Centre for Aquatic Environments

Research Seminar – “Effectively Assessing the Impact of Enhancing Rivers” Peter King, Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust

Climate, Oceans and Coastal Communities Conference

This hugely successful conference was organised by the Centre for Aquatic Environments (University of Brighton), United Nations Association (London and South East), and the Sussex Wildlife Trust, attracting over 150 delegates to the University’s Moulsecoomb campus on the 10th of October. Among the attendees at the conference were academics, researchers, politicians, students, consultants, and representatives…

Water and Sanitation Science Unites

Former SET PhD students from Africa (Dr Olalemi), South America (Drs Dias & Peres) and Europe (Drs da Silva and Ebdon) reunited in the Austrian capital Vienna to present their water and sanitation research at the 20th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology (15-20 Sept 2019). The…

Cannot take Scotland out of the boy…

… even if you take the boy out of Scotland. Scotland is a river geomorphologist’s playground. From the steep streams of the Highlands to the flood plains of Dumfries and to the large catchments of the Central belt and the north, Scottish rivers are diverse, active and of great ecological and socio-economic importance. Dr Georgios…

Microplastics in Freshwater Environments

Over the summer, second year undergraduate student Pieter Fourier will be working alongside Dr Annie Ockelford and Dr James Ebdon as part of the Santander University Research Scheme. Thanks to generous funding provided by Santander Universities and the Centre for Aquatic Environments, the scheme provides an opportunity for undergraduate students in the middle years of…

Climate, Oceans and Coastal Communities Conference (FREE event)

Thursday 10th October 2019 – 17.30 hours to 20.30 hours – Huxley Foyer and H300 Organised by: United Nations Association (London and South East), Centre for Aquatic Environments (University of Brighton) and Sussex Wildlife Trust The Paris Agreement, convened by the United Nations, marked a decisive global and historic event by…

Multidisciplinary FIELD workshops

Had an amazing time in Aljezur, at FIELD workshop, working on a comprehensive database for field exercises, an active network of people interested in field work and a flowchart to help course leaders to set up (or improve) their field course. I would encourage PhD students and early career researchers, who are participating in…

OneHealthWater MST workshop 11th to 14th June 2019

Last June, Dr Diogo Trajano Gomes da Silva (University of Brighton) ran a 4 day capacity building training workshop on “The application of low-cost phage-based microbial source tracking (MST) tools for monitoring and assessment of drinking water sources in Kenya”. The workshop took place at Maseno University Kisumu Campus (Kenya) from 11th – 14th June…

Potential New Coastal Management Measure for Sussex

The Kelp forests which were prevalent along the Sussex coast disappeared in the 1980’s. As well as being an important habitat for the marine eco systems these forests have the potential to dampen some of the offshore wave energy, thereby helping to reduce coastal flooding and erosion. The Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Association (IFCA), are…

Coastal Rewilding

As soon as the exams and marking were over members of the Centre for Aquatic Environments travelled back down to the Gower Peninsular in South Wales for research field work. For the previous two years Dr Heidi Burgess and Dr Jonathan Dale have been have taking hydrological, suspended sediment and bed elevation measurements from the…