PhD in Planetary Climate Physics: Giant Storms and Heat Redistribution on Fast-Rotating Planets University of Southampton in United Kingdom

University of Southampton is advertising a competition-funded PhD project titled “Tracing cloud formation pathways across Earth’s atmospheric history.” The project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is based in the School of Physics & Astronomy . This research explores how clouds influenced Earth’s climate through time, including how the planet remained habitable under a fainter young Sun and whether cloud–atmosphere interactions could have triggered abrupt climate tran...

The University of Warwick’s Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics (CFSA) is recruiting a Research Fellow in space physics , plasma physics , numerical modelling , and scientific computing . The project focuses on modelling Earth’s magnetosphere and radiation belts , including magnetospheric, ring current, and radiation belt simulations during geomagnetic activity. This is a fixed-term, full-time post within a five-year STFC/UKRI-funded multi-institution collaboration involving the University...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in astrophysics and observational astronomy, focused on changing-look active galactic nuclei (AGN) and the evolution of supermassive black holes . The project asks why some black holes appear to change dramatically over just months, challenging current ideas about accretion and black-hole growth. The successful candidate will collate a uniform sample of changing-look AGN using major surveys such as SPHEREx, WISE, Euclid, and eROSITA , then measure...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in Reducing Uncertainty in Aerosol-Driven Monsoon Variability and Climate Risk . This project sits in the School of Earth & Environment and focuses on climate science , earth science , environmental science , atmospheric science , regional climate modelling , aerosol physics , monsoon variability , data analysis , statistics , scientific computing , machine learning , and mathematical modelling . Asian monsoons are vital for water resources, agriculture...

Imperial College London is advertising a postdoctoral research position in contrail science and mitigation within the Brahmal Institute for Sustainable Aviation and the Department of Aeronautics . The project focuses on understanding condensation trails (contrails), their role in aviation’s climate impacts, and how to more effectively address and eliminate them. The post is aimed at a quantitatively minded PhD candidate with strong analytical skills and a strong interest in sustainable aviation ...