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Grass silage effluent: Environmental impacts and management implications( Ref: WD_2022_09_WSCH)
Post summary. Effluent is produced as a byproduct of the ensiling process and represents both a potent source of contamination to watercourses and a valuable source of nutrients which can be recycled within the farm system. Read more
Restoring Scotland’s woodlands: where will natural regeneration occur and what will be the consequences for carbon sequestration?
University of Cambridge
UKRI CDT in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER)
The UN has declared the 2020s as the decade of restoration, recognising that natural habitats offers solutions to two environmental crises. Read more
Machine Learning for Plant Pathogen Diagnostics
Collaborative Training Partnership in Innovation. The University of Bath and Corsham Science Ltd have established a unique Collaborative Training Partnership in Innovation and are inviting applications for the following 4-year PhD project, commencing in October 2022. Read more
Unsteady aerodynamics of wings in complex environments
Supervisory Team. Zhengtong Xie, Lois Huggett @metoffice. Project description. We are in a changing world. This includes climate change, fast developing urban environments where most of the population lives. Read more
Assessment of the impacts of regulatory anaerobic crop protection product degradation protocols on soil microbial communities to determine the variation between laboratory and field DT50 trials. (ref: RDFC22/HLS/APP/SHERRY)
Microbial communities are key drivers of soil biogeochemical cycling providing numerous critical ecosystem services and are key contributors to the global response to climate change [1]. Read more
Optical sensing of formaldehyde in indoor environments PhD
Formaldehyde is a colourless gas that is hazardous to human health, but is also a valuable industrial chemical with limited alternatives. Read more
What does the future hold for European shelf seas ecosystems?
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) content has been increasing from the industrial revolution onwards, predominantly due to the combustion of fossil fuel that had trapped the carbon deep underground and away from the atmosphere. Read more
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Controlling the microbial generation of nitrous oxide in wastewater treatment; a pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The wastewater treatment (WWT) process is arguably the most important biotechnological application in the modern world. Read more
Building-resolved large-eddy simulations of wind and dispersion over a city scale urban area
Supervisory Team. Zhengtong Xie, Kamal Djidjeli. Project description. Read more
Regenerating chalk stream environments: Monitoring the effectiveness of the River Anton Restoration Study
Supervisory Team. Paul Kemp and Andrew Vowles. Project description. Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the greatest global challenges faced by humanity. Read more
Project at Cranfield University: Optimizing UK landscapes for agroecosystem resilience
Project description. Biodiversity loss is an existential threat to global food security, and agriculture plays a pivotal role in the protection of species for agroecosystem resilience. Read more
Fungal Ice nucleation: Moulding our environment?
Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. · Work with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the University of Warwick to establish why various fungi cause ice to form in the environment. Read more
Dancing photosystems within biological rocks: towards understanding on fast deterioration of dry chlorophyllous seeds and spores
Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. Acquire a diverse and up-to-date skill set towards understanding the physics of life by working with spectroscopists at Warwick and plant scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Read more
Unlocking the relationship between host metal distribution and pathogen phenotype in tuberculosis
Research Group:
Biochemistry
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is the leading cause of death by a bacterial pathogen, with 1.5 million deaths estimated in 2020. Read more