[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News May 21, 2003
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
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DIALOG and Disccrs News
May 21, 2003
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Resources
NSF: SMALL GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
announces the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC)
Program. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF),
this program aims to increase the participation of women in international
scientific research by helping establish new research partnerships with
colleagues in Europe, Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union,
Near East, Middle East, Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
Small grants ($4,000-5,000) will provide travel and living support
for a U.S. scientist and, when appropriate, a co-PI to visit a partner
country to develop a research program. Funds can also be used to support
a second visit to the partner country or for a foreign partner to travel
to the U.S.
Men and women scientists who have their Ph.D. or equivalent
research experience are eligible to apply. Applicants who have
received their
doctoral degrees within the past six years will receive special
consideration, as will scientists applying to work with colleagues
in less frequently represented countries and regions. Graduate students
(Ph.D. candidates) are also eligible to apply. Applicants must be U.S.
citizens or permanent residents.
Only fields funded by the National Science Foundation and interdisciplinary
research cutting across these fields are eligible. For further information,
please visit the NSF website (http://www.nsf.gov), or contact one of the AAAS
administrators listed below.
The next application deadline is July 15, 2003. For further application
information and region-specific guidelines, please see the attached
document or visit: http://www.aaas.org/international/wisc/
Marina Sansostri Ratchford
Senior Program Associate
Latin American and Latino Initiatives
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1200 New York Ave., NW
Washington DC 20005
202-326-6490
Fax: 202-371-9849
mratchfo@aaas.org
NASA: The New Investigator Program (NIP)
The Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) has a leading role in NASA's
mission to understand and protect our home planet, by advancing Earth
system science to enable improved prediction of climate, weather and
natural hazards and their effects on life. Using aerospace science
and technology as well as the vantage point of space, we seek to
observe, analyze, and model the Earth system to discover how it is
changing and the consequences for life on Earth. In addition, we
have an essential role to play in inspiring the next generation by
revolutionizing how Earth science is taught in the US by showing how
the Earth functions as a system supporting life, and by using our
data and information to strengthen curricula and teaching in science,
math, engineering and technology from kindergarten to post-graduate
levels. (See NASA 2003 Strategic Plan at http://www.plans.nasa.gov/).
The New Investigator Program (NIP) in Earth Science was
established in Fiscal Year 1996 to encourage the integration of Earth
system science research and education by scientists and engineers at
the early stage of their professional careers. The program, designed
for investigators in Earth system science and applications at
academic institutions and non-profit organizations, emphasizes the
early development of professional careers of these individuals as
both researchers and educators. The program encourages scientists
and engineers to develop a broader sense of responsibility for
effectively contributing to the improvement of science education and
the public science literacy; it provides an opportunity for the
investigators to develop partnerships and/or enhance their skills,
knowledge, and ability to communicate the excitement, challenge,
methods, and results of their work to teachers, students, and the
public. The Earth Science Enterprise places particular emphasis on
the investigators' ability to promote and increase the use of Earth
remote sensing through the proposed research and education projects.
The NIP proposals are openly solicited approximately every
eighteen months. The awards, to be provided in the form of
"education grants", range between $80,000-$120,000 per year for a
period of up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress and
availability of funds. Proposals submitted in response to this
announcement will be competing for approximately $2.0 million per
year beginning in Fiscal Year 2004.
This solicitation will be available electronically on the
release date at the NASA Headquarters Research Opportunities web site
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/ under "Office of Earth Science (Code
Y)". Paper copies of the NRA will be available to those who do not
have access to the Internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a
voice mail message. Please provide full name and address, including
ZIP code, and a telephone number, including area code.
Point of Contact
Name: Dr. Ming-Ying Wei
Title: Manager, Educ. Programs, Office of Earth Science
Phone: (202) 358-0771
Fax: (202) 358-2770
Email: ming-ying.wei@hq.nasa.gov
OCEAN WORLD (sent by Mark Francek) from the Texas A&M University, an
attractive, well organized oceanography site with sections on forams,
iceburgs, fisheries, weather, coral reefs, Jason-1, ice ages,
satellites, waves, El Nino, and currents. Upon clicking on a
particular link there is more complete content dealing with a
particular section. Interactive quizzes and access to real time data
are provided for each subject. (Audience: middle school and up)
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/
EC CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
From the European Major Research Infrastructure ARCTECLAB
The Ice and Environmental Technology Facilities of the Hamburg Ship
Model Basin (HSVA) in Hamburg, Germany have been selected as a Major
Research Infrastructure under the HPRI-Programme "Access to Major
Research Infrastructures" of the European Commission DG XII
http://www.cordis.lu/improving/src/hp_ari.htm.
