<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>10/19/2007</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="">************************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08501"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08501</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>FORUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Contributions sought: A Handbook of Global Environmental Issues in preparation, Wil Burns, ed.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see FORUM 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>A Swiftly Melting Planet</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see FORUM 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Report on the economic costs of climate change in the United States</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - The Center for Integrative Environmental Research at the University of Maryland<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.cier.umd.edu/climateadaptation/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.cier.umd.edu/climateadaptation/index.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, "Climate Projections Based on Emission Scenarios for Long-lived and Short-lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols" (2007) (online only). NAP, 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12035.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12035.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Killer cow emissions</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-methane15oct15,1,848"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-methane15oct15,1,848</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">859.story </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Hurricane Fears Cost Homeowners Coverage</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2cv24u"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2cv24u</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Arctic Melt Unnerves The Experts</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html?_r=1&ex=&oref=slogin"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html?_r=1&ex=&oref=slogin</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Hidden Costs of Climate Change: Major, Nationwide, Uncounted</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.enn.com/climate/article/23922"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.enn.com/climate/article/23922</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Caspian summit produces warnings for outsiders, but no deal on dividing resource-rich sea</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/sea101707.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://climate.weather.com/articles/sea101707.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate change also impacts river flow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20071015-10324300-bc-us-climatechange.xml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20071015-10324300-bc-us-climatechange.xml</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Ancient Fossil Evidence Supports Carbon Dioxide As Driver Of Global Warming</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071016090525.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071016090525.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>'Climate Year' Heads for Uncertain End</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/10/13/climate_year_heads_for_uncertain_end/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/10/13/climate_year_heads_for_uncertain_end/</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/22tkn5"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/22tkn5</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Something New Under the Sun</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9928154">http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9928154</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yv9f6j"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yv9f6j</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 9 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Humans Consume Nearly a Quarter of Earth's Natural Productivity</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071013/bob9.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071013/bob9.asp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yt4q7e"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yt4q7e</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 10 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>The Seed Bank Atop the World</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">vault12oct12,1,1029387.story<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2qwouv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2qwouv</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 11 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Orbiting Solar Panels' Day May Be Near</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">spacesolar11oct11,1,5761676.story<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yp9jo3"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yp9jo3</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 12 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Warmth Makes the World More Humid</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7038278.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7038278.stm</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ypf96p"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ypf96p</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 13 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Global-Warming Skeptics: Is It Only the News Media Who Need to Chill?</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1011/p13s03-sten.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1011/p13s03-sten.html</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2lyehq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2lyehq</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="">(see NEWS 14 below)</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; text-decoration: underline;"><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">************</SPAN>The following news stories are about </FONT></FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">*************</SPAN></FONT></FONT></I></B></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Bush Aide Rejects Climate Goal</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802243.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802243.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/36p663"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/36p663</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 15 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gore shares Nobel win with U.N. climate panel</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071012/ts_nm/nobel_peace_gore_ipcc_dc_2"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071012/ts_nm/nobel_peace_gore_ipcc_dc_2</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 16 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-985439~Gore__U_N__Body_Win_Nobel_Peace_Prize.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-985439~Gore__U_N__Body_Win_Nobel_Peace_Prize.html</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y2zbf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y2zbf</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 17 below)</SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><B>UNEP Statement on Nobel Peace Prize</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 18 below)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><B></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B> IPCC and Gore win Nobel Peace Prize</B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 19 below)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Workshop: "Linkages among Emissions Trading Schemes and the role of offset mechanisms" -</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> 30. October 2007 – Brussels (Belgium)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.joanneum.at/climate/linking/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.joanneum.at/climate/linking/ </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>"Climate Change: from the geological past to the uncertain future :</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>A tribute to André Berger"</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - 26 to 29 May 2008 - Louvain-la-Neuve<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Belgium)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see <SPAN style="">MEETING 1</SPAN> below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>"Key challenges in climate variability and change" </B><SPAN style="">- 7th International NCCR Climate Summer School - 31 August - 5 September 2008 - Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, (Switzerland)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html">http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html</A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see MEETING 2<B> </B>below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>The 38th Annual International Arctic Workshop - </B><SPAN style="">Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado - 5-7 March 2008 - Boulder, Colorado (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://instaar.colorado.edu/AW"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://instaar.colorado.edu/AW</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:ArcticWS@colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ArcticWS@colorado.edu</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see MEETING 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> <SPAN style=""> </SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08501"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08501</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof tenure-track</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - GIS, Dept. of Geography - specialization open. California State University – Sacramento CA (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Research Fellow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Policy Research and Analysis – Resources for the Future (RFF) - Washington, DC (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc/fellowships</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Global sustainability, ocean-atmosphere, etc. - Earth Institute at Columbia & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a center of the Earth Institute – New York NY (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Atmospheric Science – Earth and Space Science and Engineering - York University – Toronto, ON (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=936"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=936</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Environmental Fellows</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA (USA)</SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/funding.htm">http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/funding.htm</A> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOB 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Tenure-track tier-two Canada Research Chair</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: subgrid-scale physical parameterizations and surface processes. University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) (Canada)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Paleoceanography / Marine Geochemistry - School of GeoSciences - University of Edinburgh (<A href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/</FONT></SPAN></A> ) (UK)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.jobs.ed.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job Reference: 3008100.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""> (see JOB 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst./Assoc. Prof </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">- Human and Physical Geography - Social Sciences Division - King's University College - Edmonton, Alberta – (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L681*"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L681*</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Research Fellow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Policy Research Centre- Freie Universität (Berlin)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fu-berlin.de/ffu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.fu-berlin.de/ffu</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 9 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst. Prof.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Aquatic Ecologist - Biology Department – State University of New York (SUNY) – Fredonia, NY (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 10 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Faculty</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Department of Biology - Brigham Young University – Provo UT (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/faculty-openings-ecologyevolution.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/faculty-openings-ecologyevolution.html</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 11 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Job Links – biojobs.blogspot.com</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 12 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate sector jobs</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 13 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Forum</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(FORUM 1)<B> Contributions sought: A Handbook of Global Environmental Issues in preparation, Wil Burns, ed.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I've been asked by the publisher World Scientific (</SPAN><A href="http://www.worldscientific.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.worldscientific.