Projects (68)

Marine ecosystem health: A streamlined approach for assessments through integration, harmonisation and forecasting Sep 16, 2019 - Mar 20, 2020
The project aims to review and assess the capacity of existing models and methods to produce integrated assessments of the status and health of marine ecosystems (in particular for habitats) to address multiple national and international environmenta... Read More about Marine ecosystem health: A streamlined approach for assessments through integration, harmonisation and forecasting.

Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS) Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
The primary aim of the CHASANS Project is to deliver improved larval connectivity models necessary to provide guidance on decommissioning and derogation of artificial structures in the North Sea. Ground-truthing studies will be employed to validate m... Read More about Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS).

Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository Engineering Mar 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
EPSRC responsive mode led by Cardiff and Leeds

MSFD-BHD Coordinated assessment Mar 1, 2020 - Feb 28, 2021
Environmental monitoring and reporting of EU environmental policy provides information that is used to assess compliance with legal obligations, to help build the evidence base required for implementation and policy making and to provide information... Read More about MSFD-BHD Coordinated assessment.

ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints Jan 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
Scarborough Borough Council like other councils across England provide a single use plastic sack for residents to store and present their recycling in. This is because the density of housing and space available does not permit the use of a wheeled bi... Read More about ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints.

Digital resources for practical learning in the GEES disciplines Jun 1, 2021 - May 31, 2023
Geography and Environmental Sciences (G&ES) programmes have diverse skill and method requirements needing specialized training ranging from spatial methods such as computer cartography and GIS via field and laboratory methods to qualitative and quant... Read More about Digital resources for practical learning in the GEES disciplines.

Virtual Palaeoscience (ViPs) Project: Collating, curating and developing virtual lab and fieldtrip resources for palaeoenvironmental teaching May 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2025
To create a shared archive of virtual palaeoscience teaching resources to support the learning and teaching of environmental change as both a short-term COVID19 response and for the longer-term improvement of learning, accessibility and outreach with... Read More about Virtual Palaeoscience (ViPs) Project: Collating, curating and developing virtual lab and fieldtrip resources for palaeoenvironmental teaching.

Alderman Kneeshaw Park: the replenishment of a neglected urban public space Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
The aim of this project is to re-engage a community in East Hull with its 17-acre park - Alderman Kneeshaw Park - and, in doing so, enable people and nature to work together for a healthy and sustainable urban future. The project represents a unique... Read More about Alderman Kneeshaw Park: the replenishment of a neglected urban public space.

Remote sensing soil processes and health for improved Carbon sequestration Dec 1, 2021 - Mar 17, 2022
Soils are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems and provide multiple ecosystem services to humans, including the provision of food from agriculture. Soil organic carbon (SOC) loss due to intensive agricultural practices, and climate change is a... Read More about Remote sensing soil processes and health for improved Carbon sequestration.

Advice and support on the development of a Sustainable Drainage Sensor array to of the DIG Consortium Dec 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
DIG is a £6m sustainable drainage project in Doncaster, Immingham and Grimsby being delivered by North East Lincolnshire Council, Doncaster Council, Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water. DIGSense will work in partnership with the DIG project to support... Read More about Advice and support on the development of a Sustainable Drainage Sensor array to of the DIG Consortium.

‘Colonial science’, the production of space and its afterlives in Italian North Africa Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
After crushing the nomadic-Bedouin resistance in Cyrenaica, Libya, with genocidal reprisals (1923-1931), Italy’s Fascist regime funded the Italian Geographical Society and Geographical Military Institute to survey, map and understand the Saharan inte... Read More about ‘Colonial science’, the production of space and its afterlives in Italian North Africa.

INSITE Synthesis - Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS) Jan 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022

nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) Jan 25, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
Analysis sediment core samples nutrient levels, particularly focusing on phosphate levels to understand nutrient sources. Excess phosphates lead to eutrophication, to inform mitigation of this sources of phosphates need to be determined. Historic ph... Read More about nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership).

A Proposal to Natural England to investigate and improve environmental skills and recruitment to the offshore wind sector from academia. Jan 17, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022

BLOWN: Biomimicry to Lessen Offshore Wind impact on the Natural environment Mar 1, 2023 - Feb 28, 2026
Due to exponential growth, offshore wind farm developments have moved into deep stratified waters, which are governed by fundamentally different processes to shallow coastal waters, and are disproportionately biologically rich. Yet the impact of larg... Read More about BLOWN: Biomimicry to Lessen Offshore Wind impact on the Natural environment.

NERC Discipline Hopping - Bridging the gap from waste to novel materials Mar 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
Substantial stockpiles of historical wastes have been disposed of and remain within the environment, where enduring pollution occurs. There is commercial interest in accessing these wastes for resource recovery and for generation of value-added produ... Read More about NERC Discipline Hopping - Bridging the gap from waste to novel materials.

The archival traces of Italian ‘Colonial Science’ and its applications in the construction of Libya Jun 6, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
This application requests support for the additional research costs to augment a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), 2022-23, entitled: ‘Colonial Science’, the production of space and its afterlives in Italian North... Read More about The archival traces of Italian ‘Colonial Science’ and its applications in the construction of Libya.

Remote quantification of soil composition characteristics using an integrated hyperspectral remote sensing approach Nov 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023

Development of the first global standard for airborne microplastic monitoring Nov 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023
Microplastics, of the size range 1 m to 2 mm, are ubiquitous in the environment, taken up by organisms, including humans, and accordingly are now categorised as a contaminant of emerging concern. It is well established that loess particles, charcoal... Read More about Development of the first global standard for airborne microplastic monitoring.

nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) 2 Sep 1, 2022 - Apr 1, 2023
Project will run July 2022 to 1st April 2023

A follow on project to gain a deeper understanding of the nutrient dynamics affecting Winestead drain.
Analysis water samples for nutrient levels, particularly focusing on phosphate levels to understan... Read More about nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) 2.