Geosciences, School of: Recent submissions
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Natural experimental approach to vulnerability, resilience and adaptation in historic Greenland
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Exploring Beijing's urban environment: air quality, haze effects and climate
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Towards the end of the last century, significant increases in coal burning for electricity at power plants and for domestic heating purposes led to rapid increases in the levels of harmful gaseous and particulate pollutants ... -
Role of Scottish native plants in natural dyeing and textiles
(The University of Edinburgh, 1999-12-08)Dyes have traditionally come from a wide variety of Scottish native sources, including flowering plants, clubmosses, and lichens. Many Scottish plant sources produce a range of yellows, greens and browns, but few red and ... -
Climate change impacts on maize production and associated mycotoxin risk in Malawi
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Malawi currently suffers from high levels of food insecurity, and its largely rain-fed agricultural sector is susceptible to climatic shocks. Despite this high level of vulnerability, little evaluation has been carried ... -
4-dimensional study of dissolution precipitation creep in oedometric compaction experiments of NaCl-biotite aggregates
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Understanding the dynamic evolution of hydraulic rock properties and the associated deformation mechanisms is a crucial factor in establishing the potential of groundwater resources, geological repositories as well as ... -
Experimental study of multiphase fluid flow and trapping in porous carbonate rocks
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Multiphase immiscible fluid flow in porous media is an important physical phenomenon that impacting many natural and industrial processes such as groundwater migration and enhanced oil recovery. The scope of this study ... -
(Re)inventions and (dis)continuations of the Catholic tradition: community-making in a Spanish village
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)This thesis is an ethnographic portrait of the return and re-invention of religious traditions and festivities in a Spanish village. Through participant observation, interviews, and archival research, I explore the ... -
Opportunities to understand and improve nutrient assessment within a Scottish Nitrate Vulnerable Zone
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Nutrients are vital to sustain farming systems and to help them thrive. However, it is important that farming systems do not waste nutrients and that nutrient management minimises environmental degradation. The motivation ... -
Changing landscape of mainstreaming climate change adaptation into planning policies: a case study of flood risk management across Edinburgh and Glasgow city regions
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Biogeographical patterns in the deep ocean: environmental, biological, and historical drivers in the North Atlantic
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)In the last century, our perception of deep{sea environments has changed from being biological deserts to nding thriving and complex habitats teeming with biodiversity. Some deep{sea habitats, such as cold-water coral ... -
Land use partnerships for addressing climate change: What are they, why use them, and how do they work?
(Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes, 2021-09)Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving climate change adaptation objectives in the land sector will rely on effective collaboration bridging scales and sectors. Many approaches to ‘partnership’ working have been ... -
Energy justice and utility scale wind power in the isthmus: context, resistance and identity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This research critically engages with and contributes to energy justice (EJ) scholarship and wider academic work on the Global-South’s transition towards low-carbon energy systems. Specifically, it focuses on the ability ... -
Investigating the internal structure of glaciers and ice sheets using Ground Penetrating Radar
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Ice penetrating radar (IPR) is a key tool in understanding the internal geometry and nature of glaciers and ice sheets, and has widely been used to derive bed topography, map internal layers and understand the thermal ... -
Friend or foe? Exploring the role of the ecosystem services concept in environmental governance
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The ecosystem services (ES) concept has emerged as a major theme in environmental research and governance in recent decades (Chaudhary et al., 2015; Costanza et al., 2017). Proponents of the concept highlight its ... -
A shared vision for sustainable regional land use in the Galloway and Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere
(2021)Climate change, biodiversity loss and evolving societal demands emphasise the need to manage our landscapes differently. But conflicting interests and views make it difficult to agree where and how change should take place. ... -
Heterogeneity and evolution of the Miocene Iceland mantle plume
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP) is unique in that it presents a complete magmatic history from ~62 Ma to today. This provides an unrivalled opportunity to study the geochemical and thermal evolution of a mantle ... -
Post-orogenic topography and sediment flux of mountain-foreland basin systems: Miocene erosion and sediment yield from the Pyrenees
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Considerable research has been focused on the syn-orogenic evolution of mountain belts in order to explore interactions between tectonic, climate and surface processes. Comparatively, limited work has been carried on the ... -
Catchment subsurface water storage, mixing and flowpaths: implications for land cover change as a natural flood management strategy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Efforts are increasing globally to harness the potential of forests to alter catchment water runoff and storage dynamics as a ‘natural flood management’ (NFM) strategy, particularly given a projected rise in the frequency ... -
Disentangling composite forcings on river channel steepness in heterogeneous landscapes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Early geomorphological studies quickly realised the close relationship between the geometrical characteristics of river networks with the geological, tectonic and climatic context of the regions the river crosses - the ... -
Nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grasslands: novel approaches to assessing spatial heterogeneity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas mainly produced by microbial processes in the soil. Anthropogenic N2O is principally emitted from soils after nitrogen fertiliser and manure applications on agricultural land. ...
