The Climate Feedback lab at St. Francis Xavier University, the Climate Research lab of Simon Fraser University, and the Climate Scenarios Impacts and Modelling lab of Concordia University, are looking for postdocs and PhD students to work on a new project: Quantifying the climate benefit of nature-based solutions in Canada.
Nature-based solutions to climate change seek to enhance the carbon sequestration potential of natural ecosystems and agricultural systems, while providing co-benefits for biodiversity and food production. However, large-scale alteration of these systems will also induce both physical and biogeochemical changes to the Earth system which may enhance or counteract the climate benefit of carbon sequestration. The goal of this project is to use Earth system models to quantify the efficacy of nature-based solutions on land while taking into account the full climate effects of these solutions.
Positions at St. Francis Xavier University:
Postdoc: Improving the representation of soil carbon in Earth system models
PhD: Agricultural management practices as a nature-based solution
Contact Dr. Andrew MacDougall (amacdoug@stfx.ca) for details.
Lab website: https://people.stfx.ca/amacdoug/
Positions at Simon Fraser University
Postdoc: Assessing the effects of af/reforestation on the hydrologic cycle
PhD: Assessing the climate benefits of af/reforestation
Contact Dr. Kirsten Zickfeld (kzickfel@sfu.ca) for details.
Lab Website: https://climateresearch.ca/
Position at Concordia University
PhD: Vulnerability of nature-based carbon storage to natural disturbances
Contact Dr. Damon Matthews (damon.matthews@concordia.ca) for details.
Lab Website: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/geography-planning-environment/research/labs/csim.html
Postdoc positions can begin as early as January 2023. PhD positions are intended to begin in September 2023.
