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Soil Science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 114 Soil Science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Carbon dioxide from crumbling coasts: Rock weathering as a carbon source

The global carbon cycle controls Earth’s climate by the release and removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. A major CO2 emission occurs when sedimentary rocks are weathered, and this plays a central role in the geological carbon cycle, releasing as much CO2 as volcanism (Hilton and West, 2020). Read more

PLANT SCIENCE CDT: Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Scottish Agriculture: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Applications are invited for this exciting, fully-funded, 42 month PhD studentship at the University of Aberdeen. This project is part of the newly established Anthony & Margaret Johnston Centre for Doctoral Training in Plant Sciences enabled by a generous legacy gift. Read more

Continuous monitoring and mitigation of methane emissions at energy facilities PhD

Methane is a major greenhouse gas and so contributes to climate change. Cranfield and SLB are offering an iCASE PhD studentship, developing modelling methods to couple with observations of methane from energy facilities. Read more

PLANT SCIENCE CDT: The land use and environmental impacts of a dietary shift from cow’s milk to oat milk in the UK

Applications are invited for this exciting, fully-funded, 42 month PhD studentship at the University of Aberdeen. This project is part of the newly established Anthony & Margaret Johnston Centre for Doctoral Training in Plant Sciences enabled by a generous legacy gift. Read more

Does competition between hydrogen and methane consumption by soil microbes lead to climate impacts?

Summary. Emissions of hydrogen (H2) can act as a secondary greenhouse gas that distorts the atmospheric methane (CH4) sink. Soil bacteria can utilise H2 and CH4, but ecological mechanisms underpinning this competition remain poorly understood. Read more

Evaluating role of microjet plasma interactions with slurry to mitigate ammonia volatilisation

  Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. Microjet plasma will create a vortex in slurry to improve absorption of plasma species to liquid. pH of slurry will reduce leading to conservation of N, mitigating ammonia losses. Read more

Reactive nitrogen biogeochemistry in agronomic systems

Volatile reactive nitrogen oxides (NOy), comprised of NOx (NO + NO2) and NOz (HONO + HNO3 + N2O5 + …), negatively impact air quality as they are precursors… Read more

QUADRAT DTP: Investigating the role of archaea in peatland microbial ecosystems.

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This project is fundamentally concerned with understanding the carbon cycle in peat wetland (including blanket bog) microbial ecosystems – both restored and naturally produced. Read more

QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Globally, peatlands contain stored C equivalent to the amount that would be emitted to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels at the 2007 annual global rate for the next 75 years. Read more

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