The high Arctic is warming at an alarming rate, disrupting soil carbon, nutrient and hydrological cycles. This is resulting in increased soil microbial activity with… Read More »Living in the dark: Impact of winter warming on ecosystem stability in the terrestrial high Arctic
This project will explore granular slides observed in nature as landslides and (dry snow) avalanches and in industrial processing and storage applications (chutes, hoppers, blenders,… Read More »Landslide Modelling in the Laboratory
The previous secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Anan, called for a uniquely African green revolution in response to the need to increase productivity while… Read More »Landscape diversity underpins sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) is highly controversial with public concerns over environmental impacts, not least the risks to groundwater. Key among the concerns are the risks… Read More »Isotopic characterisation of methane and ethane within groundwater aquifers: assessing sources, flow pathways and the impact of shale gas exploration in the Vale of Pickering, UK.
Around six million people fish on coral reefs, and the fish they catch provide critical sources of protein, micronutrients and income for many millions more.… Read More »Implications of coral reef degradation for fisheries
One of the great under-answered questions in the geosciences relates to the cause of the big drop in the concentration of CO2 in the preindustrial… Read More »Impact of sea level rise on atmospheric CO2 concentration over glacial-deglacial periods
Holey hypervolumes! The multivariate geometry of adaptive radiation. We seek a maths, physics or engineering graduate with an interest in biology, or a biologist with… Read More »Holey hypervolumes! The multivariate geometry of adaptive radiation
This CASE PhD studentship is a unique opportunity to make significant advances in the field of organic geochemistry and risk-based land management of post-industrial brownfield… Read More »Geochemical controls on the dermal absorption of organic soil contaminants
LiDAR is a technology based on a laser mounted on a plane or satellite, which can yield detailed scans of forest ecosystems. This valuable information… Read More »Extending global forest carbon models based on LIDAR from tropics to other bioregions
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and represent the greatest reservoir of genetic diversity on Earth. Their numbers greatly exceed those… Read More »Exploring the unexplored: soil viral diversity, dynamics and function