By SolarWriter (Own work), cropped [CC BY-SA 3.0] What it’s about? Supplying sufficient energy to meet rising demands whilst transitioning to low carbon sources to… Read More »Sunny waters: meeting our energy, water and climate mitigation needs with floating solar
There is a growing interest in linking hydrogeological and geomechanical models to improve understanding of hydrological processes triggering landslides, but progress has been limited by… Read More »Coupled hydrogeophysical and geomechanical modelling of slope stability for improved early warning of landslides impacting natural and engineered infrastructure slopes
The deterioration in water quality across the world over recent decades as a result of nutrient pollution is now a huge environmental problem. The need… Read More »Working with natural processes to restore lake habitats
Air bubbles trapped in the ice of the Earth’s cold regions provide a unique, fascinating and long term record of atmospheric composition. Ice-core records of… Read More »Understanding long term climate and atmospheric composition change over Antarctica
Sea-level rise and enhanced storminess, driven by climate change, is greatly increasing coastal vulnerability and the impacts of coastal recession worldwide. Although coastal cliffs provide… Read More »Understanding coastal vulnerability in an uncertain world
Every summer, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets develop a rash of supraglacial lakes around their edges. When they grow large enough, the water they… Read More »The role of supraglacial lakes in ice sheet change and sea level rise
Many freshwater fisheries of ecological and economic importance are in decline, while populations of piscivorous (fish-eating) birds such as goosanders and cormorants are increasing. This… Read More »The impact of piscivorous birds on freshwater fisheries
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 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