PhD position: Examining the thresholds in past Atlantic Ocean circulation using stalagmite geochemistry — ETH Zürich

ETH Zürich · Zurich (ZH)
Categoria: Ricerca Contratto: fixed-term Salario: CHF 49'500 - 75'000

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PhD position: Examining the thresholds in past Atlantic Ocean circulation using stalagmite geochemistry 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken If you are intrigued by study of past climate, enjoy having your hands on samples in the lab and generating new geochemical data, and are a quantitative thinker, you might be interested in this PhD project.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a major artery of global heat transport affecting European and global climate, which has substantially weakened dozens of times in the last several hundred thousand years and then recovered within centuries to millennial.

This PhD position contributes to our ongoing research to diagnose the causes for these abrupt weakenings and the factors which allowed AMOC to recover.

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PhD position: Examining the thresholds in past Atlantic Ocean circulation using stalagmite geochemistry 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken If you are intrigued by study of past climate, enjoy having your hands on samples in the lab and generating new geochemical data, and are a quantitative thinker, you might be interested in this PhD project.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a major artery of global heat transport affecting European and global climate, which has substantially weakened dozens of times in the last several hundred thousand years and then recovered within centuries to millennial.

This PhD position contributes to our ongoing research to diagnose the causes for these abrupt weakenings and the factors which allowed AMOC to recover.

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