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">), to edit a new book, entitled A Handbook of Global Environmental Issues. The co-editor will be Joel Heinen, a conservation biologist and the Chair of the Environmental Studies Department at Florida International University. While World Scientific is primarily a publisher of medical, scientific, and technical publications, it is seeking to expand its social science offerings, and this book is part of that strategy. However, given the primary market of the publisher, it is contemplated that the Handbook's chapters should include a scientific/ecological component where germane.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are seeking potential contributors of chapters on the topics listed below, with the following guidelines:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8000-12,000 words per chapter, including citations;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submission of first drafts by June 1, 2008;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because this is intended to be a "handbook," the approach should be to provide a broad-brush overview of a topic rather than focusing on one particular aspect;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will consider publication of a previous work, or a modified version, with permission of the publisher of the earlier work. We will also consider proposals for pertinent topics not on this list. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">If you are interested in participating in this project, please submit the following as soon as possible:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A one to two paragraph abstract describing your approach to the topic<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">you select;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An outline for the chapter<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is my hope to begin commissioning chapters within the next month. I hope that some of the members of the list will join us in this project! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CONTACT: Dr. Wil Burns, Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, 500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101, Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:wburns@scu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">wburns@scu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">SSRN Author Page: </SPAN><A href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=240348"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=240348</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">International Environmental Law Blog: </SPAN><A href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/intlenvironment/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/intlenvironment/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CHAPTER TOPICS:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Climate change<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Desertification<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Transboundary water law and politics<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4. Sustainable development<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5. International wildlife law and policy<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6. Transboundary trade in hazardous waste<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>7. Interface of trade and environmental regimes<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8. The Precautionary principle<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9. Ocean pollution and institutional responses<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>10. Transboundary air pollution and institutional responses<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>11. Implementation, compliance and effectiveness mechanisms for international environmental agreements<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>12. Voluntary/corporate environmental initiatives (e.g. ISO, Equator)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>13. Impacts of globalization on the global environment<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>14. Fisheries: status and management <SPAN style="">15. International environmental governance<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>16. European Union (or regional) and international environmental policymaking<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>17. The polluter pays principle and international environmental law<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>18. The role of intergovernmental organizations in international<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>environmental policymaking 19. Conservation Biology: Global focus<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>20. Energy and the Environment: global focus<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>21. Forests<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>22. The Environmental Kuznets Curve, or more broadly, global<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>environmental/ecological economics</SPAN> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV>********************<O:P></O:P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(FORUM 2) <B>A Swiftly Melting Planet</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NY Times - Op-Ed Contributor Thomas Homer-Dixon<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Published: October 4, 2007 THE Arctic ice cap melted this summer at a shocking pace, disappearing at a far higher rate than predicted by even the most pessimistic experts in global warming. But we shouldn't be shocked, because scientists have long known that major features of earth's interlinked climate system of air and water can change abruptly.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A big reason such change happens is feedback - not the feedback that you'd like to give your boss, but the feedback that creates a vicious circle. This type of feedback in our global climate could determine humankind's future prosperity and even survival.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The vast expanse of ice floating on the surface of the Arctic Ocean always recedes in the summer, reaching its lowest point sometime in September. Every winter it expands again, as the long Arctic night descends and temperatures plummet. Each summer over the past six years, global warming has trimmed this ice's total area a little more, and each winter the ice's recovery has been a little less robust. These trends alarmed climate scientists, but most thought that sea ice wouldn't disappear completely in the Arctic summer before 2040 at the earliest.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But this past summer sent scientists scrambling to redo their estimates. Week by week, the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., reported the trend: from 2.23 million square miles of ice remaining on Aug. 8 to 1.6 million square miles on Sept. 16, an astonishing drop from the previous low of 2.05 million square miles, reached in 2005.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The loss of Arctic sea ice won't be the last abrupt change in earth's climate, because of feedbacks. One of the climate's most important destabilizing feedbacks involves Arctic ice. It works like this: our release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases around the planet causes some initial warming that melts some ice. Melting ice leaves behind open ocean water that has a much lower reflectivity (or albedo) than that of ice. Open ocean water absorbs about 80 percent more solar radiation than sea ice does. And so as the sun warms the ocean, even more ice melts, in a vicious circle. This ice-albedo feedback is one of the main reasons warming is happening far faster in the high north, where there are vast stretches of sea ice, than anywhere else on Earth.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are other destabilizing feedbacks in the carbon cycle that involve the oceans. Each year, the oceans absorb about half the carbon dioxide that humans emit into the atmosphere. But as oceans warm, they will absorb less carbon dioxide, partly because the gas dissolves less readily in warmer water, and partly because warming will reduce the mixing between deep and surface waters that provides nutrients to plankton that absorb carbon dioxide. And when oceans take up less carbon dioxide, warming worsens.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists have done a good job incorporating some feedbacks into their climate models, especially those, like the ice-albedo feedback, that operate directly on the temperature of air or water. But they haven't incorporated as well feedbacks that operate on the atmosphere's concentrations of greenhouse gases or that affect the cycle of carbon among air, land, oceans and organisms. Yet these may be the most important feedbacks of all.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Global warming is melting large areas of permafrost in Alaska, Canada and Siberia. As it melts, the organic matter in the permafrost starts to rot, releasing carbon dioxide and methane (molecule for molecule, methane traps far more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Warming is also affecting wetlands and forests around the world, helping to desiccate immense peat bogs in Indonesia, contributing to more frequent drought in the Amazon basin, and propelling a widening beetle infestation that's killing enormous tracts of pine forest in Alaska and British Columbia. (This infestation is on the brink of crossing the Canadian Rockies into the boreal forest that extends east to Newfoundland.) Dried peat and dead and dying forests are vulnerable to wildfires that would emit huge quantities of carbon into the atmosphere.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This summer's loss of Arctic sea ice indicates that at least one major destabilizing feedback is gaining force quickly. Scientists have also recently learned that the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica, appears to be absorbing less carbon, while Greenland's ice sheet is melting at an accelerating rate.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When warming becomes its own cause, we might not be able to stop extremely harmful climate change no matter how much we cut our greenhouse gas emissions. We need a far more aggressive global response to climate change. In the 1960s, mothers learned that the milk they were feeding their children was laced with radioactive material from atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons and that this contamination could increase the risk of childhood leukemia. Soon women organized themselves in the tens of thousands to demand that nuclear powers ban atmospheric testing. Their campaign largely succeeded.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In response to the new dangers of climate change, we need a similar mobilization - of mothers, of students and of everyone with a stake in the future - now.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thomas Homer-Dixon, a professor of peace and conflict studies at the University of Toronto, is the author of "The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization."<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>Killer cow emissions</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-methane15oct15,1,848"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-methane15oct15,1,848</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">859.story<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los Angeles Times - October 15, 2007 - Livestock are a leading source of greenhouse gases. Why isn't anyone raising a stink?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It's a silent but deadly source of greenhouse gases that contributes more to global warming than the entire world transportation sector, yet politicians almost never discuss it, and environmental lobbyists and other green activist groups seem unaware of its existence.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That may be because it's tough to take cow flatulence seriously. But livestock emissions are no joke.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most of the national debate about global warming centers on carbon dioxide, the world's most abundant greenhouse gas, and its major sources – fossil fuels. Seldom mentioned is that cows and other ruminants, such as sheep and goats, are walking gas factories that take in fodder and put out methane and nitrous oxide, two greenhouse gases that are far more efficient at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. Methane, with 21 times the warming potential of CO2, comes from both ends of a cow, but mostly the front. Frat boys have nothing on bovines, as it's estimated that a single cow can belch out anywhere from 25 to 130 gallons of methane a day.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It isn't just the gas they pass that makes livestock troublesome. A report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization identified livestock as one of the two or three top contributors to the world's most serious environmental problems, including water pollution and species loss. In terms of climate change, livestock are a threat not only because of the gases coming from their stomachs and manure but because of deforestation, as land is cleared to make way for pastures, and the amount of energy needed to produce the crops that feed the animals.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All told, livestock are responsible for 18% of greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide, according to the U.N. -- more than all the planes, trains and automobiles on the planet. And it's going to get a lot worse. As living standards rise in the developing world, so does its fondness for meat and dairy. Annual per-capita meat consumption in developing countries doubled from 31 pounds in 1980 to 62 pounds in 2002, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, which expects global meat production to more than double by 2050. That means the environmental damage of ranching would have to be cut in half just to keep emissions at their current, dangerous level.