Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Large-scale geological storage of CO2 will reduce net CO2 emissions globally. This project focuses on a CO2 storage candidate within the Wessex Basin, UK. It combines field and laboratory observations with simple modelling to assess the influence of heterogeneities within the Sherwood Sandstone Group (reservoir) and Mercia Mudstone Group (seal) on the geomechanical and fluid flow response of the storage complex.
This PhD opportunity aims to develop a novel proxy to reconstruct the strength and movement of southern westerly winds, crucial for understanding climate tipping points. It involves quantifying wind-blown particles found in sub-Antarctic peat, integrating data into global climate models, with fieldwork in sub-Antarctic islands.
The magnitude of future warming will depend upon the strength of carbon cycle feedback mechanisms. However, there are carbon cycle feedbacks that we still know little about. This PhD project will test whether CO2 release from sedimentary rocks is a missing carbon cycle feedback in past and future warm climates.