Environmental Science
These environmental science dissertation examples are student-contributed and cover how environmental problems are measured, explained, and addressed across air, water, land, and ecosystems. Students often take a specific pressure (pollution, land use change, climate impacts, waste) and investigate what the evidence shows in a particular place, system, or dataset.
Common dissertation directions include water quality and river health (nutrients, sewage, run-off, emerging contaminants), air pollution exposure and health impacts, soil and sediment contamination, and how monitoring data is collected and interpreted. Many projects examine biodiversity loss and habitat change, environmental risk assessment, and the effectiveness of interventions such as restoration, regulation, or behaviour change campaigns. Contemporary topics often include microplastics, PFAS and other persistent pollutants, environmental justice (who is most exposed and least protected), and how climate-driven extremes (flooding, drought, heat) interact with existing infrastructure and land management. Methods can range from field sampling and lab analysis to GIS mapping, remote sensing, modelling, and statistical analysis of long-term datasets. Students also explore the policy and governance side: enforcement capacity, local authority decision-making, and the real-world gap between environmental targets and delivery.
These examples can help you choose a focused environmental question and see how students link measurements and analysis to practical recommendations.
Nitrous oxide and methane in a changing Arctic Ocean
Here we present our current understanding of nitrous oxide and methane cycling in the Arctic Ocean and its relevance for regional and global atmosphere and climate and offer our thoughts on how this might change over coming decades.
Assessing and Predicting Bio-environmental Interactions in Freshwater Urban Environments
The goal of the proposed research is to assess and predict patterns and processes in the biological diversity of microscopic species across freshwater environments that are under stressors.
Impact of Single-Use Plastics on Marine Life
Preface
The ocean is beautiful, full of colour and life…
…or at least it should be.
Today, our oceans are polluted by plastic put there by us. Marine life is being choked by it, we are sw
Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Sea Ice and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Sea Ice and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Keywords: Sea ice, sea algae, phytoplankton, climate change, global warming
Abstract: Global warming is rapidly changing the mari
Literature Review on Rainfall Induced Landslide Warning System
Investigating the usefulness of physical geographic parameters in producing a real-time warning for rain-induced individual landslides.
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Infrastructure
Literature review
Why we need to reduce the carbon footprint of infrastructure
The UK has a legally binding commitment to achieve an 80% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2050 and although there a
Effectiveness of GAC and Ozonated Biofilter to Remove some CECs from WWTP effluents: A review
The aim of this review paper is to evaluate the efficiency of biological and hybrid treatment to remove Emerging Contaminants from wastewater.
Oil Pollution Effects on Phytoplankton Communities
We studied here the impact of petroleum hydrocarbon, PHC, on the marine environment, especially on phytoplankton ecology.
REMOVAL OF METALS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0. Types of metals and their sources
3.0 Environmental and health risks
4.0 Wastewater Treatment Process
5.0 Remediation of wastewater
5.1 Conventional methods
5.1.1Elect
START UP AND COMMISSIONING OF THE GRAVITY CIRCUIT AT AUSTRALIA GOLD’S GIRAFFE RIVER PROJECT IN EASTERN MEXICO
ABSTRACT
A discussion of the design, challenges and successes associated with the commissioning of the gravity recovery circuit at Mexico’s newest open pit gold mine – Australia Gold’s Gira
Treatment of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW)
The key objective of this study was to investigate whether the treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) would differ in different of constructed wetland treatment (CWT) designs.
Mount Rainier Hazards from Volcanic Mudflow (Lahars)
The scope of this project is to assess the information available about the lahar hazards Mount Rainier poses on surrounding communities within the 4 river valleys.
Fungal Biodiversity: Zygomycetes Associated with Plant Roots
Fungal Biodiversity: Zygomycetes Associated with Plant Roots in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Abstract
Due to the significant lack of our knowledge regarding the fungal kingdom, it is pivotal to enviro
Flood Modelling and Forecasting Methods and Management Strategies
Table of Content
Task A – Estimation of 1% AEP flood
Catchment´s characteristics
FEH WINFAP statistical method
FEH Rainfall-Runoff method
SHETRAN simulation method
Comparison of methods
Alternativ
Influence and Mechanisms of Plant-plant Facilitation
Introduction
Understanding and quantifying the mechanisms which influence the observed organization in plant communities is a central tenet in ecology. The common usage of the term ‘community’ i
Harvesting Energy Generated by Human Traffic and Vehicles
Glossary of terms
CO2Â Â Carbon Dioxide
GHGs  Greenhouse Gases
MEMS Â Microelectromechanical systems
VLSIÂ Â Very-large-scale integration
Nomenclature (if applicable)
Table of Contents
Declaration
Climate Change: Impacts on the Mediterranean Seagrass Posidonia Oceanica
Climate change: impacts on the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica
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Introduction
Seagrasses are aquatic angiosperms that form coastal underwater meadows responsible for a variety of ecosystem
Dissertation on Predicting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Vehicles
This study will use the analysis of neuro-fuzzy technique to identify the most important variables that affect the greenhouse gas emissions for road sector.
