality and climate
Over recent years, we have become accustomed to hearing media stories around the world about large-scale wildfires destroying homes, ecosystems and degrading air quality (e.g. the...
Human-Animal-Environmental Interactions at Late Medieval Religious Foundations in Ulster
OVERVIEWThe aim of the project is to apply a multi-proxy approach that combines zooarchaeological and multi-isotope analytical techniques, to provide a more nuanced understanding o...
Mongoose Markets: The Provision and Value of Public Goods
The trading of goods and services is a fundamental component of human societies, but we are not unique: throughout the animal world, individuals exchange cooperative acts in '...
Climate Extremes in a Warmer World: What the Pliocene tell us?
Weather and climate extremes, accompanied by adverse socio-economic impacts, are of great interest to the public and decision-makers. The prevalence of these events has intensified...
Ocean-atmosphere influences on tropical Pacific cloud feedbacks
Cloud feedback, particularly resulting from tropical high cloud, is the most uncertain contribution to equilibrium climate sensitivity (i.e. global temperature rise from doubling o...
Seagrass restoration in a bay of international conservation importance
Nuisance macroalgal blooms are on the rise globally, driven by anthropogenic drivers such as eutrophication and climate warming.Once established, macroalgal blooms can have signifi...
Arctic forest change in a warming climate
Jack Marchant's project details are as follows: Title : Arctic forest change in a warming climate Outline:Biomes and the transition zones between them are expected to shift un...
Constraining thresholds of Dust Optical Properties on Radiative Forcing over Source Regions
Description automatically generatedMineral dust is a principal global export from Earth's deserts (Washington and Wiggs, 2011; Wiggs et al., 2022). Dust is emitted from these...