PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Ecosystem Responses to Changes in Ocean Circulation

Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Earth, environment and agriculture
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805
Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

About this position

Marine ecosystems are highly sensitive to the rapid physical reorganisation of the ocean under climate change. Large-scale circulation changes, including a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and strengthening in Southern Ocean upwelling, combined with increasing surface ocean stratification, are altering light and nutrient availability and modulating phytoplankton growth (Guest et al. 2026). With turnover times of around one week, marine ecosystems respond almost instantaneously to these physical changes. This PhD will investigate how ecosystem functional groups and t

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Applications close on 16 Dec 2026 (34 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTJ331/phd-studentship-ecosystem-responses-to-changes-in-ocean-circulation

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