PhD position: Developing high-resolution permafrost dynamics maps for Northern Alaska regions Start date: September 1, 2021 or January 1, 2022. With funding available for 4 years. Deadline for submission: March 1, 2021. Background The Permafrost Laboratory at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks a PhD student to work on the National Science Foundation-funded research project: Resilience and adaptation to the effects of permafrost degradation induced coastal erosion . The goal of this project is to understand the complex interrelationships and mutual impacts of continued climate change in the Arctic among the following components: permafrost degradation and coastal erosion, civil infrastructure and development, and community well-being and sociodemographic and cultural resilience. Results from this study will be used to formulate a holistic and predictive model that will aid future adaptation of social systems and the built environme...