The onset of major northern hemisphere glaciation (NHG) marked a significant threshold in the Earth’s history with the transition from the relatively warm Pliocene to… Read More »Constraining late Pliocene palaeoceanographic changes in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean
Insect populations are declining at an alarming rate, globally. Aquatic insects have a crucial functional role in the environment and are used to monitor stream… Read More »Sensitivity of aquatic insect eggs to elevated fine sediment and phosphate concentrations in rivers
Natural wetlands are the greatest emitters of atmospheric methane. Plants are important controls of this as they can both stimulate high methane production and suppress… Read More »Plant adaptations to wetland conditions as regulators of methane oxidation and emissions from tropical wetlands
This project will explore granular slides observed in nature as landslides and (dry snow) avalanches and in industrial processing and storage applications (chutes, hoppers, blenders,… Read More »Landslide Modelling in the Laboratory
Holey hypervolumes! The multivariate geometry of adaptive radiation. We seek a maths, physics or engineering graduate with an interest in biology, or a biologist with… Read More »Holey hypervolumes! The multivariate geometry of adaptive radiation
We are seeking a student with a love of fresh waters, algae and experimental ecology to study the problems of nuisance blanket weed blooms in… Read More »Blooming blanket weed: managing nuisance algae in National Trust water bodies
Lianas reduce growth and increase mortality of their host trees, thereby reducing carbon accumulation in tropical forests by as much as 76%. Increased liana dominance… Read More »Being behind the times? Assessing the liana-induced impact on forest phenology using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
This project will explore the presence and bioaccumulation of organic and inorganic contaminants along the Olifants River system in South Africa, and their impact on… Read More »Assessing the impact of environmental contaminants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa: from sediments to crocodiles
The Arctic tundra is particularly exposed to climate change, with warming of up to 5°C measured during the 20th century, and substantial increases in precipitation… Read More »An experimental and macroecological investigation of precipitation effects on Arctic plant root traits
Understanding variation and change in biodiversity as a consequence of changing environments is one of today’s main scientific challenges. One problem is that recent climate change has… Read More »Change in arctic and alpine plant communities: the roles of climate and geodiversity