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Landslides and Lasers: Fibre Optic Distributed Sensing of Landslide Initiation
Landslides pose a significant geological risk to human infrastructure and life. With changing weather patterns and a likely increase in the intensity of drought and downpour events, there is a pressing need to understand the sensitivity of landslides to a range of initiation mechanisms. Read more
Carbon capture and storage: can a transdisciplinary framework for environmental impact assessment deliver a fair and equitable net-zero carbon future.
The UK’s energy system is evolving. It is widely recognised that to meet our future energy needs whilst tackling the increasing threat of climate change, an energy strategy that integrates a broad range of low carbon energy technologies is required. Read more
Understanding geothermal and volcanic systems using seismic recordings
Summary. Study for a PhD in geophysics and geothermal at Leeds, investigating how both volcanological and engineered geothermal systems behave using seismic waves and large datasets. Read more
Bayesian Machine Learning and Sampling Methods for Geophysical Inversion using Large Scale Seismic and Reservoir Simulations, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2023 Entry. PhD in Earth and Environment Science
About the Partnership. This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). Read more
Influence of deep-water sedimentation on active margin fault network propagation and evolution
Summary. Opportunity to work with cutting edge subsurface and outcrop datasets from geologically exciting areas, such as offshore New Zealand. Read more
Structural controls on geothermal systems in the Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland
This project aims to investigate the extent and impact of structural controls on volcanically driven geothermal systems in the Theistareykir and Krafla volcanic zones in NE Iceland. Read more
PhD position in sulfur isotope geochemistry
Job information. Expected start date in position . 01.04.2023 or upon agreement. Contract length . 1 year, renewable maximum 4 years. Read more
NERC Panorama DTP - Can you stop a PDC? Assessing the impact of natural and engineered barriers on deadly volcanic flows
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a major hazard at explosive and dome-forming volcanoes, impacting communities around the world. Read more
Lung-deposited surface area deposition of airborne nanoparticles in different environments
Airborne nanoparticles (<100nm) are the smallest fraction of particulate matter, which can penetrate deep into the lungs, and have more severe health impacts than their larger counterparts. Read more
Past and future coastlines: Modelling millennial scale coastal response to climate change
Global mean sea level is rising, and will continue to do so for millennia due the long-term response of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to climate change, regardless of the emissions pathway followed. Read more
Climate Extremes in a Warmer World: What does the Pliocene tell us?
The issue. Our ability to limit the rise in global temperature in line with the Paris Agreement is uncertain due to an inadequate understanding of the long-term sensitivity of the Earth and Climate System to CO2. Read more
Improving future predictions of the ocean biological pump in climate models
Project Background . The ocean regulates the Earth’s climate via, in large part, the biological carbon pump (BCP). The BCP comes from the coupling between the marine ecosystem and the settling of particles into the deep sea, resulting in a net removal of atmospheric CO2. Read more
Finding a new home for nuclear waste; investigating the behaviour of radioactive elements in low-strength sedimentary rocks, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2023 Entry, PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
About the Partnership. This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). Read more
Secular trends and the consequences of synchronised periods of burial in Accretionary Complexes
Accretionary complexes form at convergent margins, where sediment is scraped from descending plates and accretes to continental crust. Read more
Submerged peatlands – Characterisation, Vulnerability and Management
Marine sediments store almost twice as much organic carbon as terrestrial soils, and can remain buried for millions of years if left undisturbed. Read more
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