Energy and Environment Institute

Scientist in a lab and two engineers in high vis gear with text 'Funded PhD scholarships work with the offshore wind industry, drive innovation, development a sustainable future'

Recruitment is open for 29 funded #PhD scholarships with our EPSRC #OSWCDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. We have a diverse range of #STEM subjects, all addressing offshore wind industry challenges. Apply by 5 Jan for Sept 26 entry auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/

Our open access publication "The Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Monitoring Manual" (Osborne, Johnson & McLelland, 2025) sets out detailed guidance on monitoring methods and data collection, developed through our on- and off-campus #SuDSlab @uniofhull.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

A great few days at #BSG25 where I got the chance to showcase my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded work on oxbow lakes - hopefully out in publication form soon.

📢Our October Inaugural Lecture is titled Entangled Evolution: The Hidden Intricacies of Implementation in Health & Care. Join Prof Mark Pearson as he lifts the lid on implementation – the gap between what is known and what is done. Book your place now: events.blackthorn.io/en/8eNd4w6/m...

Dr Steven Forrest being interviewed on camera by a BBC reporter

ICYMI: Did you spot Dr Steven Forrest on BBC Look North this week? my.tvey.es/w7MRr
Steven is lead for our MSc Flood Risk Management course at the @uniofhull.bsky.social and was interviewed about flood resilience, in light of Environment Agency concerns about North Lincolnshire’s flood defences 🧪

Image of a woman holding a block of ice with information from the post and deadline of 10 August for participants

Research colleagues at the @uniofhull.bsky.social are seeking interviewees, to contribute to research around gender and perceptions of #climatechange & environmental crises, and a performance installation at the British Science Festival 2025.
Info at: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/hull/expre...

LAST CHANCE to get abstracts in for our session at #AGU25

DEADLINE: 0359 (UTC) 31st July

All info below ⬇️⬇️

Congratulations to our @uniofhull.bsky.social postgraduate students, Lawrence Blay and Idris Oladapo, who have been awarded research project support from this year’s Reid-Frostick Environment Prize.
Thanks to Prof Ian Reid and Prof Lynne Frostick for their generous support.

Dr Kate Smith leading an interactive workshop

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Kate Smith, who last night became the proud recipient of the Rising Star category of the Women in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Awards. Kate teaches on our MSc Flood Risk Management and is part of the #CoastRNetwork team.
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Come and join us on the RACC project at @qmul.ac.uk - 2 year PDRA post to start ASAP

All details below 👇

Ed and Hannah in front of their student audience

Thank you to Wybers Wood staff & students who were very enthusiastic participants in our school assembly! Ed Brookes and Hannah Worthen of our Water Data for the People project delivered some interactive demonstrations and a quiz, with help from Ed’s homemade “rain-o-meter” @uniofhull.bsky.social

A group of smiling PhD researchers from the Offshore Wind CDT

Last call for 17 #PhD scholarships with our EPSRC #OSWCDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. Projects in diverse #STEM subjects, all addressing offshore wind industry challenges. Apply by 9 May for Sept 25 entry auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/
#greensky🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlackSky

The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy - Bulletin of Volcanology Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to i...

NEW PAPER!
Happy to say my 3rd results chapter from my PhD has been published! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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From records to river The EEI

Maritime Archaeologist, Dr Katerina Velentza @uniofhull.bsky.social has been carrying out archival research in support of a significant operation to locate a Lancaster Bomber, lost in the Humber during WWII, led by the University of Southampton's Prof Fraser Sturt.
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Big Bets on Speculative Carbon Capture Tech Ignore Today’s Solutions Investors and buyers are backing futuristic carbon cleanup technologies rather than ones working at scale now.

The Programme lead for our @uniofhull.bsky.social MSc Renewable Energy & Low Carbon Solutions, Dr Ben Kolosz was recently interviewed for this Bloomberg News article on the role of the carbon removal industry in fighting the climate crisis #greensky 🧪 #scisky
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A fishing vessel casts its nets in front of an offshore wind farm

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. Apply by 9 May for 17 funded #PhD scholarships for #STEM graduates including many with a focus on environmental & social impacts: auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/
🧪 #greensky #geosky #WomenInSTEM

Simulated Heat Waves Affect Cell Fate and Fitness in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum - Microbial Ecology The effects of heatwaves at organism and population levels have been widely investigated; however, little is known about how they affect the development of cell populations and the fitness of the resu...

