Scientific background: Rip currents interact with density-driven freshwater plumes along the coast to mix and disperse contaminants from fluvial discharge into the shelf-sea where they… Read More »Rip current and density driven dispersal of nearshore contaminants
Tropical lakes systems provide vital ecosystem services to some of Earth’s fastest growing and most vulnerable human populations, but in response to climatic and anthropogenic… Read More »Reconstructing 2000 years of hydrological change in Africa – implications for future climate scenarios
Deforestation is a major global driver of soil carbon loss. Soil carbon is central to ecosystem functioning including the regulation of climate change, and quantifying… Read More »Quantifying carbon change in afforested soils
Being able to accurately quantify the transport of fine sediment (sand particles and finer) in rivers is hugely important for many reasons, for example because… Read More »Novel high resolution surveying of fine sediment throughout large river cross sections; supporting improved flux estimation and habitat assessment.
This project will investigate the effects of joint climate and land cover change on the thermal vulnerability of animals at a global scale. While rising… Read More »Modelling thermal safety margins of animals worldwide under climate and land use change: past, present and future
This project will address the controversial and highly topical question of how we ensure that rivers do as good a job as possible of transporting… Read More »Modelling the influence of aquatic plants on rivers’ flood conveyance capacity
Environmental change due to human activities can have devastating impacts on microbial activities that are essential to the earth’s ecosystem functions. Microbial adaptations to stresses… Read More »Microbial survival in stressed environments
This PhD studentship presents a unique opportunity in the fields of organic geochemistry and risk-based land management. The student will optimise in vitro methods to… Read More »Measurement and modelling human dermal bioavailability of potentially harmful organic soil contaminants
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
The very presence of engineering species within a landscape promotes high levels of biodiversity and ecosystem goods/services. However, their loss and degradation is one of… Read More »Learning from the landscape: can the patch dynamics of reef communities guide their conservation and spatial management?