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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Research on environmental change in the School focuses on the mechanisms, rates and trajectories of past, present and future environmental change at regional to global scales, and on the implications for the biosphere and society.
The Environmental Change Research Group (ECRG) comprises physical and environmental geographers with complementary research interests in:
- ecology and palaeoecology
- palaeoceanography
- palaeoclimatology and climate change
- geomorphology
- glaciology and geochronology
- the societal impacts of environmental change
- resource management.
Collectively, the group engages a global canvas that extends from tropical rainforests to arctic glaciers, and over timescales spanning the past million years to the future.
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Profiles
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Elina Apine
- School of Geography & Sustainable Development - Lecturer in Development Geography
- Environmental Change Research Group
- Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities
Person: Academic, Academic - Research
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Fernando Benitez-Paez
- School of Geography & Sustainable Development - Lecturer in Spatial Data Science
- Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute
- Environmental Change Research Group
- Population and Health Research
Person: Academic
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The Elm Action Map (TEAM): empowering communities to protect nationally important treescapes
White, R. (PI) & Davies, A. (PI)
University of St Andrews Impact & Innovation Fund
1/06/25 → 1/06/26
Project: Standard
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Using Biodiversity To Support Climate Resilience Livelihoods In Intact Tropical Peatlands
Lawson, I. (PI) & Schulz, C. (CoI)
Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate
1/11/24 → 31/10/27
Project: Standard
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Republic Of Congo Peatland Sustainable Management And Conservation Assessment
Lawson, I. (PI), Schulz, C. (CoI) & Thorn, J. (CoI)
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – Congo Program
1/10/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Standard
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Active and passive seismic surveys over the grounding zone of Eastwind Glacier, Antarctica
Agnew, R. S., Pearce, E., Karplus, M., Ranganathan, M., Hoffman, A. O., Hunt, M., Pretorius, A., Shanly, S. E., Beres, M., Pradhan, K. K., Seldon, Y., Booth, A. D., Clark, R. A. & Young, T. J., 1 Jan 2026, In: Seismological Research Letters. 97, 1, p. 591-605 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Community acceptance of nature‐based solutions for coastal flood risk management
Apine, E. & Stojanovic, T., 6 Jan 2026, In: People and Nature. 8, 1, p. 21-36 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Educational and gender gaps in cognitive health expectancy across Europe: a prevalence-based analysis using SHARE
Stonkute, D., Lorenti, A. & Hale, J. M., 1 Feb 2026, In: Social Science and Medicine. 391, 10 p., 118886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Sedimentological and organic carbon data from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh, Scotland, 2018 (dataset)
Smeaton, C. (Creator), Rees-Hughes, L. (Creator), Barlow, N. (Creator) & Austin, W. (Creator), NERC Environmental Information Data Centre, 25 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55
Dataset
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Rock glacier velocity inventory for the Northern Tien Shan, derived from Sentinel-2 imagery over the period 2016-2023 (dataset)
Wood, E. F. (Creator), Streeter, R. T. (Supervisor) & Bolch, T. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 28 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.17630/f25ccc1d-a892-4fa4-93d3-3e6dd67fc391
Dataset
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Multispectral UAV imagery and land cover maps of tundra rangeland in north-eastern Iceland, Aug-Sep 2021
Kodl, G. (Creator) & Streeter, R. T. (Contributor), University of St Andrews, 25 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.17630/f1e25320-7c79-4876-9719-4c1131cd8ed4
Dataset
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Prizes
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British Ecological Society Outreach Grant
Cole, L. (Recipient), Roucoux, K. (Recipient) & Davies, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Linking Policy to Research: Best Presentation Award
Black, K. E. (Recipient), 13 Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Invited talk: "Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research in practice: what do they mean and why do we need both?"
Apine, E. (Speaker)
23 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Valuing Nature: Considerations for developing high-integrity natural capital markets
Cole, L. (Invited speaker)
8 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Integrating Climate with Nature and Biodiversity to Strengthen Co-Benefits and Manage Trade-Offs in A Just Transition
Cole, L. (Invited speaker)
7 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
Press/Media
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Hydropower and nuclear energy: more similar than one might think?
Goodman, L. & Schulz, C.
10/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Is Blue Carbon Our Best Bet for Building Back Europe’s Coasts?
9/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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What counts as evidence? Evidence from the World Commission on Dams
21/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Impacts
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Invited Witness at Meeting of the Scottish Parliament's Committee for Net Zero, Energy and Transport
Cole, L. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant) & Jenkins, E. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact, Public Policy Impact
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Research dissemination and information sharing event for Arnol community
Jenkins, E. (Participant), Cole, L. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant), Banerjee, M. (Participant), Russell, S. (Participant) & Macaulay, B. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact, Social Impact, Public Discourse Impact
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Research dissemination and information sharing event for Carloway community
Jenkins, E. (Participant), Cole, L. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant), Banerjee, M. (Participant), Russell, S. (Participant) & Macaulay, B. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact, Social Impact, Public Discourse Impact