Research projects

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Current projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Quantifying the impact of restoration on peatland aquatic organic matter, microbial communities and greenhouse gas emissions NERC 1 December 2023 28 February 2030
WaterLANDS EU Horizon 2020 1 December 2021 30 November 2026
Greenland ice marginal lake evolution as a driver of ice sheet change - how important are rising lake temperatures? NERC 9 January 2023 31 August 2026
Sink or swim – threats to earthworm diversity due to flooding Leverhulme Trust 1 September 2024 31 August 2026
Drivers and Repercussions of UK Insect Declines (DRUID) NERC 4 January 2021 3 January 2025

Past projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Sediment matters - using recent advances to unlock effective catchment decision-making NERC 1 July 2021 30 June 2024
Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural systems: a risk to soil and plant health? UK Research and Innovation 31 January 2020 30 January 2024
Impact of tracks on peatland hydrological functioning NERC 1 January 2019 31 December 2023
SELECTAR - Selection for antimicrobial resistance by antimicrobial production waste NERC 31 October 2020 31 October 2023
Mitigating impacts of agriculture on peatland carbon losses Defra 1 January 2019 31 December 2022
SPADE – Soil Pollution Assessment Delivery Research England 1 January 2022 30 November 2022
CONSOLE: CONtract SOLutions for Effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry EU Horizon 2020 1 May 2019 30 April 2022
Role of upland organo-mineral soils in flood risk NERC 1 January 2017 31 December 2021
Peruvian Glacier Retreat and its Impact on Water Security (Peru GROWS) NERC 1 February 2019 9 December 2021
Peruvian Glacier Retreat and its Impact on Water Security (Peru GROWS) NERC 10 February 2019 9 December 2021
PEGASUS: Producing EnerGy and preventing hAzards from SUrface water Storage in Peru NERC 10 February 2019 9 December 2021
Optimising NFM in headwater catchments to protect downstream communities NERC 1 November 2017 31 October 2021
The Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter and its Impact on Water Treatment in a Changing Climate NERC 1 January 2018 30 June 2021
Monitoring Hydrology and Key Ecosystem Service Impacts Peak District National Authority 1 November 2016 31 December 2020
Wessenden and Gorpley Natural Flood Management National Trust 1 January 2018 31 December 2020
Impact of Sphagnum colonisation on flow rates 1 January 2017 31 December 2020
Impact of forest-to-bog restoration on peat hydrology Forest Research 1 January 2016 31 December 2020
iCASP - Yorkshire Natural Flood Management NERC 12 February 2018 30 September 2020
FLOODMAL NERC 1 July 2017 30 June 2020
iCASP - Calderdale NFM NERC 1 November 2018 31 January 2020
ECOPOTENTIAL EU Horizon 2020 1 June 2015 31 October 2019
EverDrill 1 October 2016 30 September 2019
MycoRhizaSoil: Combining wheat genotypes with cultivation methods to facilitate mycorrhizosphere organisms improving soil quality and crop resilience BBSRC 1 October 2014 30 September 2019
Impacts of global warming in sentinel systems: from genes to ecosystems NERC 1 October 2015 30 September 2019
iCASP - Enhanced Surface Water Flood Forecasts NERC 1 April 2018 31 May 2019
Peatland Tipping Points NERC 1 November 2016 30 April 2019
iCASP - Optimal Peatland Restoration NERC 1 February 2018 30 April 2019
EverDrill: Accessing the interior and bed of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier to forecast future mass loss NERC 1 October 2016 31 March 2019
iCASP - Integrated Nitrogen Management NERC 15 January 2019 14 March 2019
Using Critical Zone Science to Enhance Soil Fertility and Sustain Ecosystem Services for Peri-Urban Agriculture in China NERC 4 January 2016 3 January 2019
Using Critical Zone Science to Enhance Soil Fertility and Improve Ecosystem Services for Peri-Urban Agriculture in China 1 January 2016 31 December 2018
SoilBioHedge: harnessing hedgerow soil biodiversity for restoration of arable soil quality and resilience to climatic extremes and land use changes NERC 1 April 2015 31 December 2018
SoilBioHedge: harnessing hedgerow soil biodiversity for restoration of arable soil quality and resilience to climatic extremes and land use changes NERC 1 April 2015 31 December 2018
RECARE (Preventing and remediating degradation of soils in Europe through land care) EU Horizon 2020 1 January 2014 31 December 2018
Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care EU FP7 1 November 2013 31 October 2018
HARVEST: High-mountain Asia - building Resilience to water Variability using Experiments, Surveys and accounts of Tradition NERC 1 November 2016 30 November 2017
Long-term catchment intervention assessment Yorkshire Water 1 July 2015 31 March 2017
The impact of tracks on blanket peatland 2 December 2012 31 December 2016
WAHARA EU Horizon 2020 1 January 2011 31 December 2016
Upland Hydrology Group Environment Agency 1 January 2013 1 December 2016
Developing a Dynamic Approach to Water Budgeting for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi 1 January 2015 1 April 2016
Effects of Moorland Burning on the Ecohydrology of River basins 1 July 2009 31 March 2013