Congratulations to our @uniofhull.bsky.social #PhD student, Sarena Banu on publishing her first academic paper, investigating how heatwaves affect the development of cell populations and the fitness of the resulting organism:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

PhD opportunity with University of Hull.

Tackling fisheries and wind trade-offs.

Anyone interested in diversifying offshore renewables and fisheries governance?

auracdt.hull.ac.uk/research-pro...

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We’re welcoming Prof Neil Macdonald from @liverpooluni.bsky.social at 2pm today to deliver his talk “A history of UK droughts and associated impacts” as part of our Centre for Water Cultures Seminar Series.
Sign up to attend free online or in person: www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Jess collecting samples on board a research vessel and viewing samples through a microscope

Congratulations to Jessica Hurley who successfully defended her #PhD thesis in “The Physiological Effects of Microplastic Contamination of Polar and Temperate Ecotherms” this week.
Jess was part of the @uniofhull.bsky.social Plastics in the Environment Cluster, working with British Antarctic Survey

Image of a man at a microscope and a woman and man in hard hats and safety gear

Recruitment is open for 17 #PhD scholarships with our EPSRC #OSWCDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. We have a diverse range of #STEM research projects, all addressing offshore wind industry challenges.
Apply by 9 May for Sept 25 entry auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/

TONIGHT! Come along to this great webinar 🌋

Graphic with details of the talk available on the weblink given in the post

Graphic with details of the talk available on the weblink given in the post

We’re hosting two contrasting speakers this week and look forward to welcoming guests with an interest in digital twins for offshore wind blade design or high-resolution data and flume experiments to quantify the shape of upland river channels. @uniofhull.bsky.social
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

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Today 2-3pm, we welcome Dr Hana Morel from UCL for an online talk: “From Global to Local: Exploring the Importance of Local Knowledge in Climate Action”, exploring the crucial role of heritage in shaping climate futures.
#greensky
Free signup via:
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Volcano misinformation gets tricky with AI Alison Graettinger, Ph.D., and Janine Krippner, Ph.D. Two volcanologists blogging about volcano science, research, hazards, and experiments.

Santorini volcano is not erupting. But there's plenty of folk who'll try and make you believe it is. Now AI videos are becoming prevalent. Learn how to spot the fakes with this blog ⚒️🌍🪨🌋

inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com/2025/02/volc...

Dr Saraswati Thapa

A big welcome to Dr Saraswati Thapa who has joined the EEI @uniofhull.bsky.social as a Post Doctoral Research Associate on the Pamana project, which looks at long-term impacts of mining on Philippine River systems and sustainability.
Find out more about Pamana: www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

🚨 all EGU journals have cancelled their Twitter/X feeds 👏👏 But for reasons beyond me have decided not to engage with BlueSky 🤷 - if you’d like a BlueSky presence for your favourite EGU journal - I’d suggest getting in touch with @eurogeosciences.bsky.social (or liking this message?) pls RT 😀👏

In Therapy with North Sea In Therapy with North Sea is an exhibition from artist Solmaz Farhang following a co-commission from the University of Hull and Humber Street Gallery

Coming soon! In Therapy with North Sea from Solmaz Farhang, 14/2-18/5. Co-commissioned by @uniofhull.bsky.social & @humberstgallery.bsky.social.
Inc films & interactive installations inspired by the challenges and resilience of the Humber region’s coastal communities.
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Bianca and Steven on campus

With support of the Ferens Education Trust Drs Steven Forrest & Bianca Kronemann @uniofhull.bsky.social will run hands-on schools' workshops with a new geo-game through the project Carbon Crisis: The Final Equation
The clock is ticking. Can you crack the code and stop the ultimate climate disaster?

Singing in the rain foxes, ferrets and a flood opera Young voices set to join performances of Britten

Check out this short piece by Stewart Mottram, Lisa Coates and I which talks about our work on the Noah to Now project at the University of Hull and using Opera to explore flooding with young people 🎭
tinyurl.com/7u3b2485
#arts #opera #flooding #climatechange #noahtonow