This project will explore the mobilisation and bioaccumulation of heavy metal contaminants from historic mine waste from old mine sites in Wales, and their impact on wildlife… Read More »The Impact of Trace Metal Contaminants on Environmental and Animal Health: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
**The deadline for applications for this project only is the 15th December 2017** Fish in a biogeochemical barrel: taking aim at the evolutionary consequences of… Read More »Fish in a biogeochemical barrel: taking aim at the evolutionary consequences of nutrient colimitation in freshwater
In January 2016, the first reports of a new invasive pest was received in Africa. In less than two years, the new pest – the Fall… Read More »Complementary strategies for the sustainable management of an invasive pest in Africa
The “4‰ Soils for Food Security and Climate” agreement has focussed regulators’ and scientists’ minds alike on the role that carbon plays in fertility and global… Read More »Metabolic constraints arising from the loss of organic carbon and structure from soils.
Quantifying dispersal ability and how organisms navigate through the environment is an essential step required to predict how individual species will cope with land use changes. There… Read More »Dispersal strategies and space use in pollinating bees
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for food production but rock phosphate reserves are non-renewable and set to become increasingly scarce, making phosphorus critical for global food… Read More »What lies beneath: Resolving fundamental controls on the stable oxygen isotope composition of phosphate in soils
Methane (CH4) emissions are far more devastating to global climate than carbon dioxide as CH4 is 21-times more potent a greenhouse gas on a per molecule… Read More »The impact of mixing on the production of methane by lakes and its loss to the atmosphere
Would you like to earn a PhD doing research at the cutting edge of biodiversity, ecosystem services, land-use change and agriculture? Would you like to produce… Read More »Modelling the impact of agri-environment scheme options on soil and vegetation
We are seeking an enthusiastic PhD student to work as part of our interdisciplinary team based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Bangor with… Read More »The role of moss mats on the resilience of soil to climate change
Applications are invited for a PhD by Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Nottingham University and Rothamsted Research on soil organic carbon stabilization. Climate change is… Read More »Impact of structure and microbial diversity on soil organic carbon under land use change