Anthropogenic stressors and freshwater ecosystems; the impact of plastic pollution, climate change and invasive alien species on invertebrate behaviour and community structure. Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Professor Alison M. Dunn <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (Biology )
Early warning signals of drought-induced tree mortality in Amazon forests Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning Primary Supervisor: David Galbraith <[email protected]>
Unlocking the Potential of Ice Nucleating Polysaccharides for Climate Science and Cryobiology Theme(s): Atmospheric Physics, Climate Primary Supervisor: Thomas Whale <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (Institute for Climate and Atmopsheric Science)
From waste to compostable packaging: The environmental end-of-life impact of modified cellulosic films Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry Primary Supervisor: Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Nurture versus nature in locusts – can we control their swarming behaviour? Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Climate Impacts, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecological genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Darron Cullen <[email protected]> Institution: University of Hull (School of Natural Sciences)
Using novel techniques to investigate foraminifera biomineralisation and geochemistry Theme(s): Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Tracy Aze Institution: University of Leeds
Himalayan glacier retreat: impacts on river ecosystems Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Glacial/Cryosphere, Hydrology, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Prof Lee Brown <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Rooting the Northern Forest: soil and woodland dynamics across northern England Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Living World, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr M Jane Bunting <[email protected]> Institution: University of Hull (School of Environmental Science)
Lava-ignited wildfires dynamics and emissions Theme(s): Air Quality, Atmosphere and Climate, Earth Processes, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Living World, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya <[email protected]> Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (School of Earth and Envrionment, University of Leeds)
Alternative Earths and their habitability for complex life Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth Primary Supervisor: Professor Benjamin Mills <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
