Ecology, landscape and pollution management
Theme Leader: Dr Chris Joyce
Researchers in this theme use research in geochemistry, physical geography, pollution detection and tracking, agriculture and ecology to inform environmental management.Research strands undertaken in the ecology, landscape and pollution management theme are:
- development of tools to monitor and control the transmission of waterborne diseases
- management of contaminated land and sediments
- development of new technologies (including nanotechnologies) for water and land remediation
- past and present sea-level change, and the response of coastal environments to future sea-level and climate change
- monitoring and management of air quality
- application of GIS to ecological, landscape and environmental management
- ecology, management and restoration of wetlands and chalk grasslands
- plant-insect interactions, molecular ecology and conservation biology
Research work is funded by a range of organisations, including Natural England, local authorities, the Environment Agency, DEFRA, the Earthwatch Institute, the (former) DTI and the Natural Environment Research Council.
Related research centres and project websites:
- Aquatic Management of Catchments for Health & Environment (AquaManche)
- Aquatic Research Centre
- BERG
- Carbosorb - Carbon (Nano) Sorbents for Environmental Remediation
- Macroclean - developing novel gel-based technologies for water clean-up
- Nanoclean - "nanofilters" for water clean-up
- Sustainable management of trace element contaminated soils (SUMATECS)
