Approximately 20% of people display allergic reactions to combinations of tree and grass pollen causing symptoms ranging from discomfort (e.g. hay fever) to respiratory complications… Read More »Pollen forecast 2020: using DNA metabarcoding to assess aerial pollen mixtures and identify linkages to hay fever
Rhizosphere microbes are key players in the carbon transformations underlying the generation and sustenance of soil organic matter. Recent evidence suggests that the production of… Read More »Novel imaging approaches to track rhizosphere carbon flow
This project aims to develop new geophysical data processing techniques for imaging groundwater changes within unstable slopes (e.g. natural landslides and vulnerable earthworks). Conventional monitoring… Read More »New computational inversion methods for geoelectrical imaging of groundwater changes in unstable slopes
Would you like to earn a PhD doing research at the cutting edge of biodiversity, ecosystem services, land-use change and agriculture? We are looking for… Read More »Modelling the impact of agri-environment schemes on plant communities and soils
Coastal erosion and flooding are global environmental and economic threats. The safety of coastal communities is of paramount importance in the U.K., given the relevance… Read More »Modelling systems of natural and engineered beaches
Soil hosts a quarter of the planet’s biodiversity and represents one of the most complex ecosystems on Earth. Understanding how soils function and respond to… Read More »Modelling microscale resource use in soil
Biogeochemical processes in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas play key roles in the global carbon C cycle by controlling the flux of material from land… Read More »Lignin as a tracer for terrestrial vegetation across the river-estuarine-coastal continuum
This is an exciting opportunity to use ecology-driven science to understand why moths are in such dramatic decline and to offer solutions that can reverse… Read More »Investigating the mechanisms behind moth declines: plants, landscape, pollution and climate
Researching crustal deformation processes and the degree of their proposed coupling with climate is the focus of this research, using the type example of India-Asia… Read More »Investigating tectonic-climate interactions using sedimentary records in the Tarim Basin, China
In the transition stage towards a dominant use of renewable clean energy, the emission of greenhouse gases is currently mitigated by capture and storage of… Read More »Impact of geochemical alteration on rock mechanical characteristics in geologic seals capping CO2 storage reservoirs