Results for Environment
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The oceanic fingerprints on changing monsoons over South and Southeast Asia
As moisture fluxes increase in a warming climate, the contrast between wet and dry meteorological regimes, seasons and extreme events amplifies.This research will focus on changes...
Compatibility of climate and biodiversity targets under future land use change.
Averting catastrophic climate change will require transformational societal change. A key aspect of such change will be in sectors such as agriculture and energy systems.However, t...
Unpicking the Anthropocene in the Hawaiian Archipelago
Oceanic islands are often regarded as key early indicators or microcosms of the impacts of global heating, but they also are impacted by a wider range of human impacts, including i...
Horizontal gene transfer of cyanobacterial carbon fixing machinery: Implications for the rise of modern atmospheric oxygen
Much of life on Earth relies on oxygen for aerobic respiration.Indeed, it is thought that mammalian reproductive systems cannot operate at oxygen concentrations much lower than tod...
Assessing ocean-forced, marine-terminating glacier change in Greenland during climatic warm periods and its impact on marine productivity (Kang-Glac)
The receding Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is now the largest contributor to global sea-level rise. A major driving force behind this recession is the encroachment of warm ocean water...
Investigating Synthetic Textile and Plastic Biodegradation
As part of the United Kingdom's commitment to achieving net-zero emissions, it is crucial to reduce Net Zero GHG CO2eq emissions from all sources. Within the UK emissions from...
Hatching an egg-cellent plan: investigating vibrationally and chemically-cued hatching and development of marine invertebrate eggs in relation to envi
Eggs and larvae use sensory information from the environment to regulate development and the timing of hatching. Larvae must hatch at the appropriate time to survive. Sensory cues,...
Accelerated carbon dioxide release from sedimentary rocks in a warming world
Rocks contain a vast store of carbon locked in the ancient remains of plants and animals. In the upper metre of Earth's surface alone, there is estimated to be more than 1000...
LeNS UK: Large N Seismology for the UK science community
Traditional array seismology, where networks of 10s of broadband seismometers are deployed to record earthquakes and ambient noise, has long been a strength of UK geophysics. It ha...
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Alternative fuels and their potential impact on climate mitigation aircraft and other forms of transport
Climate change and air quality are pressing global problems that threaten to change life on Earth. As we seek alternative energy sources, there must be a transition period where al...
Evolutionary genomics of the thriving red fox
Scientific background and motivation: Conservation genomics has emerged as a major research area, using genomes to understand population decline and extinction. Despite large numbe...
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Novel Integration of Satellite Imagery and Social Science for Anticipating Zoonotic Spillover Events in the Era of Anthropogenic Change
Initially we will carry out a global scale review of the most important zoonotic infections, examining the role that habitat changes play in their occurrence. From this broad appro...
Changing arctic ecosystems: consequences of plant community change for ecosystem function
The Arctic is experiencing rapid climate change, and as a consequence tundra ecosystems are showing large increases in plant growth and rapid expansion of larger stature plants. Th...
Modelling oak response to climate change and disturbance
Understanding woodland resilience to environmental change requires insights on longer timescales than is currently possible using standard management tools. In recent years, within...
Investigating the ecological and systemic effects of next generation biopolymers in marine systems (5022)
Project descriptionMarine plastic pollution is a global environmental challenge. One solution for tackling the 'make-use-discard' culture that has encouraged the accumula...
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Plant Immunity in a Changing Climate: The Mode of Action of NLR Immune Receptors in High Temperatures
Plant disease resistance is fundamental to agriculture, safeguarding crop health and productivity.However, a significant challenge arises as most plant disease resistance proteins,...