[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 4/19/02
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:39:11 -0700
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<div>Remember, deadline for DIACES is May 1.... Visit
http://aslo.org/phd.html for application instructions.</div>
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<div>NSF Workshop on conductinig research in Antarctica</div>
<div>Tropical streams, rivers exhale CO2</div>
<div>Climate change on the Antarctic peninsula<br>
Oil fields refilling???</div>
<div>Senate blocks drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge<br>
Sea Grant Career Website</div>
<div>CAREER Awards at NSF</div>
<div>Postdoc position in France</div>
<div>Postdoc at Oregon State<br>
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NSF WORKSHOP ON CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN ANTARCTICA<br>
NSF's Office of Polar Programs is offering a workshop for new
researchers, focused on how to develop proposals for work at the US
Antarctic stations. Please note that the workshop is only for those
who would be eligible to apply for an NSF research grant by June 2003
and have never been funded by OPP. If you qualify, this event is well
worth applying for!!!<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/newpiwrk.htm.<br>
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<div>TROPICAL STREAMS, RIVERS EXHALE CO2</div>
<div> Title: Tropical Streams, Rivers 'Exhaling' Millions of
Tons More</div>
<div> CO2 Than
Thought</div>
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http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?tip020417</div>
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CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA<br>
The following document (pr0222) is now available from<br>
the NSF Online Document System<br>
Title: Scientists to Discuss Climate Change on Antarctic
Peninsula<br>
It may be found at:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?pr0222<br>
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OIL FIELDS REFILLING????<br>
OIL FIELDS' FREE REFILL<br>
from Newsday<br>
DEEP UNDERWATER, and deeper underground, scientists see surprising
hints<br>
that gas and oil deposits can be replenished, filling up again,
sometimes<br>
rapidly.<br>
Although it sounds too good to be true,
increasing evidence from the Gulf<br>
of Mexico suggests that some old oil fields are being refilled by
petroleum<br>
surging up from deep below, scientists report. That may mean that
current<br>
estimates of oil and gas abundance are far too low.<br>
Recent measurements in a major oil field show
"that the fluids were<br>
changing over time; that very light oil and gas were being injected
from<br>
below, even as the producing [oil pumping] was going on," said
chemical<br>
oceanographer Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt. "They are
refilling as we speak.<br>
But whether this is a worldwide phenomenon, we don't know."<br>
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dsspd2670369apr16.story?coll=3Dny<span
></span>%2Dhealth%2Dheadlines</div>
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<div>US SENATE BLOCKS DRILLING IN ARCTIC WILDLIFE RESERVE</div>
<div>SENATE BLOCKS DRILLING IN ALASKA WILDLIFE REFUGE</div>
<div>from The Los Angeles Times<br>
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday blocked
oil and gas drilling in<br>
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, handing President Bush a
key</div>
<div>defeat and putting in doubt the future of comprehensive energy
legislation.<br>
In the closely watched roll call,
pro-exploration forces fell well short of<br>
the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic-led filibuster against
the<br>
drilling plan. Only 46 senators voted to end the debate, while 54
opposed</div>
<div>the motion.<br>
Drilling advocates had hoped to win at least
50 votes. Their failure to<br>
achieve that goal increased already steep odds against the proposal
being<br>
part of any final energy bill. Still, neither side in the dispute
thought<br>
the vote would end the decades-long debate on whether to open a
portion of<br>
the 19-million-acre refuge in Alaska's northeast corner to
drilling.<br>
<http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-000027966apr19.story?coll=3D<span
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<div>HOWEVER.... BUSH FAVORS DOZENS OF SITES FOR EXPLORATION</div>
<div>from The New York Times<br>
WASHINGTON, April 18 =97 The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
was<br>
not the only place where the Bush administration was hoping to find
more<br>
oil. It is also encouraging drilling at more than 50 new sites in the
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<div>48 states, particularly in the Rocky Mountains.<br>
The energy bill passed last year by the House
includes a provision<br>
directing the administration to make it easier for oil and gas
companies to<br>
obtain federal leases and permits to drill for oil and gas. That
version</div>
<div>will have to be reconciled with the Senate's.</div>
<div> The Bureau of Land Management is
considering dozens of projects across the<br>
West. In addition, President Bush set up a task force last May to
examine<br>
how to streamline the permit and leasing process. In doing so, Mr.
