Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisor(s): Prof Caroline Peacock (University of Leeds), Prof Benjamin Mills (University of Leeds) & Prof Simon Poulton (University of Leeds)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: In this project you will use new and exciting experimental, analytical and numerical techniques to explore how the availability of iron and manganese in the oceans controls the global carbon and oxygen cycles, and hence the evolution of Earth’s climate and surface conditions over past, present and future timescales. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisor(s):
Prof Crispin Little (University of Leeds), Prof Fiona Gill (University of Leeds), Dr Steffen Kiel (Swedish Museum of Natural History), Dr Stephen Hunter (University of Leeds)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Methane seeps are discrete sites where fluids rich in methane flow onto the seafloor. Only discovered in 1984, they are now known in all the World’s oceans. Methane seeps support extraordinary biological communities (Figure 1), the workings of which have radically altered our view of the life in the deep sea. This is because the primary energy source for these ecosystems comes not directly from the sun, but instead from sub-surface chemical compounds, particularly methane and hydrogen sulphide. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisor(s): Prof Simon Poulton (University of Leeds) and Prof Benjamin Mills (University of Leeds)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: The rise of oxygen on the early Earth has been recognised as one of the most significant episodes in the history of our planet, and this initial rise set in motion a prolonged chain of events that ultimately resulted in the habitable conditions we now enjoy. In recent years, the topic of early Earth oxygenation has received a huge amount of attention, and almost without exception, traditional views on the timing, causes and consequences of oxygenation have been shown to be incorrect (e.g., Krause et al., 2018; Alcott et al., 2019). More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: University of Leeds
Supervisor(s): Prof Natasha Barlow (University of Leeds) and Prof Clare Woulds (University of Leeds)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Shallow marine sediments play a vital role in regulating climate change by accumulating and burying carbon for up to millions of years – if left undisturbed. However, fundamental uncertainties remain as too the amount of carbon buried deeper (>10 cm) below the seabed and what happens if it is disturbed. The seabed is being developed for renewable energy and communication at an exponential rate, which may threaten these previously unaccounted for deeper marine carbon stores, risking carbon loss and transformation into greenhouse gases. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: University of Manitoba
Supervisor(s): Dr. Ricardo Silva, University of Manitoba
Dr. Joe Moysiuk, Manitoba Museum
Funding Status: Funding is in place for this project
Description: Small Carbonaceous Fossils (SCFs) have proven to be a key source of information about the early evolution of soft-bodied animals, complementing the macroscopic fossil record, and have yielded unique insights about groups otherwise absent from the fossil record. This project will contribute important new information about SCF diversity during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification, which has been the focus of relatively few prior studies. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: The University of Adelaide
Supervisor(s): A/Prof. Jonathan Tyler (Primary supervisor, University of Adelaide), Dr. Tamara Fletcher (Co-supervisor, Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide)
Funding Status: Funding is in place for this project
Description: Bushfires, in concert with a warming and drying climate, present one of the greatest risks to economic and environmental sustainability in Australia and many other countries worldwide. Catastrophic fires are expected to become more frequent and intense over coming decades, threatening native plant and animal species, water resources, and human health. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Institution: King's College London
Supervisor(s): Primary supervisor: Dr. Aaron LeBlanc, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London
Funding Status: Funding is in place for this project
Description: Most reptiles can continuously replace their teeth throughout their lives, but a diverse group of lizards, known as the acrodonts, have lost this ability. Acrodont lizards cannot replace their adult teeth, similar to mammals, meaning that their teeth must be adapted to resist tooth wear for long periods of time. How their dental enamel, the most wear-resistant parts of their teeth, is adapted to suit the disparate diets of this diverse group of extant lizards is not known. More information...
Expiry Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
