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Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems

PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England. In south England and the Midlands, about 70 per cent of drinking water is sourced from groundwater. This groundwater is home to a wide variety of microscopic organisms that have interactive relationships with the surrounding abiotic […]

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‘Core blimey!’ A PhD fieldwork trip to India

PhD student Hamish Duncalf-Youngson recently visited Manipur, India, to assess the effects of aquaculture, environmental change and pollution at this internationally important site. Arriving in Manipur in north-east India jolts your senses to life, from the heat and dust to the chaotic driving practices (which heavily require dodging cows in the middle of four-lane roads). […]

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Mary Hodgson placement – Kruger National Park

Mary (placement student) stood on a freshly burnt site, surrounded by ash and an unburnt tree, measuring soil respiration using an IRGA and chamber

Image 1. Mary (placement student) stood on a freshly burnt site, surrounded by ash and an unburnt tree, measuring soil respiration using an IRGA and chamber As part of my ENVISION DTP PhD, I was lucky enough to undertake an internship in Kruger National Park. Working within Scientific Services, I worked with the Fire and […]

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Katie Devenish placement – UKRI Policy placement with Senedd Research

Envision student Katie Devenish standing in front of Cardiff castle whilst on placement

Earlier this year I had the wonderful opportunity to do a 3-month UKRI Policy Internship at Senedd Research. The bursary provided by UKRI meant I was able to relocate to Cardiff for the duration of the placement, meaning I could work in the office, meet my colleagues face-to-face and attend First Ministers Questions and a […]

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Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?

Figure of the Hulk

Anita Weissflog, Envision student from Bangor University recently published the following article on one of her PhD chapters in Biotropica. The article is openly accessible via this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.13150. She also created a short animation video during the Envision-sponsored infohackit workshop which shows what she discovered regarding the effects of host plant hairiness and time […]

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Mark Hamilton placement – Seychelles Fishing Authority

Envision student Mark Hamilton on a small fishing boat with three members of staff from the Seychelles Fish Authority

Envision placement details Student name: Mark Hamilton Institution: Lancaster University Placement Host: Seychelles Fishing Authority I completed an Envision-funded placement at Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) from April to June 2022. My PhD research focuses on the effects of coral reef degradation on small-scale fisheries, and three of my PhD chapters involve reefs and fisheries in […]

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Oliver Baines placement – UNEP-WCMC

Oliver Baines

Details of student and placement Name: Ollie Baines Institution: University of Nottingham Placement Host: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) From February-April 2021, I was lucky enough to carry out a 3-month placement at United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), working in the Climate Change and Biodiversity programme. Having […]

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