NERC Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions

Professor Daniel Parsons D.Parsons@hull.ac.uk
Professor in Sedimentology/ Director, Energy and Environment Institute

Sustainable Intensification of Rice Agriculture in Vulnerable Mega-Deltas: A Global Challenge’ May 1, 2017 - Apr 30, 2019
The world's major river deltas - hotspots of agricultural production that support rural livelihoods and feed much of the global population - are facing a major sustainability crisis. This is because they are under threat from being 'drowned' by risin... Read More about Sustainable Intensification of Rice Agriculture in Vulnerable Mega-Deltas: A Global Challenge’.

How do deep-ocean turbidity currents behave that form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth? Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2025
Seafloor flows called turbidity currents form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth (submarine fans). They flushglobally significant amounts of sediment, organic carbon, nutrients and fresher-water into the deep ocean, and affect itsoxygen leve... Read More about How do deep-ocean turbidity currents behave that form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth?.

Understanding floods from catchment to coast Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017

Morphodynamic Stickiness: the influence of physical and biological cohesion in sedimentary systems May 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2023
Our coasts, estuaries, & low-land river environments are some of the most sensitive systems to sea-level rise & environmental change. In order to manage these systems, & adapt to future changes, we desperately need to be able to predict how they will... Read More about Morphodynamic Stickiness: the influence of physical and biological cohesion in sedimentary systems.

Energy from Waste and Biomass Dec 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2024