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It isn't enough to improve mileage standards or crack down on diesel truck emissions, as politicians at both the state and national levels are working to do. Eventually, the United States and other countries are going to have to clean up their agricultural practices, while consumers can do their part by cutting back on red meat.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 2)<B> Hurricane Fears Cost Homeowners Coverage</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2cv24u"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2cv24u</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Paul Vitello - Garden City, N.Y., Oct. 15 — It is 1,200 miles from the coastline where Hurricane Katrina touched land two years ago to the neat colonial-style home here where James Gray, a retired public relations consultant, and his wife, Ann, live. But this summer, Katrina reached them, too, in the form of a cancellation letter from their home-insurance company. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The letter said that "hurricane events over the past two years" had forced the company to limit its exposure to further losses; and that because the Grays' home on Long Island was near the Atlantic Ocean — it is 12 miles from the coast and has been touched by rampaging waters only once, when the upstairs bathtub overflowed — their 30-year-old policy was "nonrenewed," or canceled. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Grays signed with a new company, but their case attracted the attention of consumer advocates and, in turn, the New York insurance commissioner, Eric R. Dinallo. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Dinallo's sharp rebuke last month of the Grays' company, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, reflected a shift in how public officials view a new reality in the homeowners' insurance business, advocates say. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the last three years, more than three million homeowners have received letters like the Grays' as insurance companies, determined to avoid another $40 billion Katrina bill, have essentially begun to redraw the outline of the eastern United States somewhere west of the Appalachian Trail. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Public officials in Southern states from Florida to Texas have been fighting insurance carriers for years over rising rates and withdrawal of services, but officials in the Northeast have only recently joined the fray. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Companies including Allstate, State Farm and Liberty Mutual have "nonrenewed" policies not only in hurricane-battered places like Florida and Louisiana, but in New York and other Northern states that have not seen hurricanes in years. Since last year, those three companies and others have turned down all new homeowners' insurance business in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts and the eight downstate counties of New York. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An independent insurance agents' group puts the Grays among about 50,000 residents of the New York metropolitan area — and about one million homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states — whose policies have been canceled since 2004. While most homeowners have been able to find coverage with other major insurers, or with smaller companies, in most cases it is at higher rates and with larger deductibles. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The companies say they are obliged to avoid undue risks where they see them, and to remain solvent. "Considering what happened between 2003 and 2005," said Robert P. Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, an industry lobbying group, "and considering that the best meteorological minds are telling us that for the next 15 to 20 years hurricane activity will be heavier than normal, if we didn't do something to reduce our exposure, we'd be out of business." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In response to a growing torrent of complaints, state officials and lawmakers have lately begun to push back, if gingerly, against the industry, which they see as overreacting to the hurricane threat in the Northeast. "My concern is that this situation is being manipulated by the insurance companies in order for them to get higher rates," said State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, who calls the cancellation of policies in his eastern Long Island district "more than a problem — it is a crisis." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Dinallo, the commissioner, has focused his attention on the law: It was a single line in the Liberty Mutual letter sent to the Grays that prompted him to issue his rebuke. The line noted that one consideration in dropping their policy was that they did not have car insurance with the company. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That, Mr. Dinallo said, is illegal. Predicating one policy on another, or so-called "tie-in business," is a violation of state insurance law, he said. Liberty Mutual said the tie-in was a secondary issue, but in response to Mr. Dinallo's warning, Liberty Mutual, State Farm and the largest insurer in the state, Allstate, agreed to stop the practice. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Earlier this year, Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut attorney general, also challenged insurers' tactics, subpoenaing records from nine insurance companies that were requiring homeowners to install storm shutters if they wanted to keep their policies. "The insurers are making record profits," Mr. Blumenthal said in an interview, "and the dire predictions of disastrous hurricanes, fortunately, have been very wrong — fortunately for everyone, including the insurers." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meanwhile, heated public hearings were held this year in the Rhode Island General Assembly about the lack of homeowners' insurance in coastal areas, which include most of the state. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, lawmakers and regulators this year proposed requiring all insurance companies doing business in the states to set aside billions of dollars to help defray losses from future catastrophic storms. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At a public hearing of the New York Senate Insurance Committee last Tuesday, Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. said the retreat of major home insurers had hurt the housing market. (Home insurance is required by all banks that make home loans.) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We have people who cannot buy a house because they can't find insurance," he said. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, a California-based consumer advocacy group, has watched the situation in the East with both professional and personal interest, since the policy on her parents' Long Island home was recently canceled. Crisis or not, she said, the pattern is familiar. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Wide-scale nonrenewal has been the knee-jerk reaction of the big insurance companies after every major disaster: hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires," she said. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Florida set the pattern for states in picking up the risk shed by major carriers. Its state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the insurance pool for those unable to find home insurance anywhere else, has become the state's largest homeowners' insurer, with 1.3 million policies. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But Massachusetts, last hit by a moderate hurricane in 1991, has also found itself in the insurance business. Its high-risk pool has doubled in size in the last five years, reaching 200,000 policies this year, which makes it the largest single homeowners' insurance carrier in the state. On Cape Cod, 44 percent of homeowners are covered by the plan. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, the number of people covered by state insurance pools has remained relatively low. The New York plan, known as the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, carries about 70,000 policies, most for homes in coastal areas; this year, officials said, the state pool was expecting 10,000 more. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To some extent, insurance brokers in the New York metropolitan area have closed the gap left by the major carriers by finding policies with subprime insurers, also known as the excess and surplus market. Figures provided by the Excess Line Association of New York, a group representing those insurers, show that 7,689 such policies were sold last year, and almost as many, 7,456, in the first seven months of 2007. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Robert J. Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, said the extent of the retreat by major insurers "will depend a lot on what happens this year, hurricane-wise." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Insurance companies have condensed their projections of risk, he said. "They used to project 20 years in the future, but now it is more like 4 or 5," Mr. Hunter said, a practice that has driven the current pull-back along the Northeast coast, where a big hurricane is overdue, according to computer analysis. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Hartwig, of the Insurance Institute, said it was more complicated than that. "What insurers are worried about is not just a hurricane in New York, but hurricanes in New York and Florida at the same time," he said. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Betty Clark, a retired waitress living on a fixed income in a modest house where she raised her children in Eastham, Mass., on Cape Cod, said she had no idea how the tussle between insurance companies and public officials would play out. But after years of paying $742 a year, her home insurance doubled last year, to $1,440, which she would not be able to afford if not for some help from her children. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I've never made a claim in all these years," she said by telephone. "And yet, here it's possible I'll lose my home," she said. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And not to a hurricane, she added.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3) <B>Arctic Melt Unnerves The Experts</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html?_r=1&ex=&oref=slogin"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html?_r=1&ex=&oref=slogin</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (registration required) - 2 October 2007 -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This past summer, the Arctic ice cap shrank so much that waves could be seen along the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia. According to new study, led by Son Ngheim of U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion and published in Geophysical Research Letters, the changes occurring are as much from melting as they are from the ice moving. The study also shows that the proportion of thick, durable floes that were at least 10 years old dropped to 2 percent this spring from 80 percent in the spring of 1987. There is much scientific debate as to what the causes are. However many agree that the vanishing act of the sea ice this year was probably caused by superimposed forces including heat-trapping clouds and water vapor in the air, as well as the ocean-heating influence of unusually sunny skies in June and July.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sources: Citation: S.V. Nghiem, I. G. Rigor, D. K. Perovich, P. Clemente-Colon, J. W. Weatherly, and G. Neumann. Rapid Reduction of Arctic Perennial Sea Ice. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L19504, doi:10.1029/2007GL031138, 2007. Abstract available at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007GL031138.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007GL031138.shtml</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4)<B> Hidden Costs of Climate Change: Major, Nationwide, Uncounted </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.enn.com/climate/article/23922"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.enn.com/climate/article/23922</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The total economic cost of climate change in the United States will be major and nationwide in scope, but remains uncounted, unplanned for and largely hidden in public debate, says a new study from the University of Maryland. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report, The U.S. Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction, is the first to pull together and analyze the previous economic research on the subject, along with other relevant data, in order to develop a more complete estimate of costs. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While much of the public debate has focused on the upfront costs of emission controls, there's been only limited research on subsequent expenses, such as rebuilding or preparing infrastructure to meet new realities and the ripple economic effects on the agricultural, manufacturing and public service sectors. In part, the report evaluates the "costs of inaction" -- how a failure to reduce greenhouse gases can make response and adaptation more expensive. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The true economic impact of climate change is fraught with 'hidden' costs," the report concludes. It adds that these costs will vary regionally and will put a strain on public sector budgets. For example, even under current conditions, the combined storm impact for the nation since 1980 has surpassed $560 billion. More frequent and intense storms would raise the price tag even higher. