soil carbon PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

We have 63 soil carbon PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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Modelling soil erosion and soil carbon dynamics in agricultural systems

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment

Dr M Galdos, Prof P Chapman

Application Deadline: 7 January 2019

Besides supporting food, feed, fuel and fibre production, soils provide ecosystems services such as storing carbon, filtering water and maintaining biodiversity.

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Arctic carbon under threat from climate extremes: how do extreme climatic events affect soil carbon and microbial communities?

University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Dr G Phoenix, Dr T Helgason, Dr J Bjerke

Application Deadline: 9 January 2019

Extreme climatic events can have far greater impacts on ecosystems than gradual climate change. This is particularly apparent in the Arctic, where widespread damage from extreme events is causing large-scale die-back to tundra ecosystems and driving the phenomena known as “Arctic Browning”.

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Source to Sea: Soil carbon transport from forested environments to coastal waters (Ref IAP2-18-72)

University of Stirling
School of Biological & Environmental Sciences

Dr C Schroeder, Dr W Austin, Dr C Smeaton, Dr N Shah

Application Deadline: 18 January 2019

Scotland is a carbon (C) nation with significant stores held in both terrestrial and marine environments. Scotland’s peatlands, for example, hold Europe’s largest organic carbon (OC) reserves, and recent research has shown that Scotland’s sea lochs are even more effective carbon stores [1,2].

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SCENARIO: Engineering soil microbial carbon metabolism for multiple environmental benefits

University of Reading
School of Geography and Environmental Science

Dr E J Shaw, Dr R Griffiths, Dr M Redmile-Gordon, Dr E Armenise

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Soils are essential to human well-being because they perform multiple functions that underpin the provision of ecosystem services that sustain life and regulate climate.

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Leaf chemistry response to elevated CO2: decomposition and nutrient cycle impacts

University of Birmingham
NERC Doctoral Training Centre Studentships with CENTA

Dr R Bartlett, Dr L Batty

Application Deadline: 21 January 2019

The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research Free Air Carbon Enrichment Facility (BIFoR FACE) is an outdoor experiment studying the impact of elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) on an established deciduous forest ecosystem through several multi-disciplinary research projects.

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Soil microbes to mitigate climate change

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CEH (Lancaster Site)

Dr J Whitaker, Prof N Ostle

Application Deadline: 27 January 2019

Why is this project important?. Human populations are expected to increase by 50% to 9 billion by 2050 as climate change continues – together these changes will place unprecedented pressure on the Earth’s finite and fragile natural resources.

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Creating “Climate-smart” soils to optimize carbon sequestration through land management

University of Stirling
School of Biological & Environmental Sciences

Dr J Subke, Dr M Garnett, Dr M Perks, Prof D Johnson

Application Deadline: 18 January 2019

Background. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2018) recently outlined the clear case for reducing net CO2 emissions globally.

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