Contamination of the world’s oceans by plastic waste is of growing international concern. The presence of persistent microplastic particles in very remote environments like the… Read More »Sources, transfer and fate of microplastics in the Arctic marine environment
Why this project is important: Solar parks are growing exponentially across the world and this growth is expected to continue. At the same time there… Read More »Solar parks: refuges for pollinators and boosting pollination services
Human populations are expected to increase by 50% to 9 billion by 2050 as climate change continues – together these changes will place unprecedented pressure… Read More »Soil microbes to mitigate climate change
Insect populations are declining at an alarming rate, globally. Aquatic insects have a crucial functional role in the environment and are used to monitor stream… Read More »Sensitivity of aquatic insect eggs to elevated fine sediment and phosphate concentrations in rivers
Nitrogen inputs into agricultural systems are an essential requirement for healthy, high yielding crop production, but they can also result in the release of excess… Read More »Reducing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions ‘RAGGE’
Researchers and the public are aware of the potential issues of plastic pollution. Images of birds, mammals and other charismatic species entangled in and eating… Read More »Plasticiser in the UK terrestrial environment: Occurrence and bioaccumulation?
Natural wetlands are the greatest emitters of atmospheric methane. Plants are important controls of this as they can both stimulate high methane production and suppress… Read More »Plant adaptations to wetland conditions as regulators of methane oxidation and emissions from tropical wetlands
This is an exciting opportunity to explore machine learning and big data methods, in combination with earth observation data, to extract information on land cover… Read More »Next generation landscape mapping: machine learning and big data methods for exploiting earth observation data
This multi-disciplinary PhD will study natural capital, biodiversity and ecosystem services at a range of scales, to tackle critical questions in ecosystem services research: Does… Read More »Natural capital, biodiversity and ecosystem services – tackling scaling issues
Can our upland landscapes provide clean drinking water, store carbon, maintain biodiversity, act as a platform for leisure activities and provide a rural economy around… Read More »Mountain soil resilience to land-use and climate extremes