[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News 01/03/03

[Susan Weiler]

Tips for new faculty members
2002 2d  hottest year on record
Arctic ice melting at a record rate

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TIPS FOR NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
Christina De La Rocha just sent this link--it dates from 1998, but 
the information is still very current. It outlines information in a 
book by Robert Boice, head of a faculty teaching center at SUNY Stony 
Brook.
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Columns/Boice.html

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2002 IS THE 2ND HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD
    GENEVA, Switzerland, December 18, 2002 (ENS) - The warmest year on
record is 1998, but the year 2002 will be recorded as a close second. The
World Meteorological Organization forecasts in its annual global climate
status report that 2002 will replace last year as the second warmest in the
instrumental record. The warmest year in the 1860 to present record for
land and sea surface areas remains 1998. For full text and graphics visit:
    <http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2002/2002-12-18-01.asp>
---SOURCE: Environment News Service, December 18, 2002. Copyright
Environment News Service (ENS) 2002. Republished with permission from 
ENS online at: <http://ens-news.com>

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ARCTIC ICE MELTING AT RECORD RATE
    WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2002 (ENS) - More ice melted from the
surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet this year than ever before recorded,
report scientists from the University of Colorado. The same team found that
the extent of Arctic sea ice reached the lowest level in the satellite
record in 2002, offering further evidence that climate change is already
altering the Arctic. For full text and graphics visit:
    <http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2002/2002-12-09-06.asp>
---SOURCE: Environment News Service, December 9, 2002. Copyright
Environment News Service (ENS) 2002. Republished with permission from 
ENS online at: <http://ens-news.com>

ARCTIC SEA ICE MAY VANISH THIS CENTURY
    WASHINGTON, DC, December 2, 2002 (ENS) - Perennial sea ice - the
floating ice that remains year round near the Arctic Circle - could vanish
entirely by the end of this century, warns a new study by researchers at
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The NASA study concludes
that sea ice is now melting about nine percent faster than prior research
had indicated, due to rising temperatures and interactions between ice,
ocean and the atmosphere. For full text and graphics visit:
    <http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2002/2002-12-02-06.asp>
---SOURCE: Environment News Service, December 2, 2002. Copyright
Environment News Service (ENS) 2002. Republished with permission from 
ENS online at: <http://ens-news.com>

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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Biology Department
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
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