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Co-benefits and Trade-offs for Regenerative Agriculture
Project description. Nearly 70% of UK land area and 50% of European Union (EU) land is used for agriculture. These landscapes have been shaped by centuries of large-scale human impacts through traditional or intensive land-use systems. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Regenerative grazing management: its potential to improve soil health and biodiversity
The ambitious UK greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) net-zero target for 2050 added to the known large effect that livestock has on GHGe have led to the search for more sustainable production systems. Read more
Developing methods to quantify the potential for greenhouse gas removal using bioenergy - carbon capture and storage to speed up the establishment and uptake of perennial Bio-energy crops.
Crop yield and soil carbon turnover models are parameterized by using data from carefully controlled and measured field and lab experiments and when used spatially in predictive mode are driven by existing spatial data sets of weather, climate, soil types and land use at various scales. Read more
Quantifying carbon content in European agricultural land
Farming practices and interventions that sequester and store carbon in agricultural soils can significantly contribute to climate change mitigation, as well as support farmer’s adaptation to increasing frequency of extreme events, droughts and floods. Read more
How do plants, mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbes interact to promote carbon and nutrient cycling?
Applications are invited for a fully funded, 42 month PhD studentship commencing in October 2022 at the University of Aberdeen, as part of The newly established. Read more
Inga agroforestry to enhance soil regeneration and carbon sequestration in degraded tropical soils.
Extensive tracts of land in the tropics have already been cleared of forest, used first to grow crops and then as pasture. The removal of the tropical forest severely diminishes the capacity of the ecosystem to retain nutrients and carbon in the soil. Read more
Carbon leakage in forest ecosystems – towards a better understanding of the real contribution of forests to mitigate climate change
Reference number. SCEBE/21SF/009/AO. Aim and Scope. The ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon (C; e.g. CO2) above and belowground makes afforestation one of the leading measures to fight climate change. Read more
Project at Cranfield University: Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils through silicate weathering
One of the most promising ‘geo-engineering’ methods to mitigate climate change is to capture CO. 2. from the air and react it with silicate rocks to form carbonate rocks, so permanently sequestering the CO. Read more
BARIToNE Project F - Moving to net zero barley production
Principal Industrial Supervisor – Gillian MacDonald,. Glenmorangie. Principal Academic Supervisors –. Dr. Roy Neilson. , James Hutton Institute (JHI). Read more
BARIToNE Project F - Moving to net zero barley production
Principal Industrial Supervisor – Gillian MacDonald,. Glenmorangie. Principal Academic Supervisors –. Dr. Roy Neilson. , James Hutton Institute (JHI). Read more
Modelling biochar-colloids fate and transport in the subsurface
Groundwater and soil pollution is a cause of concern for drinking-water sources, as toxic chemicals continue to contaminate subsurface reservoirs via wastewater, agricultural runoff, storm water, air pollution, and polluted soils. Read more
Net Zero crops: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from linseed (PhD)
Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, largely driven by fertiliser applications. This includes the production of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas (GHG) approximately 300 times more powerful at driving climate warming than carbon dioxide over 100 years. Read more
Reading the molecular fine print: Ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry and the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands industry
Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. State-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation (amongst world-leading). International environmental research. Read more
Centre for Doctoral Training PhDs in Plant Sciences
The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen has a world-leading reputation for pure and applied research across the biological sciences, with a broad cross-cutting theme of understanding the fundamental biological consequences of global environmental change. Read more
Effects of self-cementing properties on the performance of a sustainable capillary barrier cover system by using recycled concrete aggregates
In supporting the UK Government to fulfil its targets on carbon emissions and environmental protection, there is an increasingly strong emphasis on recycling and reuse of construction waste in civil engineering. Read more
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