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Climate change will affect every American economically in significant, dramatic ways, and the longer it takes to respond, the greater the damage and the higher the costs," says lead researcher Matthias Ruth, director of the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research and the Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics. "The national debate is often framed in terms of how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gases, with little or no consideration of the cost of no response or the cost of waiting. Review and analysis of existing data suggest that delay will prove costly and tip the economic scales in favor of quicker strategic action." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Estimating a total price tag for all the hidden costs is impossible at the moment, say the researchers. The report finds that current techniques generally used by economists to measure the costs related to climate change are ill-suited to a situation so complex and pervasive. It recommends a new, immediate research effort to accompany initiatives designed to minimize the impact of climate change.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...continued...<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5)<B> Caspian summit produces warnings for outsiders, but no deal on dividing resource-rich sea</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/sea101707.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://climate.weather.com/articles/sea101707.html </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Leaders of the five nations around the Caspian Sea failed to agree Tuesday on how to divide the inland water body, a prize at the center of the global struggle for access to oil and natural gas.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Short on substance, the summit did produce aggressive statements by Russia and Iran — two countries deeply wary of Western influence — warning against outside interference in the region of increasingly assertive resource-rich states.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Eager to maintain his country's dominance over the delivery of oil and gas to the West from the Central Asian states on the Caspian's eastern shore, Russian President Vladimir Putin argued that pipelines from the region should only be built if all five nations support them.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He cited concerns about the environment, an issue that critics say Moscow has used as a pretext to squeeze Western companies out of energy projects on its own soil. The remarks were likely to deepen Western worries about Russia's use of its energy muscle. ... continued...<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 6) <B>Climate change also impacts river flow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20071015-10324300-bc-us-climatechange.xml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20071015-10324300-bc-us-climatechange.xml </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>UPI – Baltimore -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A U.S. analysis of the potential effect of climate change on river basins indicates many rivers will require interventions to protect ecosystems and people. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"As a result of damming and development, major rivers worldwide have experienced dramatic changes in flow, reducing their natural ability to adjust to and absorb disturbances," said lead study author Margaret Palmer, director of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. "Given expected changes in global climate and water needs, this could lead to serious problems for both ecosystems and people." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The researchers project river discharge under different climate and water withdrawal scenarios and combine that with data on the impact of dams on large river basins. The projections indicate every populated basin in the world will experience changes in river discharge -- some in which there won't be enough water to meet human needs. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The study also finds nearly 1 billion people live in areas likely to require action and approximately 365 million people live in basins almost certain to require action. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The findings appear in the online version of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 7) <B>Ancient Fossil Evidence Supports Carbon Dioxide As Driver Of Global Warming</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071016090525.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071016090525.htm </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A team of American and Canadian scientists has devised a new way to study Earth's past climate by analyzing the chemical composition of ancient marine fossils. The first published tests with the method further support the view that atmospheric CO2 has contributed to dramatic climate variations in the past, and strengthen projections that human CO2 emissions could cause global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the current issue of the journal Nature, geologists and environmental scientists from the California Institute of Technology, the University of Ottawa, the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Brock University, and the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve report the results of a new method for determining the growth temperatures of carbonate fossils such as shells and corals. This method looks at the percentage of rare isotopes of oxygen and carbon that bond with each other rather than being randomly distributed through their mineral lattices.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because these bonds between oxygen-18 and carbon-13 form in greater abundance at low temperatures and lesser abundance at higher temperatures, a precise measurement of their concentration in a carbonate fossil can quantify the temperature of seawater in which the organisms lived. By comparing this record of temperature change with previous estimates of past atmospheric CO2 concentrations, the study demonstrates a strong coupling of atmospheric temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrations across one of Earth's major environmental shifts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to Rosemarie Came, a postdoctoral scholar in geochemistry at Caltech and lead author of the article, only about 60 parts per million of the carbonate molecular groups that make up the mineral structures of carbonate fossils are a combination of both oxygen-18 and carbon-13, but the amount varies predictably with temperature. Therefore, knowing the age of the sample and how much of these exotic carbonate groups are present allows one to create a record of the planet's temperature through time.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This clumped-isotope method has an advantage over previous approaches because we're looking at the distribution of rare isotopes inside a single shell or coral," Came says. "All the information needed to study the surface temperature at the time the animal lived is stored in the fossil itself."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this way, the method contrasts with previous approaches that require knowledge of the chemistry of seawater in the distant past--something that is poorly known.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The study contrasts the growth temperatures of fossils from two times in the distant geological past. The Silurian period, approximately 400 million years ago, is thought to have been a time of highly elevated atmospheric CO2 (more than 10 times the modern concentration), and was found by the researchers to be a time of exceptionally warm shallow-ocean temperatures--nearly 35 degrees C. In contrast, the Carboniferous period, roughly 300 million years ago, appears to have been characterized by far lower levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (similar to modern values) and had shallow marine temperatures similar to or slightly cooler than today-about 25 degrees C. Thus, the draw-down of atmospheric CO2 coincided with strong global cooling.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This is a huge change in temperature," says John Eiler, a professor of geochemistry at Caltech and a coauthor of the study. "It shows that carbon dioxide really has been a powerful driver of climate change in Earth's past."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The title of the Nature paper is "Coupling of surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Paleozoic era." The other authors are Jan Veizer of the University of Ottawa, Karem Azmy of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Uwe Brand of Brock University, and Christopher R. Weidman of the Waquoit National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Note: This story has been adapted from material provided by California Institute of Technology.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 8) <B>'Climate Year' Heads for Uncertain End</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/10/13/climate_year_heads_for_uncertain_end/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/10/13/climate_year_heads_for_uncertain_end/</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/22tkn5"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/22tkn5</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boston Globe (Registration Required) - It's October and global warming campaigner Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize. In November the U.N.'s climate scientists issue a capstone report on where the planet is headed. And in December envoys of almost 200 nations gather in Bali, Indonesia, hoping for action to head off the worst of climate change. But because of something that happened in September, their chances look slim.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This has been the "year of climate," as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the scientist network that will share the Nobel gold with Gore, produced a series of authoritative reports showing that global warming has arrived.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...But prospects for an agreement dimmed in September when the Bush administration, at a 16-nation "major emitters" meeting in Washington, signaled it intends to stick with its opposition to any global treaty mandating reductions in the heat-trapping emissions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 9) <B>Something New Under the Sun</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9928154">http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9928154</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yv9f6j"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yv9f6j</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Economist - "A CRISIS is a terrible thing to waste," Vinod Khosla laments to Larry Page. The two Silicon Valley luminaries are chatting one evening at the Googleplex, the quirky Californian headquarters of Google. The crisis which Mr Khosla is concerned about is caused by carmakers' addiction to oil and the consequent warming of the planet.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>... The two are plotting what they hope will be the next great industrial revolution: the convergence of software and smart electronics with the grease and grime of the oil and car industries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>... Mr Page, co-founder of Google, had earlier hosted a gathering of leading environmentalists, political thinkers and energy experts to help shape an inducement to get things moving: the Automotive X Prize, to be unveiled in early 2008. The organisers will offer at least $10m to whoever comes up with the best "efficient, clean, affordable and sexy" car able to obtain the equivalent of 100 miles-per-gallon using alternative energy.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 10) <B>Humans Consume Nearly a Quarter of Earth's Natural Productivity</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071013/bob9.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071013/bob9.asp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yt4q7e"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yt4q7e</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">Science News - Some people live lightly on the land: Bedouin clans roam the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa; small groups of indigenous people follow reindeer herds across frigid Arctic terrain; and tribes of hunter-gatherers forage the plains of southern Africa and the forests of Amazonia and Papua New Guinea.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then there's the other 6.6 billion of us. When we farm, clear forests, and build cities, dams, and roads, we dramatically alter the landscape. In some places, we increase the land's productivity - measured as the amount of plant life at the base of the food chain - by adding immense amounts of water and fertilizer.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New research indicates that on the whole, however, human presence significantly decreases Earth's biological productivity. For instance, many of today's cities occupy large patches of what had been some of the world's most fertile land.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 11) <B>The Seed Bank Atop the World</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">vault12oct12,1,1029387.story<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2qwouv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2qwouv</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) - LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY -- High above the icy fjord, the vault is almost complete. Inside a frozen mountain not far from the North Pole, workers are building three concrete chambers to withstand global warming, floods and fires, wars and nuclear holocaust.