Researchers or research groups from EU member states or associated
states are invited to freely access the Ice and Environmental Technology
Facilities of HSVA, including free travel and lodging. Applicants from
outside Europe are also welcome to the Major Research Infrastructure
ARCTECLAB, however, the costs for accommodation and travel is not
granted by the European Commission. All users of the facility will have
access to installations and equipment within the ARCTECLAB
(http://www.arcteclab.de). Technical and scientific support will be
provided by scientists, engineers and technicians of HSVA.
HOW TO APPLY
Researchers or research groups, who are interested in getting access to
the MRI-ARCTECLAB, need to complete the application form, which can be
downloaded from the web site http://www.arcteclab.de. Applicants can
send in their project proposal any time. An independent User Selection
Panel (USP) will evaluate the submitted proposals on the basis of
scientific merit.
Final approval will be given by the European Commission DG XII.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
The application forms should be submitted to the Project Co-ordinator
Karl-Ulrich Evers at any time.
Please direct general inquiries to:
Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH (HSVA)
Karl-Ulrich Evers
Bramfelder Strasse 164
D-22305 Hamburg
Germany
Tel +49-40-69203-426
Fax +49-40-69203-345
evers@hsva.de
Eco-Ethics International Union
An online EEIU Membership application is now available for use at
http://www.eeiu.org/member_form.html.
Eco-Ethics International Union
Headquarters, Inter-Research
Nordbuente 23, 21385 Oldendorf/Luhe
GERMANY
Tel: (+49) (4132) 7127 Email: eeiu@eeiu.org
Fax: (+49) (4132) 8883 URL: www.eeiu.org
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCIENTISTS FROM NATO PARTNER COUNTRIES
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 9, 2003
The National Science Foundation (USA) administers a program of
NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships to promote a closer collaboration among
the scientists of member and NATO Partner countries. Approximately 20
fellowships will be made to US institutions that would like to host a
scientist from a NATO Partner Country. Only scientists and engineers
from NATO partner countries, who are within five years of their
doctoral degree, are eligible to be nominated by a scientific advisor
at US institutions. For more information go to:
<http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/nato/>http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/nato/
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Science News
PRESIDENTIAL PANEL FAVORS EXTENDING OCEAN SCIENCE TO INLAND ISSUES
from The Associated Press, from Sigma Xi Science In the News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aiming to reduce pollution threatening ocean ecosystems,
a presidential commission favors injecting ocean science into decision-
making on traditionally inland issues such as farm runoff, the panel's
chairman says.
Ocean pollution often begins hundreds of miles inland, requiring
a broader,
ecosystem-based approach to controlling it, James Watkins, head of the U.S.
Commission on Ocean Policy, said Tuesday in an interview with The
Associated Press.
He said the commission will recommend such an approach to Congress this
fall. It would involve weighing impacts on all species and habitats within
a marine ecosystem rather than making decisions fish by fish as if each
species were independent.
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/news/archive/2003/05/28/national0506EDT0473.DTL>
COAXING NATURE TO REVEAL 1,000 YEARS OF THE EARTH'S CLIMATE
from The Boston Globe via Sigma Xi Science in the News
The 20th century may not have been so extraordinarily hot after all,
according to a climate study of the last thousand years, which confirms
historical accounts of fig trees growing in Germany and early grape
harvests in England during medieval times.
The study is part of a fast-emerging field in which scientists combine the
data from many natural indicators of past climates to reconstruct what
sorts of temperatures and rainfall were experienced over large areas of the
globe long before scientific weather records were kept. Such work is
providing a much better picture of the past climate, a subject of
increasing importance after a century in which the Earth's average
temperature increased by one degree Fahrenheit.
"We felt it was time to pull together a large sample of recent
studies from
the last five to 10 years and look for patterns of variability and change,"
said Willie Soon, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics.
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/science/Coaxing_nature_to_reveal_1_00
0_years_of_the_Earth_s_climate+.shtml>
NSF Study of Climate Change at North Pole Environmental Observatory
NSF PA/M 03-29 - May 16, 2003
Arlington, Va.-In recent years, scientists have observed a rapid
thinning of the sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean as well as
shifts in ocean circulation. These changes appear to be caused by an
alteration in the atmospheric circulation of the Northern
Hemisphere-known as the Arctic Oscillation-which is roughly centered
at the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean circulation and the flowing of
waters from the Arctic into the Greenland Sea affect the deep
overturning circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and play an important
role in regulating the Earth's climate.
