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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 - Research Fellow
- Environmental Change Research Group
- Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities
Person: 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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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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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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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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African tropical peatlands: function, value and vulnerability
Lewis, S. L., Ifo, S., Gallego-Sala, A., Page, S. E., Schulz, C., Farmer, J. & Tshimanga, R. M., 20 Aug 2026, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 381, 1956, 9 p., 20240475.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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A sediment record of floods ca. 1820–1950 for the River Isla, eastern Scotland
Tipping, R., Stratton, E. & Bates, R., 7 Aug 2026, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 51, 8, 12 p., e70381.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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Inclusive Teaching Award
van der Lijn, C. (Recipient), 14 Apr 2026
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Peatlands of the Pastaza-Maranon Foreland Basin, Peru
Lawson, I. (Speaker)
14 Sept 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Samantha Allen
Smeaton, C. (Host)
14 Sept 2026 → 31 Dec 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Information Visualization (Journal)
van der Lijn, C. (Reviewer)
Jul 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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St Andrews University researchers behind Fife coastal dig
20/06/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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愛物更惜陰 重尋保家衛國好故事 —— 論童軍運動、古蹟保育與國家安全
Leung, N., Chiu, H. C., Cheung, L. & Chu, J.
1/06/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Impacts
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Invited Witness at Meeting of the Scottish Parliament's Committee for Net Zero, Energy and Transport
Cole, L. E. S. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant) & Jenkins, E. G. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact, Public Policy Impact
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Research dissemination and information sharing event for Arnol community
Jenkins, E. G. (Participant), Cole, L. E. S. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant), Banerjee, M. (Participant), Russell, S. L. (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. G. (Participant), Cole, L. E. S. (Participant), Helmcke, C. (Participant), Banerjee, M. (Participant), Russell, S. L. (Participant) & Macaulay, B. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental Impact, Social Impact, Public Discourse Impact