Harri Roblin

Coral is especially vulnerable to environmental change in the early stages of its life cycle. The combination of the new growth of coral being vital to sustain coral reef health and turbulent environmental conditions due to global warming means it’s more important than ever to study the susceptibility of coral. …

Water-saving agriculture refers to the farming technique of reducing the amount of water used on plants while sustaining the same yields. This can be important as agriculture currently uses astronomical levels of water. For example, ‘agricultural water use accounts for over 70% of the total water usage’ in China (Wang,…

The ‘evolutionary arms race’ was a concept relating to coevolving species introduced by Richard Dawkins. It is a cyclic theory where animals constantly adapt and counter-adapt their genes to gain an edge over their competition. This can vary between animals of the same species or predator versus prey. This idea…

Three main components make up the majority of the Lancaster University carbon stock as shown in Figure 1. The rural area of campus can be split into two separate biomes, woodland and grassland, which hold the majority of terrestrial carbon on campus. The woodland consists of two main carbon stores:…