The project: Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened ecosystems globally, with nutrient enrichment perhaps the most significant stressor. However, the importance of the wide range of organic nutrient compounds found in freshwater ecosystems (e.g. proteins, nucleic or amino acids, phospholipids, etc) remains highly uncertain. Research to address this uncertainty is critical, because the concentration […]
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The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are responsible for about a third of global sea level rise as a result of increased melting and changes to ice flow. Supraglacial lakes (SGLs) are becoming more abundant as a result of increased melting, and can act to speed up ice flow when they drain (Leeson et al., […]
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Ecoacoustics is the use of sound to understand more about the nature of ecosystems and how they function. The scientific field and practical applications are rapidly developing as new hardware and analytical techniques, in particular AI methods, make the methodologies more accessible and the results more actionable. Many animals produce sounds which can be used […]
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PhD: Confronting the Changing Diversity Patterns of Coral Reefs Location: Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University Email Javier Gonzalez Barrios Twitter Javier is an Envision DTP NERC funded PhD student at Lancaster Environment Centre, supervised by Prof Nick Graham, Dr Sally Keith, Dr Gareth Williams (Bangor University) and Prof Joshua Cinner (James Cook University). Javier completed […]
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PhD: Country, calypso or carimbó? The role of cultural value shifts in advancing Amazonian deforestation frontiers Location – Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University Email Jordan Blanchard-Lafayette Twitter My PhD will focus on the role cultural value shifts in advancing deforestation frontiers in Amazonia, applying a cultural and social lens to better understand their links with […]
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PhD: Understanding how habitat quality, insect abundance and aquatic subsidies impact population change in a rapidly declining bird Location: Lancaster University Email Catrin Eden Twitter Linked In I studied biology at the University of Manchester from 2016-2020 where I focussed on ecology and conservation modules. I spent a year as a placement student with the […]
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PhD: The War-torn Woodlands of Britain: Reconstructing the ecological impacts of historical disturbance Location: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Lancaster Email Catherine Walker LinkedIn Twitter My drive to pursue a PhD in woodland ecology began after volunteering at my local woodland, Birchanger Wood, in Hertfordshire. Now a trustee of the wood, this experience has […]
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