Lake systems in Africa provide drinking water to some of Earth\u2019s fastest growing and\u00a0most vulnerable human populations. In response to climatic and anthropogenic pressure,\u00a0such as land-use changes, lakes are under threat from changes in water balance and\u00a0water quality. There is an urgent need for regional climate information from tropical\u00a0regions to allow the downscaling of climate projections that will aid the setting of useful\u00a0policy, management and adaptation targets. Knowledge of hydrological variability and its\u00a0associated temporal and spatial patterns are essential for developing sustainable water\u00a0resources and land use management in this region, and ensuring agricultural security.\u00a0This studentship will involve the production of new proxy timeseries for hydrological\u00a0change in Uganda over the last 2000 years using lake isotope records. In addition,\u00a0monitoring and hydrogeological data will be used to derive hydrological mass balance\u00a0models for the lake systems. These new data and modelling approaches will be used to\u00a0investigate how anthropogenic activity affects local hydrological balance in recent\u00a0decades, against a background of natural change, and the consequences of such impacts\u00a0under future climate scenarios. As part of this studentship the successful candidate will\u00a0have the opportunity to undertake fieldwork in Uganda, and develop research links with\u00a0colleagues based in overseas institutions, including a training visit to Washington\u00a0University, Missouri. This research is collaboration between the British Geological Survey\u00a0and the University of Nottingham. At BGS, the project will be located within the BGS
\nGlobal Team and isotope analyses will be undertaken in partnership with the NERC\u00a0Isotope Geosciences Facility. At UoN, the student will be based within the School of\u00a0Geography.<\/p>\n
Applicants should hold a minimum of a UK Honours Degree at 2:1 level or equivalent in\u00a0subjects such as Geography, Environmental Sciences, Geoscience, or Hydrogeology. An\u00a0MSc in a related discipline would be an advantage.<\/p>\n
Please contact Dr Keely Mills (kmil@bgs.ac.uk<\/a>) or Dr Matt Jones (matthew.jones@nottingham.ac.uk<\/a>) who will be happy to provide further information about this PhD project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lake systems in Africa provide drinking water to some of Earth\u2019s fastest growing and\u00a0most vulnerable human populations. In response to climatic and anthropogenic pressure,\u00a0such as land-use changes, lakes are under threat from changes in water balance and\u00a0water quality. There is an urgent need for regional climate information from tropical\u00a0regions to allow the downscaling of climate… Read More »Reconstructing 2000 years of hydrological change in Africa \u2013 implications for future climate scenarios<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-5803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-bgs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/Keely-Mills-Image-400x400px.jpg?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1vB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5804,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803\/revisions\/5804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}