Climate change, urbanisation and exploitation of natural resources increasingly alter the environment, posing significant challenges for plants and animals. We have a poor understanding of… Read More »Adapting to extreme environments: Hybridisation and the evolution of contemporary heavy metal tolerance
Accurate estimates of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions underpin national land use policy and subsequent targets, e.g. the recent UK target for net zero carbon emissions… Read More »Extreme weather events exacerbate nitrous oxide emissions from soil (Extreme-N2O)
Estuaries connect terrestrial and marine environments, providing one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Complex land-sea interactions combined with intensive land-use and land-value mean… Read More »Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas (PRIMEA)
The ecological impact of artificial light at night has been a rapidly growing field of global change science in recent years. While understanding of direct… Read More »Artificial skyglow impacts on the chronobiology of marine organisms
Invasive species represent one of the most pressing threats to earth’s biodiversity. This ENVISION PhD studentship is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface… Read More »Aerodynamic invasions: does the biomechanics of flight affect dispersal and genetic diversity in invasive species?
Arctic summers are now characterized by ever-expanding areas of open water exposed by the declining sea ice. This dramatic decline has input fresh meltwater to… Read More »Arctic sea-ice decline: An opening for more wind energy input to the ocean?
Armillaria species, are devastating fungal root-rot pathogens that affect over 500 woody plant species globally. They are facultative necrotrophs that colonise and attack the cambium… Read More »What lurks beneath: unravelling the chemically-guided ecological interactions of Armillaria fungi, a devastating group of subterranean forest pathogens