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This Arctic safe, nicknamed the "doomsday vault," will protect millions of crop seeds here on the forbidding Svalbard archipelago, the northernmost inhabited spot on the planet. The survival of Earth's agriculture is being entrusted to a land inhospitable to life, where only the toughest plants, animals and humans endure.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>... Should the bleakest global warming scenario come true ... the seeds would be sheltered in their cave here, 400 feet above the Advent Fjord. In case of an electricity blackout, the permafrost ensures that the seeds would remain refrigerated in the state-of-the-art Svalbard Global Seed Vault.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 12)<B> Orbiting Solar Panels' Day May Be Near</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">spacesolar11oct11,1,5761676.story<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yp9jo3"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yp9jo3</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) - Beam it down, Scotty. A new federal study released Wednesday concluded that continued increases in oil prices may finally make the generation of solar power in orbit economically competitive. The report urged the government to sponsor a demonstration of the technology to spur private investment in the concept.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The orbiting power plants would reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil and help reduce the production of carbon dioxide that is contributing to global warming, according to the report led by the National Security Space Office, part of the Department of Defense.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This is a solution for all mankind," said former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, chairman of the spaceflight advocacy group, ShareSpace Foundation. Aldrin joined a group of other space advocacy organizations to unveil the report in Washington.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 13) <B>Warmth Makes the World More Humid</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7038278.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7038278.stm</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ypf96p"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ypf96p</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BBC News Online - The atmosphere is becoming more humid in a pattern consistent with man-made climate change, researchers have found. Their study, reported in the journal Nature, confirms the global increase in humidity found in previous studies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They say that the pattern of humidity increases in various parts of the world resembles that projected by computer models of man-made global warming. Water vapour is a greenhouse gas, and it is thought that having more of it in the air could amplify temperature rise.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The major report released earlier this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that this amplification was the largest "positive feedback" mechanism they had identified. Previous research has shown that humidity increases in Europe, a response to higher temperatures, were amplifying the temperature rise by about a factor of two.</SPAN> </DIV><DIV>********************<O:P></O:P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 14) <B>Global-Warming Skeptics: Is It Only the News Media Who Need to Chill?</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1011/p13s03-sten.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1011/p13s03-sten.html</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2lyehq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2lyehq</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Christian Science Monitor - In the 1970s, mainstream media outlets published stories about a coming age of "global cooling" and the climate disaster it would trigger.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>... Today, skeptics of global warming sometimes point to what they call the "global-cooling scare" of the 1970s as a reason to discount what they hear now. If the news media 30 years ago hyped "global cooling" and were wrong, skeptics say, doesn't it follow that "global warming" coverage might prove equally wrong?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But those who have looked closely at the two eras or have been part of the scientific community then and now say the comparison is unfair. William Connolley, a sort of self-appointed historian of the global-cooling theory, says that although global cooling was briefly but prominently covered in some speculative news articles, the idea never got much traction within the scientific community.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 15) <B>Bush Aide Rejects Climate Goal</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802243.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802243.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/36p663"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/36p663</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington Post (Registration Required) - The president's top science adviser said yesterday there is no solid scientific evidence that the widely cited goal of limiting future global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is necessary to avert dangerous climate change, an assertion that runs counter to that of many scientists as well as the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John H. Marburger III, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said at a news conference that the target of preventing Earth from warming more than two degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, "is going to be a very difficult one to achieve and is not actually linked to regional events that affect people's lives."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...Marburger said that while there is general agreement that human activity is producing too much carbon dioxide and "you could have emerging disasters long before you get to two degrees. ... There is no scientific criterion for establishing numbers like that."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 16) <B>Gore shares Nobel win with U.N. climate panel</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071012/ts_nm/nobel_peace_gore_ipcc_dc_2"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071012/ts_nm/nobel_peace_gore_ipcc_dc_2 </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yahoo! News - OSLO (Reuters) - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for work on global warming, and the award committee urged action "before climate change moves beyond man's control."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They were chosen to share the $1.5 million prize from a field of 181 candidates.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man's control," the citation said of rising temperatures that could bring more droughts, floods, rising seas.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," the committee said of Gore.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming," it said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said he was overwhelmed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I can't believe it, overwhelmed, stunned," Pachauri told reporters and co-workers after receiving the news on the phone at his office in New Delhi.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I feel privileged sharing it with someone as distinguished as him," he added, referring to Gore.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC groups 2,500 researchers from more than 130 nations and issued reports this year blaming human activities for climate changes ranging from more heat waves to floods. It was set up in 1988 by the United Nations to help guide governments.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since leaving office in 2001 Gore has lectured extensively on the threat of global warming and last year starred in his own Oscar-winning documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" to warn of the dangers of climate change and urge action against it.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was the second prize to a leading Democrat during the presidency of Republican George W. Bush.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 2002 prize went to former President Jimmy Carter, which the chairman of the Nobel committee had called a "kick in the legs" to the U.S. administration over its preparations to invade Iraq.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes said the prize to Gore was not meant as criticism of Bush. The peace prize is not criticism of anyone," Danbolt Mjoes said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Nobel prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.54 million) and will be handed out in Oslo on December 10.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 17) <B>Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-985439~Gore__U_N__Body_Win_Nobel_Peace_Prize.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-985439~Gore__U_N__Body_Win_Nobel_Peace_Prize.html</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y2zbf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y2zbf</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>San Francisco Examiner - October 12, 2007 - OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize," Gore said. "We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity." Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary on global warming, won an Academy Award this year and he had been widely expected to win the prize.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Norwegian Nobel Committee said global warming, "may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 18) <B>UNEP Statement on Nobel Peace Prize</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore Jointly Win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Statement by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in Response to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore Jointly Winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nairobi, 12 October 2007-The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has today made it clear that combating climate change is a central peace and security policy for the 21st century.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The two winners -the IPCC and former US Vice-President Al Gore- have contributed significantly to elevating public attention on the issue of global warming while outlining the enormous risks but also the enormous opportunities confronting the world.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In doing so, the IPCC and Mr Gore have contributed to the unprecedented momentum on the climate change challenge in 2007. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This now needs to be translated into negotiations on a decisive, post 2012 emissions reduction agreement, when governments gather in December in Bali for the UN climate convention meeting.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Established in the late 1980s by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organisation of the UN, the IPCC and its more than 2,000 scientists and experts has grappled with the science; the likely impacts of climate change and the economics.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2007 has seen the publication of the IPCC's fourth assessment report. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC, under the leadership of its chair Dr Rajendra Pachuri, have put a full stop behind the science-climate change is happening. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It has also outlined the impacts, from the melting off glaciers in the Himalayas to more frequent and devastating floods in New York to Bangladesh-impacts, not in some far away future but in the life-time of people reading and hearing the announcement off the Peace Prize Committee.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC has also calculated the price of peace and stability on this planet-perhaps 0.1 per cent of global GDP a year for 30 years for combating climate change and avoiding instability, rising tensions and conflict.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC, in validating the climate science, represents one of the most important contributions the UN has made in its history to humanity and its current and future choices. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>UNEP has also recognized the importance of Mr Gore's contributions to environmental stability with our own more modest accolade.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year Mr Gore was named a UNEP Champions of the Earth for "making environmental protection a pillar of his public service and for educating the world on the dangers posed by rising greenhouse gas emissions".<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For More Information Please Contact Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson, at tel: +254 20 762 3084, mobile: +254 733 632755, or e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:nick.nuttall@unep.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">nick.nuttall@unep.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">; or Anne-France White, Associate Media Officer, at tel: +254 20 762 3088, or e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:anne-france.white@unep.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">anne-france.white@unep.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information on IPCC, see <</SPAN><A href="http://www.ipcc.ch/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ipcc.ch/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">></SPAN><A href="http://www.ipcc.ch/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ipcc.