Environmental Earth Sciences and Geology combines tools provided by Physics, Chemistry, Biology and others to study the geologic environment and to use the accompanying principles in solving environmental problems. By studying all layers of the Earth, atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere, this discipline manages to analyse the interaction of the human with the environment, to identify the issues that we are confronted with and to find means and ways to solve or minimize those issues.
Each of the aforementioned focus areas, the layers of the Earth, presents several specialization opportunities for prospective students of this discipline, with majors ranging from Atmospheric Chemistry to Biological Oceanography or Geodynamics. Providing courses like Physical Geology, Oceanography, Energy and Mineral Resources, Atmospheric Processes, Geochemistry and Sedimentology, the field of Environmental Earth Sciences and will prepare the student to become a professional in environmental processes that can work in environmental and geotechnical research or consulting.
The PhD Programme in Science an Management of Climate Change aims at training experts with a broad, in-depth, scientific and socio-economic background, as well as with a sound and innovative research experience focusing on the dynamics of climate change and the methodologies and techniques for evaluation and management, in terms of mitigation and adaptation measures and policies.
The applicant will be based in the Department of Spatial Analysis and Decision Support of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). The department investigates the role of spatial variation in environmental systems to increase the understanding of environmental change and support environmental management. Methods include monitoring environmental change by remote sensing and multi-scale analysis of spatial patterns and processes.
The applicant will be based in the Department of Spatial Analysis and Decision Support at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). The department investigates the role of spatial variation in environmental systems to increase our understanding of environmental change and support environmental management.
Charles University
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The University of Manchester
The Centre for Atmospheric Science studies processes important to climate change and air quality in the troposphere and lower stratosphere - the lowest 20 km of the Earth's atmosphere. We are one of the largest such groups in UK universities, and have extensive collaborative links with leading atmospheric science groups world-wide. We have a strong experimental programme, with a range of state-of-the-art facilities for field and laboratory measurements. To complement the measurements we run numerical models on a variety of scales using code developed at Manchester as well as national and international standard models.
University of Portsmouth
Supervision is available for research in 6 key areas: applied geosciences; crustal evolution; palaeobiology; biodiversity; applications and environmental controls; human impact on the aquatic environment; and materials in the environment.
MINES ParisTech
Description of the center and the fields of research : The activities of the Centre of Geosciences are being developed in the field of Earth Sciences and the Environment. It covers virtually all scientific disciplines in this field, from geology to geodetics, via geophysics, geostatistics, hydrogeology, geochemistry and geomechanics. Its research activities are developing in four areas : - Exploitation of mineral raw materials and fossil fuels; - Long term stability of geological environments and their installations; - Authorized environments;- Risks associated with the soil and sub-soil. Contact : contact@geosciences.mines-paristech.fr
MINES ParisTech
Description of the center and the fields of research : The activities of the Centre of Geosciences are being developed in the field of Earth Sciences and the Environment. It covers virtually all scientific disciplines in this field, from geology to geodetics, via geophysics, geostatistics, hydrogeology, geochemistry and geomechanics. Its research activities are developing in four areas : - Exploitation of mineral raw materials and fossil fuels; - Long term stability of geological environments and their installations; - Authorized environments;- Risks associated with the soil and sub-soil. Contact : P. WEILL ET I. COJAN contact@geosciences.mines-paristech.fr
Newcastle University
PhD supervision is normally available in the following areas: Environmental biology; Environmental change and management; Geosciences:; Marine sciences
CEA/INSTN
As a part of the CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission), the National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN) is a higher education institution under the joint supervision of the Ministries in charge of higher Education and Industry.
The University of Manchester
Work in this group involves studying the structures, properties and stabilities of minerals and fluids. Particular emphasis is given to studies of mineral surfaces, amorphous precipitates and geofluids.
Cardiff University
This programme aims to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in academia or industry, government surveys, analytical and environmental geochemistry.