Dear Cryolist Subscribers,
there is a PhD opportunity in a project concerning sedimentation processes due to receding glaciers in Hornsund fjord, Svabard (Arctic).
Short introduction:
there is a PhD opportunity in a project concerning sedimentation processes due to receding glaciers in Hornsund fjord, Svabard (Arctic).
Short introduction:
The proposed Ph.D. topic relates to the analysis of sedimentation processes in the changing polar fjords environments as a result of the recession of the glaciers. It is one of the key issues for analyzing polar fjords' productivity. Productivity of marine ecosystems is an important factor conditioning element and organic matter cycling on Earth. It also has the potential to influence the composition of the atmosphere and thus to shape our climate. The world's oceans are a great source of O2 and sink for atmospheric CO2 because they absorb about 22% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and therefore limit global warming and all its consequences. The Arctic Ocean, due to its relatively high productivity and low water temperatures enhances CO2 solubility, and is responsible for as much as 5-14% of the global CO2 uptake by marine regions. This makes the Arctic marine ecosystems important components in the global carbon cycle. Recent findings show that Arctic fjords are especially effective in absorbing atmospheric CO2. The biogeochemistry of the fjord systems is, however, very complex and not yet fully understood. The great unknowns that remain include the effect of glacial retreat on the CO2 budget of coastal waters. Climate change is disproportionately strong in the Arctic, which is the most rapidly warming region on Earth. One of the observable consequences of the transformation of the Arctic environment is the rapidly receding glaciers, which are leaving behind new bays. Due to glaciers calving, submarine melting and drainage of meltwater through glacial outflows, glaciers are recognised as the main source not only of freshwater supply into the fjord, but also mineral, organic matter and nutrients.
Here is the official announcement with all the details:
Please click the project title: "Influence of glaciers recession, from tidewater to land-based, on the fiord sedimentology".
The deadline for application is October 14.
For more details regarding the science please contact my collegue Mateusz Moskalik: mmosk@igf.edu.pl with (cc) to me: oglowacki@igf.edu.pl
For technical questions regarding the application process, please contact the office of the doctoral school: polarknow@us.edu.pl
Best wishes,
Oskar
Oskar Glowacki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Polar and Marine Research
Assistant Professor
Department of Polar and Marine Research
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
phone: +48 22 6915 817
m. phone: +48 797 488 873
skype: oscar_snoopy
e-mail: oglowacki@igf.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 6915 817
m. phone: +48 797 488 873
skype: oscar_snoopy
e-mail: oglowacki@igf.edu.pl
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