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information on UNEP's work on climate change, see <</SPAN><A href="http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">></SPAN><A href="http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.unep.org/themes/climatechange</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 19)<B> IPCC and Gore win Nobel Peace Prize</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming. Thousands of scientists and officials from over one hundred countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming. Whereas in the 1980s global warming seemed to be merely an interesting hypothesis, the 1990s produced firmer evidence in its support. In the last few years, the connections have become even clearer and the consequences still more apparent. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control.</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(MEETING 1)<B> "Climate Change: from the geological past to the uncertain future :</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>A tribute to André Berger"</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - 26 to 29 May 2008 - Louvain-la-Neuve<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Belgium)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Synopsis:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What causes glacial - interglacial cycles ? Around 100 scientists worldwide including some of the most authoritative experts on quaternary climatic changes, past climates reconstruction and climate modelling are awaited in Louvain-la-Neuve in May 2008 to summarise the state-of-the-art on some of the most intriguing questions about the astronomical theory of palaeoclimates: What are the mechanisms of glacial-interglacial cycles ? When and why did they regime change ? Would they occur in absence of orbital forcing? What do we learn from recent marine, ice core and terresrial records ? Can we predict climate on long time scales ? When will the next glacial inception occur ? Do past and future greenhouse gas emissions have long-term consequences ?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This meeting a tribute to Andre Berger, emeritus professor at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve whose contribution to the astronomical<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>theory of palaeoclimates is invaluable.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Invited speakers : D. Raynaud : The ice core record ; D.-D. Rousseau : The terrestrial record ; L. Lisiecki : The ocean record over the last 3 million years; P. Huybers : "Timing of Pleistocene climate changes"; J. C.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Duplesy : "Changes in ocean circulation and effects on climate" ; A. Ganopolski : "Modelling glacial-interglacial cycles"; F. Joos : "The global beiogeochemical cycles"; M. Claussen : "The Land surface feedbacks" ; M. F. Loutre : "The astronomical forcing". Participants may submit an abstract for an oral or a poster contribution.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please register now at </SPAN><A href="http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> ; Limited places. Travel grants for early-career scientists and participants from developing countries has been made available by PAGES (http://</SPAN><A href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.pages.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(MEETING 2)<B> "Key challenges in climate variability and change" </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">- 7th International NCCR Climate Summer School - 31 August - 5 September 2008 - Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, (Switzerland)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html">http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NCCR Climate, Switzerland's Centre of Excellence in Climate and Climate Impact Research, invites young scientists to join leading climate researchers in a scenic southern Swiss alpine setting for keynote lectures, workshops and poster sessions on the occasion of the seventh NCCR Climate Summer School 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The topics covered at the NCCR Climate Summer School 2008 will include:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">* pertinent aspects of climate physics and dynamics, extreme events<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">* climate phenomena and processes from seasonal to centennial time ranges<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">* assessment of predictability, and approaches to operational prediction<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">* associated impacts of climate change and variability<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The Summer School invites young researchers from all fields of climate research. The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate and climate impact research issues and foster cross-disciplinary links. Each topic includes keynote plenary lectures and workshops with in-depth discussion in smaller groups. All Summer School participants are expected to present a poster of their research and there will be ample opportunity for discussion.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lecturers for keynotes and workshops (confirmed): International speakers: K. Emanuel (MIT, USA); P. Jones (U East Anglia, UK); F. Molteni (ICTP Trieste, I); J. Slingo (U Reading, UK); A. Slingo (U Reading, UK); R. Sutton (U Reading, UK) and others.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Swiss speakers: C. Appenzeller (MeteoSwiss); H.C. Davies (ETH Zurich); J. Fuhrer (ART); P. Heck (SwissRE); U. Lohmann (ETH Zurich); C. Maetzler (U Bern); C. Schär (ETH Zurich); T.F. Stocker (U Bern); G. Stephan (U Bern); M. Wild (ETH Zurich) and others.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The summer school is open to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide. Participation is highly competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 70. The registration fee (1400 CHF) includes full board accommodation, excursion and teaching material. A small number of grants will be available for students from developing countries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 20 DECEMBER 2007<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful applicants will be notified in February 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contact: University of Bern, NCCR Climate Management Centre, Erlachstrasse 9a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzeralnd,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:nccr-climate@giub.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mailto:nccr-climate@giub.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A>, Telephone +41 31 631 31 45, Telefax +41 31 631 43 38.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(MEETING 3) <B>The 38th Annual International Arctic Workshop - </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado - 5-7 March 2008 - Boulder, Colorado (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://instaar.colorado.edu/AW"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://instaar.colorado.edu/AW</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:ArcticWS@colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ArcticWS@colorado.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deadline for Registration and Abstracts: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 38th Annual International Arctic Workshop will be held 5-7 March 2008 at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado at Boulder. The meeting is open to all interested in the Arctic, and will consist of a series of talks and poster sessions covering all aspects of high-latitude environments, past and present. Previous Arctic Workshops have included presentations on arctic and antarctic climate, archeology, environmental geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history, and more.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WHEN: A reception and registration is scheduled for Tuesday evening March 4th from 5 pm - 8 p.m. The main program is scheduled for Wednesday through Friday, March 5th to 7th. Please note that this schedule starts and ends a day of the week earlier than past workshops.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ABSTRACTS: Submission of abstracts through the website will begin before Wednesday, 5 December 2007. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 13 February 2008. Presentations can be either a poster or a talk.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>REGISTRATION: Registration through the website will begin before Wednesday, 5 December 2007. Professional registration will be $150 USD if paid by Wednesday, 13 February or $180 USD thereafter. Students presenting a talk or poster can register for free. Other students can register for $60 USD until Wednesday, 13 February or $180 USD thereafter.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>LODGING: Organizers will provide updated links on the website to Boulder motels and plan to arrange block reservations at a local hotel. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RESEARCH THEMES: This workshop has grown out of a series of informal annual meetings sponsored by INSTAAR and other academic institutions worldwide. In keeping with this tradition, there are no formalized topics, and the workshop is organized around themes developed from the abstracts submitted for presentation. However, organizers can accommodate specific themes and arrange small group meetings. Please identify any special topics or needs by e-mailing <A href="mailto:ArcticWS@colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ArcticWS@colorado.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS: Student participation is a vital component of this workshop. A limited number of students giving a talk or poster will receive financial assistance, including registration and hotel support.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Support for student participation is subsidized by the U.S. National Science Foundation.</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Jobs</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Or, visit <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></A> and click on 'Join this group'<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1) <B>Asst Prof tenure-track</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - GIS, Dept. of Geography - specialization open. California State University – Sacramento CA (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>California State University, Sacramento seeks to fill one position in geography with a specialty in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), effective Fall 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Minimum Qualifications: Education: Ph.D. in Geography or related discipline required; all requirements for the degree must be completed by August 25, 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Special Knowledge and Abilities: A strong background in geography, with graduate coursework and/or research experience in Geographic Information Systems and geotechniques. The successful candidate will be expected to (1) teach advanced courses in GIS/geotechniques and (2) take the lead in helping the Department strengthen and expand its role as the primary provider of GIS expertise on the Sacramento State campus. Preference will be given to applicants who, in addition to the above, also have expertise in an additional systematic or regional specialty. A strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>supervision of undergraduate research is required.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience: Prior teaching experience at the college or university level is desired. Preference will be given to applicants who have demonstrated the ability to work well with students from diverse backgrounds and/or who have a record of attracting external funding.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assignment: Duties will include: (1) developing and teaching upper division courses in the candidate's areas of specialization , (2) teaching other undergraduate courses, including introductory level courses, (3) engaging in scholarly activities/research (preferably in a way that involves undergraduate students in the research experience), and (4) the service and advising responsibilities normally expected of university faculty. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to take the lead in strengthening the Geography Department's GIS program.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Appointment: The position is tenure-track at the rank of Assistant Professor. Starting salary $48,720 to $61,416 depending upon experience.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application Procedure:<B> Review of applications will begin November 5, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">; position open until filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must submit a two to three page letter of application addressing their fitness for the position described above. The letter must address the applicant's teaching interests and experience; experience working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS); and scholarly interests and experience (particularly in the context of doing research with undergraduate students). The application packet must also include official transcripts of all college work (unofficial copies accepted until invited for interview), a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation sent directly to the department search committee, and the telephone numbers of at least three references who will speak to the applicant's professional qualifications.