PhD: What’s for dinner? Oceanographic drivers of Manx shearwater chick provisioning and growth Location: Bangor Email: Lrv23ngq@bangor.ac.uk Twitter: @laurenevans217 Bangor University Research Profile webpage: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/research-students/ocean-sciences/lauren-evans-644067/en I studied Ecology at the University of Edinburgh where my honours project focused on the association between European Storm Petrel body mass and a declining principal food source. After my undergraduate degree, […]
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PhD: Investigating the role of organic nutrient resources in controlling biodiversity and production in freshwater ecosystems Location: Lancaster University Email: k.woodfield@lancaster.ac.uk I graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc in Environmental Science. As an undergraduate, I focused most of my time on the study of freshwater environments and the numerous challenges threatening them. My enthusiasm […]
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PhD: Understanding the indirect climate impacts of halogens in the troposphere Location: Lancaster University Email: k.vest@lancaster.ac.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-vest-14204a230/ X: @Kathrynvxx I graduated from Lancaster University in 2023 with a BSc in Environmental Science. My main interests during my undergraduate degree included atmospheric science, climate change and I enjoyed pursuing research projects including a microclimate study […]
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PhD: Assessing Amazon forest vulnerability and resilience to dry periods across soil moisture & microenvironmental gradients Location: Bangor University Email: k.heaphy@bangor.ac.uk Online profiles: LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/kateheaphy1 ResearchGate profile: www.researchgate.net/profile/Kate-Heaphy OrchidID: 0000-0001-5039-0463 Background: I am a New Zealand ecologist with a background in conservation, invasive species, and landscape-scale ecological connectivity. I have previously completed degrees at […]
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Project title: Restoring oil palm rivers: assessing the effects of riparian re-vegetation and in-channel modifications on biodiversity and functionality Location: University of Nottingham Email: Jake.dimon1@nottingham.ac.uk Twitter: @JakeDimon97 Biography I completed my undergraduate degree in BSc Biological Sciences (Zoology) at Cardiff University in 2019 and my master’s degree in MSc Conservation Biology at the University of Derby in […]
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PhD: The effects of environmental metals on the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the stickleback skin microbiome Location: University of Nottingham Email: Francis.Gyapong@notingham.ac.uk Personal homepage/Twitter social media contact details: Twitter: (1) Gyapong Francis (@F_Gyapong) / X (twitter.com) Lab page: Lab Members | The Whelan lab LinkedIn: (7) Francis Gyapong | LinkedIn My journey tackling […]
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PhD: Agroecosystems in a Climate Crisis: Using Big Data to understand the Out of the Ordinary Location: Rothamsted Research University email: nnl23tjf@bangor.ac.uk Personal social media contact details: http://linkedin.com/in/annalisa-lanza-00b894205 My PhD is based at Rothamsted Research and will allow me to carry out crucial analysis into the outliers present within the North Wyke data. This data platform currently […]
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Applications are invited for a PhD studentship within the NERC-ENVISION Doctoral Training Partnership, co-funded by JBA Trust, with a project entitled: “Modelling extreme sea states in a changing climate”. Coastal systems are extremely important for the natural environment worldwide. Waves are among the most important physical drivers for their evolution. Climate change involves transformation in […]
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In the UK, air pollution has been identified as the largest environmental risk to public health, causing between 28-36,000 deaths per year. The WHO have stated that 99% of the world’s population are exposed to air quality that fails to meet their Guideline limits. Health impacts, such as hospital admissions or increased GP visits, can […]
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The Antarctic ice sheet is ringed with floating extensions known as ice shelves, which dam the flow of grounded ice into the ocean. Their removal can cause acceleration of ice flow and subsequent sea level rise. For example, in the decade following the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002, acceleration of its […]
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