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We have 181 ocean PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Machine Learning for predicting hazardous Arctic storms

University of Reading

Department of Meteorology

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 SL Gray, Dr T Bracegirdle, Dr E Blockley

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding glacial sediment plumes and their impact on the cryosphere with a low-carbon satellite data, AI and data mining approach.

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: Dr B Wallis, Prof A E Hogg, Prof KH Hendry

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Particle-fluid Interactions in Environmental Flows

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Sergio Maldonado. About the project. Consider a major global environmental issue. Perhaps you thought about ocean plastic pollution, air pollution, or sea level rise leading to coastal erosion. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Maldonado-Villanueva

1 May 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Across land, oceans and the atmosphere: Decoding Earth's carbon cycle with CO2 polyisotopologues KAISER_UEA_ARIES27

University of East Anglia

School of Environmental Sciences

Scientific background. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to avoid dangerous climate change by reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Kaiser

16 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Quantifying the extent and intensity of marine heatwaves in a changing climate

University of Exeter

Mathematics and Statistics

Background. Marine heatwaves are prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures that can disrupt marine ecosystems, fisheries and coastal communities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Youngman, Dr T Economou

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Volcanic fluid flow and release of greenhouse gases as drivers for Paleocene-Eocene paleoclimate

The University of Manchester

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Simulations of Earth’s response to current and future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are limited by our current knowledge of Earth-climate feedbacks, creating large uncertainties in numerical climate models. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Schroeder, Dr B Van Dongen, Dr G Holland, Dr R Tartese

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

High data rate adaptive underwater acoustic networks

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

The ocean plays a key role in supporting all living organisms on our planet, yet the vast majority of the ocean remains unmapped and unobserved. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Modelling coevolution in aquatic environments shaped by flow - EPSRC DLA studentship for September 2027 entry

University of Exeter

Living Systems Institute

Coevolution is the process of species evolving together and influencing each other’s evolutionary path. For a system of microbes and viruses, this entails an ongoing dynamic of the host microbe evading infection and the virus overcoming this protection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Moebius

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Aero-Hydro Coupling under Extreme Wind-Wave Misalignment: Rotor Performance and Wake Dynamics of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Durham University

Offshore Wind CDT

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Seaid, Dr M Bastankhah

15 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

YES-27-A-11: Pliocene climate variability: understanding the range of climates in Earth's last warm period

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Research Group: Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)

This PhD will use climate models to understand the range of climates during one of the last periods of global warmth in Earth history, the mid-Pliocene. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Hill, Dr A M Haywood

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

ACCE+ DLA Programme: Can eDNA time series reveal ecological change in marine pelagic communities?

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

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 T Webb, Dr V Fonseca, Dr Tom Gibson, Prof J Slate

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

From Mantle to Atmosphere: Tracing the Tectono-Volatile Cycle via Apatite Inclusions in Zircon

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 and Health, and will be supervised by Dr Hugo Mocrreira and Professor Craig Storey. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Moreira, Dr C Storey

15 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

YES-27-D-17: Geothermal seismology in Iceland

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Summary. The Hengill region of Iceland is home to two of the largest geothermal power plants in the world, sitting atop a vast magmatic complex which ultimately supplies the heat which drives the geothermal system. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Nowacki, Prof S Rost, Dr EO Glastonbury-Southern, Dr BP VanderBeek

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Leopard seal migration as an early-warning signal of Antarctic ecosystem change

University of Exeter

Ecology and Conservation

The project will address three key questions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Huckstadt

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Sentinels of the sea: What can marine mammals tell us about biodiversity change in UK waters?

University of Exeter

Ecology and Conservation

Marine biodiversity is changing rapidly, yet the processes driving these changes and their wider consequences are often poorly understood. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Nelms

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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