{"id":258357,"date":"2023-05-21T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258357"},"modified":"2023-05-21T09:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:46:52","slug":"new-high-risk-high-reward-studies-will-tackle-key-unanswered-questions-about-our-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258357","title":{"rendered":"New high risk, high reward studies will tackle key unanswered questions about our planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"258360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=258360\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0cash-gift-getty.webp?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0cash-gift-getty.webp?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0cash-gift-getty.webp?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2023\/05\/20\/new-high-risk-high-reward-studies-will-tackle-key-unanswered-questions-about-our-planet\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=new-high-risk-high-reward-studies-will-tackle-key-unanswered-questions-about-our-planet\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NERC has invested \u00a325 million in a host of high risk, high reward research projects to tackle critical environment challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/releaseguidelines\">Grant and Award Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NERC has invested \u00a325 million in a host of high risk, high reward research projects to tackle critical environment challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 44 projects cover the full spectrum of environmental science including geology, atmospheric science, biodiversity and ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research will, for example:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>improve our understanding of volcanic activity such as eruptions a lava flows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>age the Earth\u2019s solid inner core<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>investigate historic mass extinction events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>predict future changes to carbon storage and biodiversity of the amazon rainforest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>study new microbes capable of consuming the powerful methane greenhouse gas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish which species are the most and least resilient to environmental changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lasting 3 to 4 years, the projects have received up to \u00a31.3 million to conduct the research, which is a key part of NERC\u2019s investment portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, Executive Chair of NERC, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis investment supports researchers\u2019 curiosity and imagination to enable discoveries that unlock new knowledge. The studies will tackle some the most critical unanswered questions about our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy supporting high risk, high reward environmental science, we are harnessing the full power of the UK\u2019s research and innovation system to tackle large-scale, complex challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The projects are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX015440%2F1\"><strong>Explosive-effusive volcanic eruption transitions caused by pyroclast sintering<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fabian Wadsworth, Durham University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3830,468<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX015025%2F1\"><strong>NERC-NSFGEO Community And Structural Collapse During Mass Extinctions (CASCaDE)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Dunhill, University of Leeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3730,589<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014541%2F1\"><strong>On the edge?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ian Main, University of Edinburgh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3799.940<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Hydrothermal controls on caldera explosivity<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isobel Yeo, National Oceanography Centre&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3990,558<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX015173%2F1\"><strong>Tracing volatile cycling during progressive subduction in the Mariana Forearc<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catriona Menzies, Durham University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3742,120&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX015114%2F1\"><strong>SCREED: Supergene enrichment of carbonatite REE deposits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Smith, University of Brighton&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3799,992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014142%2F1\"><strong>Palaeomagnetic field behaviour in the Palaeozoic and the hunt for inner core birth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Biggin, University of Liverpool&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3802,901<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014789%2F1\"><strong>Enabling CO2 mineralisation through pore to field-scale tracking of carbonate precipitation: INCLUSION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuart Gilfillan, University of Edinburgh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3799,995<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX015440%2F1\"><strong>DV3M: Deforming Volcanoes with Dynamic Magma-Mush Models<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Hickey, University of Exeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3777,705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013642%2F1\"><strong>Magmatic volatiles in the fourth dimension<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margaret Hartley, University of Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3797,938<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014738%2F1\"><strong>OceanBound<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Hughes, University of Liverpool and Daniel Jones, NERC British Antarctic Survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3863,794<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014134%2F1\"><strong>FUTURE-FLOOD: New estimates of evolving UK flood risk for improved climate resilience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Kendon, University of Bristol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3798,313<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Silicon CycLing IN Glaciated environments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katharine Hendry, NERC British Antarctic Survey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3999,535<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013537%2F1\"><strong>Greenland ice marginal lake evolution as a driver of ice sheet change \u2013 how important are rising lake temperatures?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Rippin, University of York&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3710,619<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013618%2F1\"><strong>Humid heat extremes in the Global (sub)Tropics (H2X)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cathryn Birch, University of Leeds and Christopher Taylor, UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3871,562<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Enhanced carbon export driven by internal tides over the mid-Atlantic ridge (CarTRidge)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Sharples, University of Liverpool,&nbsp; Joanne Hopkins, National Oceanography Centre, Alberto Naveira Garabato, University of Southampton, Alex Poulton, Heriot-Watt University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a31,325,572<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A mising link&nbsp;between continental shelves and the deep sea: Addressing the overlooked role of land-detached submarine canyons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Clare, National Oceanography Centre, Rob Hall, University of East Anglia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3902,207&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013936%2F1\"><strong>Waves, levees and impact pressures in snow avalanches<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nico Gray, The University of Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3564,284&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014061%2F1\"><strong>Simulating UNder ice Shelf Extreme Topography (SUNSET)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Taylor, University of Cambridge, Paul Holland, NERC British Antarctic Survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3872,431<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014649%2F1\"><strong>Mobile Observations and quantification of Methane Emissions to inform National Targeting, Upscaling and Mitigation (MOMENTUM)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Lowry, Royal Holloway, University of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3815,196&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX01536X%2F1\"><strong>Investigating the potential for catastrophic collapse of Greenland\u2019s \u2018land\u2019-terminating glacier margins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Nienow, University of Edinburgh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3611,281<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013901%2F1\"><strong>Towards Maximum Feasible Reduction in Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty (Aerosol-MFR)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Johnson, University of Sheffield&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3692,793<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX013804%2F1\"><strong>Next-Generation Modelling of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Al-Attar, University of Cambridge&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3449,140<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RIFT-TIP: Rates of Ice Fracture and Timing of Tabular Iceberg Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliver Marsh, NERC British Antarctic Survey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a31,093,961<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=NE%2FX014827%2F1\"><strong>Bridging 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