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Quantifying the Impact of Fluid-Rock Reactions on the Magnesium Isotopic Composition of Seawater

University of Southampton
NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award
Project Overview. Magnesium is a major constituent of seawater but is ocean geochemical budget, sources and sinks are poorly quantified. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Teagle, Dr R.M. Coggon, Dr A Evans
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Drivers of macroecology and biodiversity on the seafloor

University of Southampton
NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award
Project Overview. The diversity of oceanic life varies enormously across the globe. What controls these patterns remains a major open question in marine ecology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Martin, Dr P Fenberg, Dr B Bett, Dr A B Brombacher
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Tracing the Mediterranean’s footprint in the North Atlantic from millennial to million-year timescales

University of Southampton
NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award
Project Overview. You will work with exceptional sediment archives recovered during major international scientific expeditions along the Mediterranean’s footprint in the North Atlantic, spanning major reorganizations of Atlantic–Mediterranean connectivity. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof C Xuan, Dr J Wu, Dr X Zhang, Prof P Wilson, Dr AV Voelker
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Come rain or snow in a changing climate: predicting future rainfall over Antarctic sea ice using computationally-efficient machine learning

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Maycock, Dr A Borowiak, Dr A Orr, Dr S Sharma
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Macroevolution of seastars

University of Southampton
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Supervisory team. Your will be supervised by Dr Guadalupe Bribiesca Contreras (lead supervisor) and Dr Tammy Horton from the National Oceanography Centre, alongside Dr Jeff Thompson from the University of Southampton and Dr Hugh Carter. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Bribiesca-Contreras, Dr . Thompson, Dr T Horton
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The Bigger Picture: Integrating Plankton Imaging Techniques to Explore Ecosystem Structure and Function

University of Essex
School of Life Sciences
Applications close on December 16th 2026 at 23:59pm GMT. Scientific Background. Marine plankton communities are sensitive indicators of environmental change and play a vital role in ocean food webs, fisheries productivity and carbon cycling. Read more
 Supervisors: Ms E Fileman, Dr E O'Gorman, Dr P Lindeque, Prof G Tarling, Dr CM Liszka
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Arctic wintertime storms in a changing climate RENFREW_UEA_ARIES27

University of East Anglia
School of Environmental Sciences
Scientific background. Polar mesoscale cyclones are smaller scale (<1000 km) rapidly developing Arctic storm systems that occur over sub-polar and polar waters. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Renfrew
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydroelasticity of floating platforms for tidal turbines

University of Strathclyde
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering
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 Supervisors: Dr A A-G Arrendondo-Galeana, Dr Z Y Yuan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Climate impacts longevity from high-altitude major volcanic eruptions

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
  Research Group: Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
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 Supervisors: Dr G.W. Mann, Dr A Rap, Dr W Feng, Dr JZ Zhang
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA Programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies

University of York
Department of Chemistry
ACCE+ DLA is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Penkman, Prof L Robinson
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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From Light to Life: Pigment Composition, Light Absorption and Primary Production in the North Atlantic

University of Oxford
Department of Earth Sciences
Overview. The light absorption spectrum of marine phytoplankton is an optical property that can be retrieved using ocean-colour satellites. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof HB Bouman
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA Programme: Fueling the Fjords: Advancing numerical models to understand how ice sheet meltwater drives primary productivity variations in Greenland’s fjords

University of Sheffield
School of Geography and Planning
ACCE+ DLA is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Davison, Prof A Sole, Dr L Meire, Dr E Medina-Lopez
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-Y-01: Investigating sources of iodine to the Arctic atmosphere

University of York
Department of Chemistry
The Arctic is warming 2-4 times faster than the global average, driving rapid environmental change. The Arctic climate and its future evolution is particularly sensitive to aerosol-cloud interactions, which strongly influence radiative forcing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Carpenter, Dr M S Shaw, Dr R. Chance
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWOT and SAR Earth Observation for Deep-Water Offshore Wind Monitoring (Ref: AURA27-CH)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Offshore wind farms operate in a constantly changing marine environment. Waves, changing sea levels and storms affect access to turbines, maintenance activities and the resilience of offshore infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Hancock, Prof C Lloyd
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Genomes at the Edge: Understanding Molecular Adaptation to Hydrothermal Vent Extremes in Decapod Crustaceans

University of Portsmouth
School of the Environment and Life Sciences
Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in October 2027. The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science & Health, and will be supervised by Dr Nicolai Roterman, Dr Angie Beckett and Dr Michelle Taylor (University of Essex). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Roterman, Dr A Beckett
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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