Understanding a changing planet

Alona Armstrong
- a.armstronglancaster.acuk
Person: Academic and Related
20072025
Philip Barker
- p.barkerlancaster.acuk
- Faculty of Science and Technology - Interim Executive Dean
- Sustainable Catchments
- Lancaster Environment Centre - Professor
- Understanding a changing planet - Academic
- Improving global stewardship - Academic
- Innovation for a better environment - Academic
- Environmental Chemistry
- Earth Sciences
Person: Academic and Related
19912025
Jos Barlow
- jos.barlowlancaster.acuk
- c.bakerlancaster.acuk
- Lancaster Environment Centre - Distinguished Professor of Conservation Science
- Understanding a changing planet - Academic
- African Studies Group - Academic
- Latin America Research Cluster - Academic
- Improving global stewardship - Academic
- Ecology and Conservation
Person: Academic and Related
20022025

1 Not started
6 Active
18 Finished

Systematic Mapping Methods for Chemical Risk Assessment
Halsall, C. (Principal Investigator), Whaley, P. (Co-Investigator) & Wolffe, T. (PhD Student)
2/01/17 → …
Project: Research
Sediment source tracing, the Tamar basin
Maher, B. (Principal Investigator)
3/03/14 → …
Project: Research
Magnetic particles in human brains
Maher, B. (Principal Investigator) & Calderon-Garciduenas, L. (Principal Investigator)
3/02/14 → …
Project: Research