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send Materials to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Michael Schmandt, Chair of Search Committee, Department of Geography, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street , Sacramento, CA 95819-6003<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2)<B> Research Fellow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Policy Research and Analysis – Resources for the Future (RFF) - Washington, DC (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dear Colleague, <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Resources for the Future (RFF) invites applications for a full-time research fellow.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are due by December 15, 2007. Please contact me or David McLaughlin (<A href="mailto:mclaughlin@rff.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mclaughlin@rff.org</FONT></SPAN></A>) for pdf of announcement.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sincerely, <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Ramanan Laxminarayan, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, 1616 P St NW, Washington DC 20036<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>202.328.5085 (P)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email: <A href="mailto:ramanan@rff.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ramanan@rff.org</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 3) <B>Post-doc/fellowships</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Global sustainability, ocean-atmosphere, etc. - Earth Institute at Columbia & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a center of the Earth Institute – New York NY (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Each year the Earth Institute seeks the most outstanding early career researchers with a recent PhD, MD or JD to alloy to the Fellows Program. We do extensive outreach but the most successful<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>advertisement by far is when an EI Faculty member reaches out to students and colleagues to spread the word about the Fellows Program. Most applicants say they heard about the program from their advisors.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Atmospheric Science – Earth and Space Science and Engineering - York University – Toronto, ON (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=936"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=936 </FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering invites applications for a tenure-stream position at the Assistant Professor level in the field of Atmospheric Science, to commence July 1, 2008. Preference<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>will be given to candidates with expertise in areas to complement the existing activities in Atmospheric Science at York University, viz., 3D climate and air quality modelling for Earth and Mars, boundary layer processes, small scale theoretical dynamics, ground based and satellite instrument design (see <A href="http://www.yorku.ca/esse/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.yorku.ca/esse/</FONT></SPAN></A> for a more complete list) carried out within the department. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates must have a strong commitment to research and teaching and have a PhD degree in Atmospheric Science or related field. The successful candidates will be expected to have or develop strong, externally funded<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>research programs, and to contribute to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate must be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should forward a curriculum vitae, an outline of their research plans and single copies of three publications, and the names and contact<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>details of three references, by December 15, 2007, to: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chair, Search Committee<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Room 102 Petrie Science and Engineering Building<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">York University<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">4700 Keele St.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Posting End Date: December 15, 2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 5) <B>Environmental Fellows</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA (USA)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/funding.htm">http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/funding.htm</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Purpose: The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard's extraordinary resources to tackle complex<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows will work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department to create new knowledge while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines. Environmental Fellows may include<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>people with degrees in the sciences, social sciences, law, government, public policy, public health, medicine, design, and the full array of humanities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The award: The fellowship will provide an annual stipend of $52,000 plus health insurance, a $5,000 allowance for travel and professional expenses, and other employee benefits. Environmental Fellows will begin work in September 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Schedule: <B>Applications and all letters of reference must be received by the Center for the Environment by 5 pm Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, *January 15, 2008*</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. The Center will announce the awards in April 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Tenure-track tier-two Canada Research Chair</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: subgrid-scale physical parameterizations and surface processes. University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The research Centre ESCER invites applications for a tier-two Canada Research Chair, for a tenure-stream position in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). The theme of the Chair is Regional Climate Modelling, with a focus on subgrid-scale physical parameterizations and surface processes. The Chair holder is expected to contribute actively to the research programme of the Canadian Network for Regional Climate Modelling and Diagnostics (CRCMD). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nominees for Tier-two Chairs are intended to be emerging scholars with less than 10 years since the PhD and whose peers acknowledge as having the potential to be world leaders in their field. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) provides infrastructure support to the Chair Programme. Chair appointments are open to Canadian researchers, whether they are working in Canada or abroad, as well as to scientists from other countries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates are invited to signal their interest by sending a letter with their CV and three letters of reference, electronically before November 1 2007 to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ms Delphine Person, Coordinator, ESCER Centre, <A href="mailto:person.delphine@uqam.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">person.delphine@uqam.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Tel.: 514-987-3000, ext. 4339<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FAX: 514-987-6853<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">ESCER Centre: <A href="http://www.escer.uqam.ca/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.escer.uqam.ca/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">CRCMD Network: <A href="http://www.mrcc.uqam.ca/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.mrcc.uqam.ca/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Atmospheric Sciences: <A href="http://www.sca.uqam.ca/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sca.uqam.ca/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Department: <A href="http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sct/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sct/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">UQAM: <A href="http://www.uqam.ca/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uqam.ca/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Canada Research Chair: <A href="http://www.chaires.gc.ca/english/About/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.chaires.gc.ca/english/About/index.html </FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">CFI: <A href="http://www.innovation.ca/index.cfm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.innovation.ca/index.cfm</FONT></SPAN></A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <B>Postdoc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Paleoceanography / Marine Geochemistry - School of GeoSciences - University of Edinburgh (<A href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/</FONT></SPAN></A> ) (UK)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.jobs.ed.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job Reference: 3008100.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Closing date: 20 November 2007.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">You will contribute to a three-year Paleoceanographic research programme involving trace element and radio- and stable- isotope analysis of marine sediment cores working with Raja Ganeshram. The broad focus of the research project is to understand the interactions between past climate change and marine biogeochemical cycles (C, N, P, Si, Fe) by reconstructing processes such as biological productivity, denitrification, nutrient utilization, sediment redox, dust inputs and sedimentary opal and carbon accumulation in high and/or low-latitude oceans.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A PhD or equivalent in Palaeoceanography and/or Marine Geochemistry together with proven abilities to conduct practical laboratory based innovative research is essential. As part of a collaborative research team, you will be responsible for carrying out laboratory analysis at the University of Edinburgh and other associated laboratories and contribute further to the development and application of new and novel geochemical proxies. You will have access to extensive geochemical and analytical facilities including stable isotope mass spectrometry, ICP-OES, multi-collector ICP-MS, AMS and other organic and inorganic geochemical facilities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further inquiries contact Dr Raja Ganeshram (email:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:Raja.Ganeshram@ed.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Raja.Ganeshram@ed.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>, tel: +44 (0)131 650 7364) or Dr Laetitia Pichevin (email: <A href="mailto:lpichevi@staffmail.ed.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">lpichevi@staffmail.ed.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>, tel: +44 (0) 131 650 5980. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>*How to apply: * Apply online by visiting our website. Job Reference: 3008100.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Alternatively, telephone the recruitment line on 0131 650 2511. P*lease complete the forms and include a CV, a cover letter and contact details of two referees. *<O:P></O:P>********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 8) <B>Asst./Assoc. Prof </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">- Human and Physical Geography - Social Sciences Division - King's University College - Edmonton, Alberta – (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L681*"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L681*</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The King's University College (Edmonton) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate level to start July 1, 2008. Candidates should have a PhD in Geography, Environmental Studies or related field (ABD considered). The successful candidate must be able to teach introductory Human and Physical Geography, and two or more of the following: Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Science, Environmental Impact assessment or Resource/Environmental Management.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience in developing or administering an Environmental Studies program, including student internships, is preferred. Team-teaching and international experience are assets.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All faculty are expected to engage in scholarly activity, including publication, and to provide professional or community service.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a faith-based university college, all geography and environmental courses integrate faith and learning that emphasizes foundational and ethical perspectives. Faculty are expected to articulate and develop a Christian perspective on their discipline, addressing the role that faith has in shaping course content and research activities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This position is based in the Social Sciences Division but has teaching and administration responsibility for an interdisciplinary Environmental Studies program. For more information about this position and the King's University College visit our website at <A href="http://www.kingsu.ca/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.kingsu.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualified candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts and three letters of reference <B>by January 15, 2008</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Harry Spaling, Vice President (Academic), The King's University College, 9125 - 50 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2H3<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Phone: (780) 465-3500, ext. 8354 Fax: (780) 465-3534<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: <A href="mailto:harry.spaling@kingsu.