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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below details of two fully-funded PhD opportunities at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. I would be most grateful, if you could pass this information onto any potential candidates who may be interested in these
opportunities. Thank you very much for your help.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Tracking the Fluxes of Organic Matter from Land to Water to Build Resilience in an era of Global Change”</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This PhD studentship aims to address a major knowledge gap in the present understanding of the magnitude of lateral carbon fluxes from the terrestrial to aquatic environments and the fate of this carbon across the soil-aquatic continuum,
with the ultimate aim of improving these estimates in global climate model predictions. The project will test the use of emerging state-of-the-art techniques, using naturally occurring biomarkers such as plant-derived n-alkanes and fatty acids, and their
isotopic signatures, as the new potential tool for tracing of soil organic matter and act as land-management specific tracers of fluvial organic matter over decadal timescales in three contrasting Scottish catchments. This research project offers an outstanding
opportunity for interdisciplinary training crossing the boundaries of biogeochemistry, hydrology, soil science and geomorphology and will enable the successful applicant to develop highly sought-after skills in field science, analytical chemistry and statistical
modelling.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We welcome applications from candidates with a background in a relevant subject (Hydrology, Soil Science, Geography, Geomorphology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or similar). The studentship covers full UK/EU tuition fees and a tax-free
maintenance stipend for 3 years. Funding is also available for additional project costs (including field and laboratory work, conference attendance, etc.).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Application deadline is 6<sup>st</sup> January 2017</span></b>. For more information, follow:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1f497d">“Assessing the potential to create nature-based upstream storage features to manage flood risk”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Over the past decade many European catchments have experienced an unusually high number of flood events. In the UK, the role of Natural Flood Management (NFM) and the catchment based approach are now at the forefront
of the flooding and environmental management debates after the winter 2015/16 floods. There is great potential to store and slow storm runoff upstream. The recently published House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committe "Future of Flood prevention"
report has suggested catchment measures need to be adopted on a much wider scale and that farmland in some places should be used to store flood water. However, there is currently little confidence or evidence to support that NFM schemes can provide the amount
of storage to radically reduce the impact of flooding. Also, many current case studies are only partially proven and are at a small scale (50km2 or less - hence the "future of flooding" report has called for a catchment scale trail to test NFM methods).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">There are two ends to the flood risk management measures spectrum ranging from natural approaches (e.g. woodland restoration) to traditional engineering (e.g. flood walls). Offline ponds and storage reservoirs
(i.e. upstream storage) generally fall in the middle ground of this spectrum. The scale of these storage ponds can vary; as the size of storage increases then planning and legislation become more pertinent (e.g. Reservoirs Act). However, it remains a challenge
to calculate the amount of storage needed in a catchment in order to mitigate to a certain standard of protection. Coupled with this, there is uncertainty about what type or size of storage is needed (e.g. storage scenarios - lots of small ponds or one large
offline pond), the feasibility of implementation, how this varies with scale and other Natural Flood Management measures.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Aim and Objectives:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The overall aim of this project is to develop a modelling and management framework using hydraulic and hydrological modelling approaches to eventually i) understand how much storage is needed in a large scale
catchment (>50km2) to mitigate to a certain flood protection standard, and ii) assess which combination of approaches and size/number of storage pond(s) are needed appropriately for the catchment scale. The specific objectives to this are to: a) Collate and
analyse data from two case study catchments, b) implement linked modelling methods (Hydraulic and Hydrological) that incorporate these data c) develop a range of scenarios that compare and contrast flood risk management strategies indicating what degree of
storage is needed and how this compares to traditional and other NFM methods, d) develop a conceptual management framework that assesses the advantages and difficulties of implementing the identified approaches. This will eventually lead to a decision support
framework for the potential of implementing NFM approaches at larger scales.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The study will focus on two large scale catchments in England (the River Eden/Lake District) and Scotland (the Tweed Catchment) which have at least two densely instrumented sub-catchments (>50km2). These catchments
cover a range of land uses, soil types, climatic conditions and topographies.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Application deadline is 6st January 2017</span></b><span style="color:#1f497d">. For more information, follow:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dr Miriam Glendell</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Environmental and Biochemical Sciences Group</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The James Hutton Institute</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Craigiebuckler</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Aberdeen AB15 8QH</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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