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Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 15 Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 15 Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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The Genesis of Volcanic Ash
Project Description. Fine-grained volcanic ash is created during pyroclast collisions within energetic volcanic flows in conduits, jets, and pyroclastic density currents. Read more
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(Hazardous) Sanitation Labour: Historical Legacies and Shifting Realities
Project Description. Around the world, sanitary workers continue to manually handle human faeces on streets, in drains, latrines, sewers and septic tanks. Read more
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Impacts of Covid-19 on UK Air Quality at Street Scale: Lessons for Net Zero
Project Description. Urban air quality remains a major challenge in many parts of the UK, with many cities exceeding EU limits for NO. Read more
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Radar characterisation of volcanic plumes
Project Description. Explosive volcanic eruptions can generate ash plumes that present a global hazard. To improve our forecasts of plume dispersal, radar remote sensing could provide real-time measurements for assimilation into plume dispersal models. Read more
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Tracking Greenland’s Elusive Glaciers from Space
Project Description. This project offers the exciting opportunity to advance understanding of the contribution of Greenlandic glaciers to global sea-level rise. Read more
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From streams to land – how aquatic environments are supporting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across the Amazonian arc of deforestation
Project Description. A wealth of research identifies how terrestrial ecosystems influence aquatic ones, influencing flows of water, nutrients and pollutants. Read more
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Ice ablation controlled by natural and anthropogenic particles
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Encountering groundwater: engaging with an invisible resource
Project Description. Pressure on groundwater is increasing globally as it is considered key to water and food security in the context of climate change (UN World Water Development Report 2022). Read more
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Back to the land: labour, agriculture and ecological transition
Project Description. The global food system is in crisis, driven by ecological and climate catastrophes, plantation monocultures, labour exploitation (particularly of migrants), rising input prices due to war, and in the UK Brexit and soaring land values, alongside food poverty. Read more
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Improving the productivity and climate resilience of cowpea
Project Description. Cowpea is a major source of protein for some of the most vulnerable smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
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Understanding regulation of the regulators: the role of phosphatases in photosynthesis
Project Description. Photosynthesis is a key process in the quest to achieve increases in agricultural productivity and sustainability. Read more
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Addressing air quality through participation, learning and shared ownership
Project Description. Air pollution is the biggest environmental cause of death worldwide; over 40,000 deaths are linked to air pollution in the UK each year. Read more
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Floating solar panel impacts on aquatic systems under a changing climate
Project Description. Floating photovoltaic solar panels (FPVs) on drinking water reservoirs are a rapidly growing contribution to climate change responses. Read more
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Where do the wild things grow? Remote assessment of forest biodiversity condition
Project Description. Forest expansion is central to achieving the UK’s net-zero ambitions and reversing decades of decline in biodiversity. Read more
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Toxic plastic additives and their impact on Antarctic aquatic foodchains
Project Description. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to carry out research at Lancaster University and the British Antarctic Survey on persistent chemicals. Read more
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