Bush<br>
said that the "increased production and transmission of energy in
a safe<br>
and environmentally sound manner is essential to the well-being of
the<br>
American people."</div>
<div><http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/politics/19DRIL.html><br
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SEA GRANT CAREER WEBSITE<br>
2c. Sea Grant Marine Careers<br>
Woods Hole, Massachusetts -- Sea Grant Marine Careers website<br>
(http://www.marinecareers.net) is a joint project between the Woods
Hole<br>
Oceanographic Institution and University of New Hampshire Sea
Grant<br>
programs. According to a spokesman, this website introduces
visitors to a<br>
wide range of marine career fields. Included on its pages are
profiles of<br>
people working in marine sciences -- from shellfish biologists to
marine<br>
architects to underwater filmmakers. Salary charts are offered,
comparing<br>
pay based on field, affiliation, and location. The website
provides useful<br>
advice about exploring different aspects of marine careers before
deciding<br>
to specialize in one. Current job seekers will also find links
to job<br>
openings, search information, and career tips. For more, contact
Tracey<br>
Crago, Communicator, Woods Hole Sea Grant, WHOI, at +1 (508)
289-2665,<br>
e-mail tcrago@whoi.edu, or Steve Adams, Communicator, New Hampshire
Sea<br>
Grant, University of New Hampshire, at +1 (603) 749-1565, e-mail<br>
steve.adams@unh.edu.<br>
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CAREER AWARDS AT NSF<br>
The following document (nsf02113) is now available from<br>
the NSF Online Document System<br>
Title: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the
=46aculty Early<br>
Career
Development (CAREER) Program<br>
It may be found at:<br>
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf02113<br>
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<div>POSTDOC POSITION IN FRANCE</div>
<div>A post-doc position can be obtained through the Regional Council
of Haute-Normandie (France), to support research in the Coastal and
Continental Morphodynamics Laboratory (UMR CNRS 6143 M2C) of the
University of Rouen in 2002-2003.</div>
<div> The research will be developed on actual
sedimentary processes in estuaries. Fine grain deposits will be
studied on intertidal mudflats in macrotidal environment : tidal
rhythm, core recording, flocculation processes =85This research will
be done on Seine and Medway estuaries, in national and international
research programs.</div>
<div>Duration : 1 year or less; might be able to extend to two
years</div>
<div>Grant : 1910 Euros per month<br>
Informations on the university and laboratory<br>
<a
href=3D"http://www.univ-rouen.fr/">http://www.univ-rouen.fr/</a></div>
<div><a
href=3D"http://www.geos.unicaen.fr/">http://www.geos.unicaen.fr/</a><br>
Contact : Dr Robert LAFITE<br>
LAFITE Robert<br>
UMR 6143 Morphodynamique Continentale et C=F4ti=E8re<br>
UFR Sciences et Techniques<br>
Universit=E9 de Rouen - France<br>
Tel : 33 (0)2 35 14 69 48<br>
=46ax : 33 (0)2 35 14 70 22<br>
Tel portable 33 (0)6 65 15 22 62</div>
<div><a
href=3D"http://www.geos.unicaen.fr/perso/rl/rlperso.html"
>http://www.geos.unicaen.fr/perso/rl/rlperso.html</a><br>
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POSTDOC AT OREGON STATE<br>
Postdoctoral Research Associate. The College of Oceanic and
Atmospheric<br>
Sciences (COAS) at Oregon State University (OSU) invites applications
for a<br>
full-time, fixed-term appointment funded by grant and contract funds.
The<br>
successful applicant will conduct research on methods and computer<br>
algorithms for oceanographic data assimilation, with an initial focus
on<br>
application to studies of internal tides. The research will be
conducted as<br>
part of a 5-year multi-institution collaborative effort funded by the
NSF<br>
Information Technology Research (ITR) initiative to develop, and
make<br>
available to the oceanographic community, a sophisticated modular
'Inverse</div>
<div>Ocean Modeling' (IOM) system. Specific research tasks will
include<br>
development/refinement of efficient parallel computational routines
for<br>
numerical modeling of oceanic internal tides, interaction with<br>
oceanographers and computer scientists to interface these codes with
the<br>
IOM, and application of the modular inverse codes to studies of
internal<br>
tides in the coastal and open ocean. The relative effort on each of
these</div>
<div>tasks will depend to some extent on the qualifications and
interests of the<br>
incumbent. A significant commitment to computer code development
and<br>
testing is required. Qualifications: PhD in physical oceanography,<br>
atmospheric sciences, geophysics, engineering, physics, applied
mathematics,<br>
or computer science; experience and interest in computational methods
and<br>
algorithm development; experience in Unix systems and scientific<br>
programming; proficiency in written and spoken English, and
demonstrated<br>
ability to complete and publish research results. Previous
experience in<br>
fluid dynamics and parallel programming is highly desirable.
Salary:<br>
$38,000-$42,000. To apply send statement of interest, curriculum
vitae, and<br>
names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references to: Gary
D.<br>
Egbert; College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences; Oregon State
University;<br>
104 Ocean Admin Bldg; Corvallis Or 97331-5503. For full consideration
apply<br>
by 17 June 2002. Questions about the position may be directed to Dr.
Egbert<br>
by phone (541-737-2947), Fax (541-737-2064), or electronic mail<br>
(egbert@coas.oregonstate.edu). Further information about COAS can be
found<br>
at http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu. OSU is an AA/EO.</div>
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<div>C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.<br>
Biology Department<br>
Whitman College<br>
Walla Walla, WA 99362<br>
Tel: 509-527-5948<br>
Fax: 509-527-5961<br>
weiler@whitman.edu
http://www.aslo.org/phd.html<br>
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