With increasing energy prices and advances in drilling and hydraulic rock fracturing (‘fracking’) technology, shale gas has radically changed the energy landscape over the world.… Read More »Characterizing behaviour of gases in shale reservoirs
We have recently found convincing evidence that soil dust contamination of food is an important (non-haem) dietary source of iron in several sub-Saharan African (SSA)… Read More »Characterisation of iron bioavailability from African soils
Long-range insect migration occurs on an enormous scale and provides huge costs and benefits to agricultural ecosystems. Insect population dynamics and migration phenology are both… Read More »Changing patterns of insect migration studied with a network of weather radars
The norm is to be exposed to a wide range of infectious organisms and most wild animals are infected with a wide range of parasites.… Read More »Causes and consequences of immune variation in rodents
We are seeking a PhD student to work as part of an interdisciplinary team, based at Bangor University, with collaborators in the Universities of Bristol… Read More »Behaviour, morphology and genetics of cichlid fish undergoing ecological speciation
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that evidence for global warming is unequivocal and is very likely anthropogenic in origin. However, climate change… Read More »Atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the last greenhouse
Good environmental policy has to be founded on high-quality environmental science, but delivering the research needed by policy makers can be a challenge. The Montreal… Read More »Atmosphere-biosphere interactions: UV, ozone and the Earth system
Alongside being a media for plant growth soils provide many other essential ecosystem services, such as: storing carbon, regulating greenhouse gases, recycling nutrients, buffering pollutants… Read More »Whole genome metagenomics to determine land use effects on soil ecosystem services
The decline of Afro-Palearctic migrant bird populations is a major challenge facing European biodiversity. Avian population trends are important indicators of environmental change and used… Read More »Understanding population declines in Afro-Palearctic migrant birds
In the last decade, polar regions have seen rapid climate change. From the sea ice loss and impact on polar bears in the Arctic to… Read More »Tracking trends in upper ocean mixing around Antarctica