Dear colleagues, The Climate Impacts Research Centre (Umeå University) in Abisko, north Sweden is looking for a PhD-student (4 years) and a Postdoc (2 years) to study climate, plant and microbial controls on carbon storage in permafrost soils. Large uncertainties exist about the impacts of climate change on the world’s stock of soil organic carbon, especially the large amounts stored in permafrost soils. Thawing of previously frozen ground may expose this carbon pool to microbial degradation and turn arctic soils from long-term carbon sinks into sources of greenhouse gasses. This project aims to investigate how climate warming and ecosystem processes control long-term carbon storage in thawing permafrost soils. Please find more information via the links below or contact Ellen Dorrepaal ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). Application deadline: 9 October 2013; expected starting date: January 2014.
PhD-position in Ecosystem Ecology: http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/313-862-13.html Postdoctoral position in Microbial Soil Ecology/Ecosystem Ecology: http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/315-832-13.html *************************************************** Seminars in Abisko! Check the schedule at: http://www.polar.se/en/abisko/seminars *************************************************** Ellen Dorrepaal Assistant professor Climate Impacts Research Centre Dep. of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University S-981 07 Abisko Sweden email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> phone: +46 980 400 09 ***************************************************
