Centre for Aquatic Environments

The University of Brighton’s Dr Annie Ockelford has been recognised for bringing geoscience to a wider audience by Europe’s leading organisation for Earth, planetary and space science research. Dr Ockelford, a geomorphologist in the School of Environment and Technology who specialises in the study of rivers, including flooding and microplastics, has received The Katia…

Enhancing Outputs and Achieving Impact Through Collaboration

Lunch and learn 17th November 2020 via Teams Enhancing outputs and achieving impact through collaboration: Knowledge exchange & Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) This session, which will be run by Liz Johnson (KTP Manager), Stuart Hedley (Knowledge Exchange Manager for Responsible Futures) and Marco Picco (Innovation Lead, Green Growth Platform), will look at knowledge exchange as…

Tackling Aquatic Contamination in Partnership with Southern Water

Dr Sarah Purnell, Principal Research Fellow within our Centre for Aquatic Environments, has recently published research conducted in collaboration with Southern Water. This research addressed the challenge of mapping and predicting metaldehyde ( a synthetic aldehyde pesticide used worldwide to remove molluscs by the agricultural sector) using existing water industry and publicly available datasets. Metaldehyde…

Saltmarsh Restoration on the River Adur initiated by the Environment Agency

Coastal ecosystems including saltmarshes provide a wide range of ecosystem services including flood defence, carbon sequestration and storage and support high biodiversity including breeding and migratory birds and commercially important juvenile fish. However, these ecosystems are under threat from climate change, urban expansion and development. The Environment Agency have initiated a restoration scheme along the…

BBC1 Countryfile 26th July 2020 at 19.00 hours “Chichester Harbour”

RESP funded Microplastics and GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastics) project in Chichester Harbour will feature in the BBC1 Countryfile program on 26th of July 2020! Dr Corina Coican will chat with Anita Rani about a new aquatic pollutant, oyster fishery and potential mitigation measures!

New Interreg Channel project REDPOL

Dr. Corina Ciocan is the Lead investigator for a new Interreg Channel project, REDPOL (Pollution reduction strategy at source). It will partner UoB with several other Universities and research institutions from France and UK. The work will focus on the design and production of innovative tests for the biotechnology market, for the management of endocrine…

ENGLISH WETLANDS : Spaces of Nature, Culture, Imagination

Introducing a new book to be published on July 3rd 2020 Written by University of Brighton academics Dr Mary Gearey (SET) and Professor Andrew Church University of Brighton academics, Dr Mary Gearey, a Human Geographer from the School of Environment and Technology, and Pro VC for Research and Enterprise, Professor Andrew Church, along…

Predicting the Environmental Impact of New Dam Construction in the Amazon Basin

Professor Phil Ashworth is to lead a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant of £646,366 which will allow the Universities of Brighton and Exeter, as well as a range of international partners, to explore the future evolution of the South American river and its floodplain. Although climate change and deforestation have had a significant impact…

Seminar “Using Nature to reduce flooding and capture Carbon” 10 December at 1.00 pm

Seminar “Why Rivers Aren’t Random..” 3 December @ 1.00 pm

Brighton researcher claims European Geosciences Union prize