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities
van Galen, L. G., Smith, G. R., Margenot, A. J., Waldrop, M. P., Crowther, T. W., Peay, K. G., Jackson, R. B., Yu, K., Abrahão, A., Ahmed, T. A., Alatalo, J. M., Anslan, S., Anthony, M. A., Araujo, A. S. F., Ascher-Jenull, J., Bach, E. M., Bahram, M., Baker, C. C. M., Baldrian, P. & Bardgett, R. D. & 101 others, Barrios-Garcia, M. N., Bastida, F., Beggi, F., Benning, L. G., Bragazza, L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Cano-Díaz, C., Cates, A. M., Cerri, C. E. P., Cesarz, S., Chen, B., Classen, A. T., Dahl, M. B., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eisenhauer, N., Evgrafova, S. Y., Fanin, N., Fornasier, F., Francisco, R., Franco, A. L. C., Frey, S. D., Fritze, H., García, C., García-Palacios, P., Gómez-Brandón, M., Gonzalez-Polo, M., Gozalo, B., Griffiths, R., Guerra, C., Hallama, M., Hiiesalu, I., Hossain, M. Z., Hu, Y., Insam, H., Jassey, V. E. J., Jiang, L., Kandeler, E., Kohout, P., Kõljalg, U., Krashevska, V., Li, X., Lu, J.-Z., Lu, X., Luo, S., Lutz, S., Mackie-Haas, K. A., Maestre, F. T., Malmivaara-Lämsä, M., Mangelsdorf, K., Manjarrez, M., Marhan, S., Martin, A., Mason, K. E., Mayor, J., McCulley, R. L., Moora, M., Morais, P. V., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Murugan, R., Nottingham, A. T., Ochoa, V., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Oja, J., Olsson, P. A., Öpik, M., Ostle, N., Peltoniemi, K., Pennanen, T., Pescador, D. S., Png, G. K., Poll, C., Põlme, S., Potapov, A. M., Priemé, A., Pritchard, W., Puissant, J., Rocha, S. M. B., Rosinger, C., Ruess, L., Sayer, E. J., Scheu, S., Sinsabaugh, R. L., Slaughter, L. C., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Sousa, J. P., Stanish, L., Sugiyama, S.-I., Tedersoo, L., Trivedi, P., Vahter, T., Voriskova, J., Wagner, D., Wang, C., Wardle, D. A., Whitaker, J., Yang, Y., Zhong, Z., Zhu, K., Ziolkowski, L. A., Zobel, M. & van den Hoogen, J., 26/09/2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 1, 1568.
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Open Access
File
Soil microbial community responses to active and passive restoration of selectively logged Bornean tropical forest
Robinson, S. J. B., Elias, D. M. O., Goodall, T., McNamara, N. P., Griffiths, R., Majalap, N., Sau Wai, Y. & Ostle, N. J., 22/08/2025, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 16, 1570294.
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Open Access
The haunting of the Soul’s hill: Uncoupled responses of plant functional traits and soil microbes to serpentine soils lead to Bonsai effect in the Neotropics
Guimaraes, A. F., Meirelles, G. S., Alagao Querido, L. C., Fernandes, K. M., Ribeiro, W., Oliveira, R. T. M., Silva, E. R., Canaan, M., Lira, M. F. P., Ostle, N. & Berg, E., 1/10/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Tree Physiology.
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Lancaster Chemistry Academia-Industry Symposium
Munoz-Herranz, M. P. (Organiser), Baker, A. (Contributor), Trewin, A. (Participant), Frith, A. (Presenter), Rowling, A. (Presenter), Taylor, A. (Invited speaker), Hery Barranco, A. (Contributor), Nash, A. (Participant), Al-Saadi, A. (Participant), Kerridge, A. (Speaker), Stocker, A. (Presenter), Vitores, A. (Participant), Moulton, B. (Invited speaker), Robinson, B. (Participant), Barker Benavides, C. (Participant), Griffiths, C. (Presenter), Richmond, D. (Participant), Murphy, D. (Participant), martin, D. (Contributor), Middleton, D. (Participant), Rochester, D. (Participant), Trivedi, D. (Contributor), Irvine, D. (Participant), Evans, N. (Speaker), Sherrett, E. (Presenter), Cooper, E. (Participant), Miller, E. (Invited speaker), Molyneux, G. (Contributor), Lewis, G. (Participant), Akien, G. (Participant), Spencer, G. (Contributor), Simpson, P. (Organiser), Mills, S. (Organiser), Pears, H. (Participant), Nuttall, H. (Participant), Andrews, H. (Participant), Turner, I. (Presenter), Parry, J. (Participant), Anderson, J. (Participant), Sherrington, J. (Invited speaker), Wood, J. (Contributor), Docherty, J. (Participant), Aaltonen, J. (Participant), Kerns, J. (Participant), Barrat, J. (Invited speaker), Fielden, J. (Speaker), Griffin, J. (Speaker), Hardy, J. (Speaker), Ward, J. (Participant), Lea, J. (Contributor), Doulcet, J. (Participant), Toghill, K. (Speaker), Williams, K. (Participant), Lloyd, K. (Contributor), Bucher, K. (Presenter), Griffiths, K. (Participant), Hatchard, K. (Invited speaker), Bain, L. (Contributor), Duong, L. (Participant), Beckitt, L. (Presenter), Taylor, L. (Participant), Pantaine, L. (Invited speaker), Ashton, L. (Invited speaker), Pinho, L. (Presenter), Hayne, M. (Participant), Betson, M. (Invited speaker), Potter, M. (Participant), Gilmore, M. (Chair), Callaway, M. (Participant), Sivananthan, M. (Contributor), Aktar, N. (Participant), Miller, N. (Participant), Halcovitch, N. (Participant), Fletcher, N. (Participant), Wright, N. (Participant), Zibouche, N. (Participant), Pickles, P. (Invited speaker), Miquel Fosco, P. (Presenter), Rawling, P. (Invited speaker), Bentley, P. (Participant), Platel, R. (Invited speaker), Wong, R. (Contributor), Andalibi, R. (Participant), Buck, R. (Contributor), Dawson, R. (Invited speaker), Blagg, R. (Contributor), Bragg, R. (Presenter), Robertshaw, S. (Participant), Rawnsley-Lau, S. (Presenter), James, S. (Chair), Fish, S. (Invited speaker), McBridge, S. (Participant), Mertens, S. (Participant), Kumar, S. (Contributor), James, T. (Invited speaker), Douglas, T. (Participant), Seymour, V. (Contributor), Zolyommi, V. (Invited speaker), Franckevicius, V. (Participant), Bonnefin, W. (Participant), Gortz, V. (Participant), Wang, X. (Participant) & Zhang, Y. (Participant)
12/09/2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Symposium
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): A story of global scale pollutants
Hardy, J. (Organiser), Jones, K. (Speaker) & Seymour, V. (Member of Panel)
2/11/2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
NERC (External organisation)
Gilbert, J. (Reviewer )
02/2019
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
Wilson, K. (Recipient), 1986
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow of the Society of Biology
Wilson, K. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
Renewal of Royal Society University Research Fellowship
Tuffen, H. (Recipient), 1/10/2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