To better understand these changes and their implications for
global climate, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is supporting a
five-year, $3.9 million project, called the North Pole Environmental
Observatory (NPEO). At the Pole, the observatory is placed at a
strategic location to study the interplay of ocean currents as well
as other factors related to climate change. For the third straight
year, an international scientific team, including researchers from
the University of Washington, established a temporary camp on the sea
ice near the North Pole last month to retrieve a mile-long mooring
containing scientific instruments, to insert buoys into the ice and
to otherwise sample the waters of the Arctic Ocean.
For more information and video images, see
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ma0329
PACIFIC ISLANDS RISK FLOODS, DISEASE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Rising temperatures could trigger a 164 percent increase in
heat-related deaths in Australia by 2050 and an increase of up to 240
percent in injuries and deaths caused by flooding by 2020, according
to a study commissioned by the Australian government. Tropical
diseases like malaria and dengue could also spread through the
country. Worse off than the Aussies will be residents of Pacific
Island nations, 60,000 to 90,000 of whom could be exposed to flooding
each year by the 2050s, up from about 5,000 now. "This research
strengthens the case for Australia and other countries to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible," said Tony McMichael of
Australian National University, a lead author of the government
report. Australia, like the U.S., has refused to ratify the Kyoto
Protocol on climate change. For more, go to:
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1108>http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1108
---SOURCE: Planet Ark, Reuters, May 12, 2003. To subscribe to Grist
Magazine's free daily environmental news email, go to:
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/signup/subgrist.asp>http://www.gristmagazine.com/signup/subgrist.asp
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium II
Waikoloa, Hawaii
September 28 - October 4, 2004
will close as of June 7, 2003. Applicants must have received their
PhD (or be able to receive their PhD) between December 31, 2003 and
July 1, 2004.
Selected presenters will have their travel expenses (airfare, hotel
and meals) paid for by the sponsors through AIBS.
For more information, posters or additional applications, please
visit our website at
www.pods-symposium.org
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Jobs for PhDs
Research Fellowship (PHD) in Paleoclimate/Marine Geology at Department
of Geology, University of Tromso, Norway
For more information contact:
Morten Hald (Mortenh@ibg.uit.no)
Deadline for application: 2 June 2003
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The candidate will work on the projects "NORPAST-2 (Past Climate of the
Norwegian Region-2)" and MACESIZ (Marine Climate and Ecosystems in the
Seasonal Ice Zone). The projects are funded by the Research Council of
Norway. The candidate will study climate change and variability in the
ocean, in particular of the last 1000 years, but also during the
Late-glacial and Holocene.
The position period is for four years. The candidate must be able to
document qualifications with a Norwegian Cand.scient. degree, a Master
degree or equivalent. Knowledge in paleoclimate/Quaternary climate is
asked for. Knowledge of microfossils and statistics is a plus.
Annual salary (code 1017) at present corresponding to c. 276,000 NOK.
There will be a deduction of 2 per cent to be paid into the compulsory
state pension fund.
For more information contact prof. Morten Hald, tel. 47-77644412, E-mail
Mortenh@ibg.uit.no
The application, including the curriculum vitae, testimonials,
certificates and the list of publications should be sent in 3 copies to:
The University of Tromso
The Faculty of Science
N-9037 Tromso
Norway
Deadline for application: 2 June 2003
Teaching Positions, Earth Science Education at U. Wisconsin
Two teaching positions in Earth Science Education are available in the
Department of Geology of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for AY
2003/2004. One is a sabbatical replacement position and the other is a
new position, revised (temporarily we hope) from a previously advertised
tenure-track position in Earth Science Education.
The successful applicants will be teaching a field- and lab-oriented
course for aspiring elementary/middle education majors, and will have
the opportunity to interact with K-12 teachers and students in the area
as well as science education faculty in the departments of Physics,
Chemistry, Biology and Curriculum and Instruction.
The position description is on the department's
website (http://www.uwec.edu/geology/).
Karen Havholm, havholkg@uwec.edu
JOB OPENING-WATERSHED NUTRIENT MODELING. The Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center (SERC) has an opening >for a
postdoctoral research associate or research technician to join a
>project modeling nitrogen and phosphorus discharge from the Patuxent
>River watershed of Maryland. The work will involve improving
>statistical and simulation models of nutrient discharge, analyzing
>the models, coordinating a series of workshops to compare several
>available Patuxent watershed models, and helping to integrate
>watershed and estuary models into a decision support system.
>Applicants at the postdoctoral level should have a Ph.D. in science
>or geography and peer-reviewed publications. Applicants at the
>technician level should have a Masters degree. All applicants should
>have experience with watershed simulation modeling and multivariate
>statistical analysis and background in landscape ecology, ecosystem
>ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient transport, or hydrology. Other
>desirable skill!
