Seismic characterisation and monitoring of urban geothermal reservoirs
Theme(s): Applied Geoscience
Primary Supervisor: Adam Booth <A.D.Booth@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
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Seismic investigation of the Earth’s mantle with fibre-optic sensing
Theme(s): Applied Geoscience, Dynamic Earth & Natural Hazards, Tectonics, Volcanology and Solid Earth Geophysics
Primary Supervisor: Andy Nowacki <a.nowacki@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (a.nowacki@leeds.ac.uk)
Submerged peatlands – carbon store or carbon source?
Theme(s): Applied Geoscience, Climate Impacts, Marine Biogeochemistry, Palaeoenvironments and Palaentology
Primary Supervisor: Natasha Barlow <n.l.m.barlow@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Understanding air pollution in a warming world
Theme(s): Air Quality, Atmosphere and Climate
Primary Supervisor: Jacqui Hamilton <jacqui.hamilton@york.ac.uk>
Institution: University of York (Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories)
Understanding chlorine and its impact on methane lifetime in remote marine environments through measurements and modelling
Theme(s): Atmosphere and Climate, Climate
Primary Supervisor: Pete Edwards <pete.edwards@york.ac.uk>
Institution: University of York (Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories)
What are the implications of recent changes to the Karakoram’s “glacier anomaly”?
Theme(s): Climate, Climate Impacts, Glacial/Cryosphere, Hydrology
Primary Supervisor: Liam Taylor <L.Taylor2@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Understanding Reversals of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Theme(s): Dynamic Earth & Natural Hazards, Geomagnetism
Primary Supervisor: Jon Mound <j.e.mound@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Ice speed & Artificial Intelligence (AI): Using satellite data and machine learning methods to detect change on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Theme(s): Climate, Glacial/Cryosphere
Primary Supervisor: Anna Hogg <A.E.Hogg@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Imaging Earth’s interior – Massive datasets and machine learning
Theme(s): Tectonics, Volcanology and Solid Earth Geophysics
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Rost <s.rost@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)