Trees bring sunshine into the forest
Hewitt, N.
23/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
On-line coverage of paper: Current global food production is sufficient to meet human nutritional needs in 2050 provided there is radical societal adaptation
Hewitt, N.
1/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Better standards and guidelines can bolster research literature reviews
Halsall, C. & Whaley, P.
18/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Newspaper Article

Effectiveness of trees in mitigating floods
Chappell, N. (Participant), Page, T. (Participant), Metcalfe, P. (Participant) & Tych, W. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact
How early environment affects the quality of a dipper’s song
Sharp, S. (Participant)
Impact
Tree planting for reduction of concentrations of particulate pollution, Stockholm, Sweden
Maher, B. (Participant)
Impact: Societal Impacts

Real time particle tracking
Hardy, R. (Creator), Quinton, J. (Creator), James, M. R. (Creator) & Pates, J. M. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2016
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/109
Dataset

File
Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier
Wynn, P. (Creator), Burns, R. K. (Data Collector), Barker, P. A. (Contributor), McNamara, N. (Contributor), Oakley, S. (Contributor), Ostle, N. J. (Contributor), Stott, A. W. (Contributor), Tuffen, H. (Contributor), Zhou, Z. (Contributor), Tweed, F. (Contributor), Chesler, A. (Contributor) & Stuart, M. (Contributor), Lancaster University, 8/11/2018
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/246
Dataset

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NUTCAT data for Phosphorus Loss under Climate Change paper
Ockenden, M. (Contributor), Hollaway, M. J. (Contributor) & Haygarth, P. M. (Creator), Lancaster University, 05/2017
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/110
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Continuous Flow Spectrophotometer
Ostle, N. J. (Manager) & Benskin, C. (Manager)
Lancaster Environment Centre
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Gas Chromatography FID
Ostle, N. J. (Manager) & Benskin, C. (Manager)
Lancaster Environment Centre
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Gas Chromatography FID/ECD
Ostle, N. J. (Manager) & Benskin, C. (Manager)
Lancaster Environment Centre
Facility/equipment: Equipment

Understanding a changing planet

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Alona Armstrong

Philip Barker

Jos Barlow

Systematic Mapping Methods for Chemical Risk Assessment

Sediment source tracing, the Tamar basin

Magnetic particles in human brains

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

Soil microbial community responses to active and passive restoration of selectively logged Bornean tropical forest

The haunting of the Soul’s hill: Uncoupled responses of plant functional traits and soil microbes to serpentine soils lead to Bonsai effect in the Neotropics

Lancaster Chemistry Academia-Industry Symposium

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): A story of global scale pollutants

NERC (External organisation)

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

Fellow of the Society of Biology

Renewal of Royal Society University Research Fellowship

Trees bring sunshine into the forest

On-line coverage of paper: Current global food production is sufficient to meet human nutritional needs in 2050 provided there is radical societal adaptation

Better standards and guidelines can bolster research literature reviews

Effectiveness of trees in mitigating floods

How early environment affects the quality of a dipper’s song

Tree planting for reduction of concentrations of particulate pollution, Stockholm, Sweden

Real time particle tracking

Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier

NUTCAT data for Phosphorus Loss under Climate Change paper

Continuous Flow Spectrophotometer

Gas Chromatography FID

Gas Chromatography FID/ECD

Understanding a changing planet

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