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Rachel Efrat – British Geological Survey Supervisors: Barry Rawlins John Quinton Andy Whitmore Chris Watts Summary Micro-aggregates, clusters of soil particles less than 250 microns,… Read More »Soil Micro-Aggregate Bond Energies and Modelling Fragmentation

Nick Primmer – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Matthew Jones Sarah Metcalfe Achim Brauer Melanie Leng Phil Barker Summary Some lakes contain sediment in their beds… Read More »Lake Sediments Unlock the Secrets to Past Climate Seasonality

Nick Girkin- University of Nottingham Supervisors: Sofie Sjogersten Nick Ostle Nial McNamara Ben Turner Summary Tropical forested peatlands are important carbon stores as well as… Read More »Tropical Forest Roots and the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Nathan Magnall – Lancaster University Supervisors: Mike James Hugh Tuffen Charlotte Vye-Brown Summary The emplacement (flow and cooling) of low silica, low viscosity basaltic lavas… Read More »Towards a Universal Model for Lava Emplacement

Laura Deeprose – Lancaster University Supervisors: Peter Wynn Phil Barker Melanie Leng Summary The disappearance of the Neanderthals, a hominin species similar to ourselves, is… Read More »Caves Hold the Clues to Demise of the Neanderthals

Laura Dean – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Andrew MacColl Suzanne McGowan Xu Chen Summary Many of the lochs of North Uist, Scotland, contain newly evolved… Read More »Sea level and Salinity Drive Evolution in Stickleback Fish

Jane Hosegood – Bangor University Supervisors: Gary Carvalho Mark de Bruyn Rob Ogden Summary Manta and Mobula rays are species under threat from both targeted… Read More »Novel Genetic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Mobula Rays

James Hicks – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Adam Algar Andrew MacColl Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Summary Climate change is having an ongoing effect on ectotherm (cold-blooded) ecology… Read More »Dragons Feel the Heat: Thermal Vulnerability of Lizards

David Foster – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Simon Avery Steve McGrath Paul Dyer Kirk Semple Ricky Wildman Summary Genetic variation within populations helps a microbial… Read More »Adaptation to Environmental Stress by Evolution of Non-Genotypic Heterogeneity Within Microbial Populations