Environment and Biodiversity

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Interdisciplinary Research Challenge

Environment and Biodiversity

Addressing the challenges of climate change and environmental impacts

Environment and Biodiversity

By making the most of our proximity to nature, our researchers are making a difference close to home and far afield.

The University of Aberdeen is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for research, addressing the global challenges of climate change and environmental impacts. Our research crosses the broad themes of understanding the fundamental biological and physical consequences of environmental changes, from the gene to global levels and from the Arctic to Antarctic.

Our research has led to the development of Decision Support Frameworks and participatory mapping methods to shape, direct and inform national and regional environmental planning methodologies, including ensuring successful stakeholder engagement and consensus (e.g. within the marine environment)."

David Burslem, Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Biodiversity

Interdisciplinary Projects

The environment and biodiversity are topics feeding into critical and groundbreaking research projects in disciplines across the University. Browse the project summaries in our Interdisciplinary Research Project Database to find out more about potential new advances spanning many subjects.

Blogs & Opinions

Opinion
David Burslem: COP conferences continue to hold world leaders to account

After Glasgow in 2021, the focus of global attention on international climate change negotiations has moved on to Sharm-el-Sheikh as Egypt takes on the presidency of the UN's Climate Change Convention for COP27.

Blog
Poet in Residence for the Lighthouse Field Station

Poet, writer and performer Genevieve Carver is currently working with SBS marine biologists at the Lighthouse Field Station in an exciting new arts-science collaboration. She'll be taking inspiration from marine science to develop creative outputs integrating poetry, spoken word, audio and video.

Blog
A non-native shrub invading a dry Andean valley

There is significant concern about the impacts of an invasion of non native Firethorn in South America. Fiona Plenderleith asks how we can predict where invasions are going to be both rapid and dense in a study system where there is no long-term data and where resources are limited?

Blog
AI mission accomplished: Shazam for dolphin calls

Virginia Iorio-Merlo and Dr Oihane Fernández-Betelu from the School of Biological Sciences discuss how the use of AI technologies has helped their study of interactions between dolphins and salmon and played an important role in aiding the investigation of important conservation questions.

Blog
Prof Abbe Brown building bridges between Science and Law in the UN

Aberdeen professors have been contributing to international policy-making in three UN institutions to bring about a fair, science-informed and legally consistent approach to policy procedure.

Videos

Environment and Biodiversity - Interdisciplinary Fellows