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Doctoral Training Programme funded by @UKRI.org. Delivering excellence in interdisciplinary PhD training for future leaders across the full spectrum of environmental science.
Want to get better at reviewing & classifying camera trap footage? 📹
Join our webinar on 19 Mar 2026 (£12.50) with Dr Sammy Mason ( @mammalweb.bsky.social ) covering species ID, using MammalWeb, data processing + sharing results.
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818786642...
How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
#ornithology
A composite image of vegetation change at the Sevilleta LTER site in New Mexico USA, illustrating how grass landscapes on the left of the image are progressively invaded by shrubs, leading to a shrub-dominated landscape on the right. Image by John Wainwright
Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
#PhD #Job Alert!
Interested in #sedimentary processes & #turbidity currents? ..then consider applying for this exciting post as a part of @iapetusdtp.bsky.social, based in @newcastleuni.bsky.social.
For more details visit - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... or Dr Sanem Acikalin
Super interesting talks by Sonam Rinzin and Mark Pitt at this week's @iapetusdtp.bsky.social seminar! Lovely to hear from colleagues about completely different environmental topics :)
02.11.2025 22:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
A new @iapetusdtp.bsky.social funded PhD opportunity based at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social
30.10.2025 16:12 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A solitary Lapwing stands in the grass.
New PhD opportunity:
Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection
Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@chrissuthy.bsky.social
@ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@rspbscience.bsky.social
📷Ben Andrew
Are you interested in doing a PhD in modelling Aedes-borne disease control? We are offering a fully funded studentship at @ukceh.bsky.social , with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and ALTOPICTUS, via @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Open to UK nationals and overseas students.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Delighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties! iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
27.10.2025 12:18 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Matt pulling a funny face in front of the beautiful red brickwork of Old Shire Hall, Durham.
The tiled interior of Old Shire Hall
The fancy staircase in Old Shire Hall.
Returning home from a lovely trip to Durham (where I was a student back in the olden days). Had a fab time as always with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social doing Presentation 101. A very informal session in a very fancy building!
22.10.2025 13:44 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Fab and inspiring session, as always. Thanks Matt!
29.10.2025 18:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
20.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A person standing on a moraine which is in front of a mountain. The mountain is in East Antarctica, with a small glacier between the mountain and moraine. The person is using a saw to collect a rock sample from the surface of a boulder on top of the moraine.
A photo taken from a mountain in East Antarctica, with moraines and blue ice in the foreground, and the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet extending to the horizon. Some small mountains (nunataks) are poking out above the surface of the ice sheet at varying distances.
Applications are now open for a Glasgow-based Iapetus DTP project centred on using in situ 14C to study glacier histories in East Antarctica! tinyurl.com/3ddvynn2 @stever60.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
09.10.2025 10:56 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
Photo of Lake Tilicio in Nepal with an inset core showing our team collecting sediment cores from the lake
Applications are now open for this years’ BAS Iapetus PhD projects … including one working on our Big Thaw project investigating extreme precipitation in Nepal from sediment core and climate data - more details in this link @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
08.10.2025 08:52 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Great paper by Sandeep Tegar and colleagues. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding!
29.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A map of the world showing the locations of over 400 lakes whose surface sediments were analysed for biomarker compounds called branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are a group of temperature-sensitive membrane lipids found in bacteria that have been widely used in palaeo-temperature reconstruction. The paper expands existing calibration datasets, and evaluates calibration models constructed using a range of statistical modelling approaches
A slide showing Fan Lake on Annenkov Island near South Georgia - sediments from the surface of a core taken from the bottom of the lake were analysed along with sediments from over 400 lakes around the world the construct a new global calibration model which can be used to reconstruct past changes in lake sediments over thousands of years
New exciting new global lake sediment temperature calibration paper and dataset by @geochemem.bsky.social, including the first 5- and 6-methyl brGDGTs measured in lake sediments from Antarctica - eg Fan Lake. See link for details:
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
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Fantastic @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training and induction session last week - lovely to meet the new cohort and explore #Durham and its many bookshops!
29.10.2025 18:09 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hazel doing fieldwork in Argentina
Huge congratulations to Iapetus alumna Hazel Cooley on the award of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral College Thesis Prize for her thesis on Chronic bee paralysis virus spillover and impacts. The award recognises outstanding research achievement and contribution to a research area/discipline.
30.06.2025 16:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SCENE University of Glasgow research centre where we were based - photo shows the road leading up to the wooden building through the forest
Collection of sediment cores taken from Loch Lomond over the last 2 weeks strapped into the van for transport to BAS and Southampton for analysis as part of Jodie Geldard’s Iapetus DTP PhD with University of Stirling
Final day lunch at the oldest pub in Scotland, the Clachan with Colin Adams, Iain Geldard, Tom Bradwell, and Jodie Geldard (not in photo)
Selfie With Tom Bradwell outside the sign for the Clachan in Drymen, the oldest pub in Scotland (apparently)
A huge thanks to everyone at @sceneuog.bsky.social for hosting us - in particular Prof. Colin Adams for his phenomenal support, & Iain Geldard - we couldn’t have done it without both of you! Jodie Geldard did an amazing job organising the whole trip as part of her @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD
28.06.2025 09:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Looks absolutely amazing! 🤩
30.06.2025 16:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Loch Lomond at sunset with coring rig moored in sheltered bay at SCENE university of Glasgow research centre
Loch Lomond view from the southern basin across to Ben Lomond
Collecting cores in the middle of Loch Lomond - 4 people capping a surface core retrieved for potential fish eDNA analysis
Early morning calm on Loch Lomond
Some pictures from the last couple of weeks lake sediment coring on Loch Lomond with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
27.06.2025 07:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0That's all for Loch Lomond coring: 12 cores collected in 10 days, 2 gravel layers reached and lots of very fine grey clay in between! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
27.06.2025 07:25 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️
Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest.
Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social
Apply by June 19th
www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
great work by Nic Strowbridge in the PhD homestretch, bringing together a wide literature and range of species. How does methylation relate to colouration and what do we need to test next? @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
28.05.2025 18:46 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Invasive species cost Britain more than any other country
https://www.byteseu.com/1046902/
Britain has topped a global list for damage caused by invasive species, with various types of moth, beetle, water hyacinth and wild boar causing more than £1 trillion of damage since 1960, up to eight …
Here with the winners of the best 5 and 10 min presentations. Honoured to be able to share this moment with these incredible researchers. Congratulations Simeon and Emma!
Back from the IAPETUS Postgrad Conference 2025 — and honoured to be selected as the Best Poster!
Grateful for the feedback and great ideas about my kelp forest & urchin barrens research!
What do you think, BlueSky friends?
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#PhDLife #ScienceComm
We have just sent out the latest of Iapetus DTP's periodic newsletters. If it fell foul of your institution’s junk filter, read it here: eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
23.05.2025 08:34 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Newcastle team representing nature & environmental research at IAPETUS postgraduate conference 2025!
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