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COVID-19 and Air Pollution - views of possible futures?
The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments around the world to impose restrictions on daily life to prevent the spread of the virus. This resulted in unprecedented reductions in anth...
The Role of Mitochondria in Eukayrogenesis
The formation of the eukaryotic cell represents an evolutionary oddity.An important step in the formation of the first eukaryote was the endosymbiosis between two prokaryotic cells...
The role of the microbiome in coral bleaching - Friends or Foes?
Shallow-water coral reef ecosystems are on decline globally, with heat stress and deteriorating water quality identified as major causes of coral bleaching and subsequent mass mort...
The Southern Ocean's role in CO2 change
The cause of glacial-interglacial CO2 change has been described as the âceholy grailâc of palaeoclimate. Several decades of research have narrowed focus onto th...
The ecological and evolutionary significance of functional variation in mitochondria in a wild animal.
Mitochondria are present in all cells of all complex life. They are unusual because they carry a complement of their own DNA, separate from the nucleus, which is inherited maternal...
Drought vulnerability of the date palm and its wild relatives
Understanding the mechanisms and evolution of drought tolerance in plants is crucial to support the development of drought-tolerant crops, assess the vulnerability of wild species...
A Tale of Two Lagoons: determining the drivers and trajectories of change for Venice (Italy) and Razelm-Sinoe (Danube Delta-Romania) lagoons through E
To develop a better understanding and implement better management strategies of complex lagoon ecosystems, this PhD brings together state of the art Earth Observation (EO) capabili...
Orographic Flows off Greenland and their Impact on the Ocean
Scientific backgroundGreenland acts as a barrier in the atmosphere so forces a number of orographic winds, such as barrier flows at its flanks and katabatic flows over the steepest...
The ecology and evolution of sibling cannibalism in the wild
Cannibalism is a behaviour displayed by nearly all taxonomic groups and it can be divided into several subtypes. The consumption of one's own siblings, sibling cannibalism, pr...
At-site microplastic monitoring for rivers and marine environments
Plastics are ubiquitous and there is an urgent need to better manage their life cycle from production to environmental fate. Recent interest has focussed on very small (micro and n...
Testing new genomic tools for predicting winners and losers of climate change
Testing new genomic tools for predicting winners and losers of climate change
The role of chemical mixture interactions and environmental stressors in amphibians natural history and fitness
Due to the decrease in population of the common Kestrel in the United Kingdom, concerns have been raised about the use of Second generation anticoagulants.It is believed that the r...
Natural atmospheric CO2 mineralisation in unexpected places
Atmospheric CO2 naturally reacts with some rock types, particularly ultramafic igneous rocks. Ultramafic igneous rocks are composed of silicate minerals such as olivine which are r...
Hydro-dynamic modelling of malaria environmental suitability
Malaria is a climate sensitive vector-borne disease that was responsible for an estimated 445,000 deaths from 216 million malaria cases worldwide in 2016; 91% of these malaria deat...
Disentangling environmental change in the Amazon: vegetation responses to Holocene drivers in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.
Amazonia is widely recognized for its high levels of biodiversity and the importance of the ecological services it provides from local to global scales. The tropical forests we see...
Quantifying the importance of tree floral resources for pollinators in urban landscapes
Urbanisation is accelerating globally, with the urban population projected to increase by 2.5 billion by 2050 (1). It is therefore expected that land-use change will increase corre...
Suspicious minds: a molecular taphonomic approach to preservation of the central nervous system in the archaeological and fossil records
Over 1800 human brains have been unearthed by archaeologists, and more than 390 putative neural tissues have been identified in fossils as old as the Cambrian Period. These preserv...
Evaluating the role of biodiversity in delivering sustainable nature-based solutions to climate change
In the wake of missed climate targets and failed technological fixes, the concept of "Nature-based Solutions" (NbS) has emerged as a prominent alternative in clim...
A virtual ecologist approach for improving methods in movement ecology
As human encroachment into natural systems continues, we must develop ways to reconcile human and animal needs while protecting biodiversity and human health. Studying animal movem...
The past, present and future of the Great Barrier ReefThe past, present and: integrating sedimentology and ecology via modelling and machine learning.
Coral reefs are the marine biodiversity hotspots, occupying 0.1% of the world's ocean surface but hosting 38% of marine species. Reefs around the world are currently being des...