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 (MS or PhD) in climate / paleoclimate in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona (starting fall 2021).</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br>
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 to an integrated education and research program about climate change and resilience in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The project will leverage coral samples and state-of-the-art climate models to study changes in El Nino, sea level rise, westerly winds,
 and typhoons in the Marshall Islands. This project will also build on existing partnerships with the Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority (MIMRA), Biosphere 2 (B2), and Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) to develop cross-cultural K-16 education program
 to train next generation of solution scientists and inspire solutions for an improved future.</span></span></p>
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 for information about our research program and the department website (https://www.geo.arizona.edu/graduatestudents) for information about the graduate program and application portal. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Dr. Diane Thompson (she/her/hers)</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style=""><br>
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