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">harry.spaling@kingsu.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This advertisement is addressed first to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The University College encourages all qualified female and male candidates, including visible minorities, to apply.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University College is currently advertising for a total of 10 faculty positions. Budgetary approval has been received for 5 of the 10 positions. Our intent is to fill the 5 positions for which the most suitable candidates can be found.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 9) <B>Research Fellow</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Policy Research Centre- Freie Universität (Berlin)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fu-berlin.de/ffu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.fu-berlin.de/ffu</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Deadline for applications is 31 October.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Environmental Policy Research Centre at the Freie Universität Berlin is active both in basic and applied research and provides policy advice for a wide range of public and private institutions in Germany and abroad.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is also engaged in advanced teaching programmes including an interdisciplinary Masterprogramme. The Centre forms part of a large international network of social science institutes for environmental research. It currently employs about 25 staff. The work is mainly based on third-party funding. Research is focused on:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1)Environmental pioneers and the diffusion of environmental policy innovations<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) Ecological modernisation and structural change<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3)Strategies in environmental policy<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4) Energy policy and climate protection<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5) Global environmental governance <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position: The Environmental Policy Research Centre seeks to employ a research fellow (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) to contribute to the research, fundraising and dissemination activities in the area of environmental policy and innovation. Contributions are sought in one or several of the following research areas:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1)Strategies and policy instruments to increase resource efficiency<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Relationships between environmental and economic policies, the impact of environmental policy on competitiveness<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) Environmental policy and product standards 4) Environmental policy integration<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates are encouraged to describe in their letter of motivation which of those research areas correspond best to their interests and experiences.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The research fellow will work in a dynamic small team of researchers carrying out a range of collaborative, mostly international research and policy consultancy projects. She/he will be expected to contribute to the academic standing of the institute by publishing work in academic journals, as well as to interact with variety of audiences, including government.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Person Specification:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The ideal candidate would have:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1) Completed a post-graduate degree (abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium) in a relevant discipline, for example in political science, economics, innovation studies or sociology<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) Completed a PhD/doctoral research or have several years of research experience<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) A good working knowledge of the policy studies and environmental policy literature<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A strong interest in working on applied research linked to environmental policy<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5) Profound methodological knowledge of policy analysis and policy evaluation<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6) Excellent writing skills<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>7) Excellent language skills in both German and English<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and be:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8) Able to manage multiple research tasks<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9) Self-motivated<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>10) Capable of working independently as well as part of a team <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contract terms: We are intending to appoint a research fellow (Wissenschaftliche/rMitarbeiter/in, salary scale BAT IIa), commencing as soon as possible but not later than January 2008. The offer is subject to the completion of ongoing award procedures by third-party funders. It is intended to be a 2/3 or full position. The contract will be awarded for one year. A subsequent extension of the contract is intended but depends on the acquisition of follow up projects. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications should be made electronically in the first instance. The application should include a letter of motivation, a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and two short examples of recent academic work ( e.g. a journal article, research report, an extract of a PhD or master thesis), ideally one in English and one in German. The application should be sent to Dr. Klaus Jacob at <A href="mailto:jacob@zedat.fu-berlin.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jacob@zedat.fu-berlin.de</FONT></SPAN></A> by 31 October<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2007. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 10) <B>Asst. Prof.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Aquatic Ecologist - Biology Department – State University of New York (SUNY) – Fredonia, NY (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Biology Department at SUNY Fredonia is seeking applications for a tenure-track ASSISTANT PROFESSOR position to begin Fall,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2008. SUNY Fredonia is a selective, public, undergraduate liberal arts university. Candidates must have a Ph.D. with postdoctoral research experience recommended. Area of research interest is open, but applicants<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>with interests in freshwater aquatic systems are especially encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will teach core courses for environmental science majors, upper-level courses in area of specialty for life and environmental science majors as well as general education courses. An active research program that promotes scholarship and involves undergraduate and M.S. students is expected. There is an aluminum work skiff for work on local lakes. The position will also include service to the Environmental Sciences major. The successful candidate will have teaching experience, demonstrate a commitment to teaching and have a track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The complete application includes an application letter, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of reference. Candidates will need to file a signed university application form (<A href="http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/forms/application.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/forms/application.pdf </FONT></SPAN></A>). Section 3 and the skills subsection do not need to be completed. <B>Review of completed applications will begin on November 9, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. Send materials to: Aquatic Ecologist Search Committee, Department of Biology, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NY 14063. <A href="http://www.fredonia.edu/biology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.fredonia.edu/biology</FONT></SPAN></A> <<A href="http://www.fredonia.edu/biology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fredonia.edu/biology</FONT></SPAN></A>> .<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 11)<B> Faculty</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Department of Biology - Brigham Young University – Provo UT (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/faculty-openings-ecologyevolution.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/faculty-openings-ecologyevolution.html </FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Biology at Brigham Young University is seeking outstanding colleagues to join an active and interdisciplinary faculty with strengths in evolutionary and organismal biology, ecology, and biological science<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>education. We seek qualified applicants to fill one or more continuing faculty status track positions in any area of evolutionary biology or population/evolutionary ecology. The successful candidate will hold a PhD,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>have post-doctoral experience, and is expected to maintain an externally funded research program involving both undergraduate and graduate students.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>The review process will begin November 1, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and continue until the positions are filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 12) <B>Job Links – biojobs.blogspot.com</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Ecology positions <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Ecology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Ecology</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Postdoc and graduate fellowships; faculty positions in Evolution<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolution"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolution</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Evolutionary biology<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolutionary%20biology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolutionary%20biology </FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4. Evolutionary ecology<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolutionary%20ecology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Evolutionary%20ecology</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5. Population ecology<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/population%20ecology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com/search/label/population%20ecology</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More jobs and fellowships in ALL branches of Science are available at<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://biojobs.blogspot.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biojobs.blogspot.com</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOBS 13) <B>Climate sector jobs</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://unfccc.int/2860.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://unfccc.int/2860.php</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Programme Officer (P4), Reporting, Data and Analysis Programme - <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://unfccc.int/tools_xml/ie07.045.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://unfccc.int/tools_xml/ie07.045.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A> -<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/vacancies/items/1216.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/vacancies/items/1216.php </FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Duty Station: Bonn, Germany<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Deadline: 31 October 2007 - Chief - Human Resources Unit -<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">mailto:<A href="mailto:vacancies@unfccc.int"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">vacancies@unfccc.int</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- <A href="http://eetd.lbl.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://eetd.lbl.gov/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Principal Research Associate -<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://jobs.lbl.gov/LBNLCareers/details.asp?jid=20991"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://jobs.lbl.gov/LBNLCareers/details.asp?jid=20991</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Duty Station: Berkeley, California, USA <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled - Bernadette<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Cu-Todd, Human Resources, +1.510.486.5327<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam -<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.ivm.falw.vu.nl/home/index.cfm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ivm.falw.vu.nl/home/index.cfm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Post-doc researcher - <A href="http://www.vu.nl/vacatures/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vu.nl/vacatures/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Duty Station: Amsterdam, The Netherlands<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Deadline: 30 October 2007 - <A href="mailto:Philipp.Pattberg@ivm.vu.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Philipp.Pattberg@ivm.vu.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>IDEAcarbon <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- <A href="http://www.ideacarbon.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; 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