Upland Environments Research Unit (UpERU)
Research projects
Impacts of erosion and restoration on POC flux and pollutant mobilisation in the Peak District
Funded by Moors for the Future Partnership and the Yorkshire Peat Partnership Moorland Research Fund.
Researchers: Emma Shuttleworth, Martin Evans, James Rothwell (in collaboration with Simon Hutchinshon, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford).
Fluvial carbon flux
Funded by DEFRA
Researchers:Martin Evans, Tim Allott, Claire Goulsbra.
Monitoring carbon flux from restored peatlands
Funded by Moors for the Future and Natural England
Researchers:Martin Evans, Richard Pawson, in collaboration with Fred Worrall, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
Understanding gully blocking in deep peat.
Funded by Moors for the Future Project.
Researchers: Martin Evans, Tim Allott, Sarah Crowe, Laura Liddaman.
The role of particulate carbon in upland carbon budgetst.
Researchers: Richard Pawson, Martin Evans, Tim Allott.
Uncertainty in channel networks derived from LIDAR DTMs.
Researchers: John Lindsay.
Hyperspectral remote sensing of blanket peat moorlands
Supported by NERC/BNSC SHAC and SWIR airborne campaigns and Manchester University.
Researchers: Julia McMorrow, Martin Evans, Amer Al-Roichdi in collaboration with University of Dundee
Conservation classification of lakes in Wales
Funded by Countryside Council for Wales.
Researchers: Tim Allott in collaboration with University College London.
Recovery of lakes from surface water acidification
Funded by ENSIS/DEFRA.
Researchers: Tim Allot, Alan Clarke In collaboration with University of Newcastle and CEH.
Long term geomorphological monitoring at a Environmental Change Network Site
Funded by the British Geomorphological Research Group).
Researchers: Martin Evans in collaboration with Durham University.
Sediment budgets of upland blanket peat
Funded by Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society, British Geomorphological Research Group, and Manchester University.
Researchers: Martin Evans in collaboration with Dr Jeff Warburton, Earth Surface Systems Group, Department of Geography, University of Durham
Evapotranspiration and groundwater flux in upland peat systems
Researchers: Clive Agnew.
Heavy metal storage and flux in eroded peat catchments of the Peak District
Researchers: James Rothwell, Tim Allott, Martin Evans.
The effects of Gully blocking as an erosion control measure
Researchers: Sarah Crowe, Martin Evans, Tim Allott In collaboration with the National Trust.
Pre-industrial variability of lake water acidity in upland lakes
Researchers: Alan Clarke, Tim Allott, Martin Evans.
Hyperspectral remote sensing of peat composition
Researchers: Amer Al-Roichdi, Julia McMorrow, Martin Evans.
Controls on acidity in headwater catchments of the South Pennines
Researchers: Steve Daniels, Clive Agnew, Tim Allott, Martin Evans.
High resolution Holocene sedimentology of upland lakes in Wales
Researchers: Eleanor Teague, Tim Allott, Joe Mcquaker (earth sciences) Martin Evans.
Modelling sediment flux from eroding blanket peat in the southern Pennines
Researchers: Juan Yang, Martin Evans.