Dr Josh Ahmed
Leverhulme Early Career - Life after cutoff: quantifying the 3D evolution of oxbow lakes
People Involved
Project Description
Oxbow lakes are one of the most iconic features in fluvial landscapes and play a crucial role in regulating riverine habitat quality and sustaining riverside communities across the globe. To evaluate the resilience of these lakes to the threats posed by climate change and human disturbance, it is essential to understand how they currently function. This fellowship will use a range of environmental sensing techniques to reveal the subsurface characteristics of oxbow lakes, how they vary in space and time, and identify the key mechanisms that that control these characteristics, thus allowing predictions of their future stability to be made.
| Type of Project | Early Career/New Investigator |
|---|---|
| Project Acronym | ECF-2021-596 |
| Status | Project Live |
| Funder(s) | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Value | £118,000.00 |
| Project Dates | Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025 |
| Partner Organisations | No Partners |
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