{"id":2,"date":"2018-05-25T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/scenario\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-03-25T15:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:21:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/scenario\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<div class=\"pullout-box\"><div class=\"gtranslate_wrapper\" id=\"gt-wrapper-59136879\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"pl-2\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-2-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_gtranslate panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;background_image_size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_image_opacity&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;border_thickness&quot;:&quot;1px&quot;}\"><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">A postgraduate centre in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sc<\/span>ience of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">E<\/span>nvironment:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"panel-2-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;background_image_size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_image_opacity&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;border_thickness&quot;:&quot;1px&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">N<\/span>atural and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A<\/span>nthropogenic p<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R<\/span>ocesses, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I<\/span>mpacts and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">O<\/span>pportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The scientific scope of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SCENARIO<\/span> is broad, spanning the physical, chemical and biological processes within the overarching theme of &#8220;environmental risk and sustainability&#8221; over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. We have supervisory expertise spanning seven Science Themes: <b>climate and climate change;\u00a0 weather and natural hazards; hydrological cycles and processes; applied ecology and biodiversity; biochemical cycles; earth observation, remote sensing and near-Earth space and infrastructure systems and two-way link with the environment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>NERC are fully funding 65 PhD studentships (12 per year, for 5 years) plus an additional 5 for Cohort 10. 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