>s include: geographic information systems (GIS), computer
>programming, data base management, or remote sensing. The incumbent
>will be an active participant in project planning, data analysis,
>and scientific publications and must be able to work as part of an
>extended research team. The position is funded by a 2-year grant
>from the NOAA Coastal Oceans Program. Salary $30,000-40,000
>(depending on qualifications) plus benefits. For best consideration,
>send letter of application, resume, graduate and undergraduate
>transcripts (photocopies are fine), and names of three references
>(with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) by June 27, 2003 to
>Dr. Donald Weller ( <mailto:wellerd@si.edu>wellerd@si.edu ), SERC,
>P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028. For more information on SERC
>visit <http://www.serc.si.edu/>http://www.serc.si.edu . EOE.
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<div><b>NSF: SMALL GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL</b></div>
<div>The American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS)<br>
announces the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC)<br>
Program. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF),<br>
this program aims to increase the participation of women in
international<br>
scientific research by helping establish new research partnerships
with<br>
colleagues in Europe, Newly Independent States of the former Soviet
Union,</div>
<div>Near East, Middle East, Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and
Asia.<br>
Small grants ($4,000-5,000) will provide travel and
living support<br>
for a U.S. scientist and, when appropriate, a co-PI to visit a
partner<br>
country to develop a research program. Funds can also be used to
support<br>
a second visit to the partner country or for a foreign partner to
travel</div>
<div>to the U.S.</div>
<div> <b> Men and women scientists who have their
Ph.D. or equivalent research experience are eligible to apply.</b>
Applicants who have received their<br>
doctoral degrees within the past six years will receive special<br>
consideration, as will scientists applying to work with colleagues<br>
in less frequently represented countries and regions. Graduate
students<br>
(Ph.D. candidates) are also eligible to apply. Applicants must be
U.S.</div>
<div>citizens or permanent residents.<br>
Only fields funded by the National Science
Foundation and interdisciplinary<br>
research cutting across these fields are eligible. For further
information,<br>
please visit the NSF website (http://www.nsf.gov), or contact one of
the AAAS</div>
<div>administrators listed below.<br>
The next application deadline is July 15,
2003. For further application<br>
information and region-specific guidelines, please see the
attached</div>
<div>document or visit:
http://www.aaas.org/international/wisc/<br>
Marina Sansostri Ratchford<br>
Senior Program Associate<br>
Latin American and Latino Initiatives<br>
Directorate for Education and Human Resources<br>
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)<br>
1200 New York Ave., NW<br>
Washington DC 20005<br>
202-326-6490<br>
Fax: 202-371-9849</div>
<div>mratchfo@aaas.org</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>NASA: The New Investigator Program (NIP)</b></div>
<div><b> </b> The Earth Science Enterprise
(ESE) has a leading role in NASA's mission to understand and protect
our home planet, by advancing Earth system science to enable improved
prediction of climate, weather and natural hazards and their effects
on life. Using aerospace science and technology as well as the
vantage point of space, we seek to observe, analyze, and model the
Earth system to discover how it is changing and the consequences for
life on Earth. In addition, we have an essential role to play in
inspiring the next generation by revolutionizing how Earth science is
taught in the US by showing how the Earth functions as a system
supporting life, and by using our data and information to strengthen
curricula and teaching in science, math, engineering and technology
from kindergarten to post-graduate levels. (See NASA 2003 Strategic
Plan at http://www.plans.nasa.gov/).</div>
<div> The New Investigator Program (NIP) in
Earth Science was established in Fiscal Year 1996 to encourage the
integration of Earth system science research and education by
scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional
careers. The program, designed for investigators in Earth system
science and applications at academic institutions and non-profit
organizations, emphasizes the early development of professional
careers of these individuals as both researchers and educators.
The program encourages scientists and engineers to develop a broader
sense of responsibility for effectively contributing to the
improvement of science education and the public science literacy; it
provides an opportunity for the investigators to develop partnerships
and/or enhance their skills, knowledge, and ability to communicate the
excitement, challenge, methods, and results of their work to teachers,
students, and the public. The Earth Science Enterprise places
particular emphasis on the investigators' ability to promote and
increase the use of Earth remote sensing through the proposed research
and education projects.</div>
<div> The NIP proposals are openly solicited
approximately every eighteen months. The awards, to be provided
in the form of "education grants", range between
$80,000-$120,000 per year for a period of up to three years, subject
to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. Proposals
submitted in response to this announcement will be competing for
approximately $2.0 million per year beginning in Fiscal Year
2004.</div>
<div> This solicitation will be available
electronically on the release date at the NASA Headquarters Research
Opportunities web site http://research.hq.nasa.gov/ under "Office
of Earth Science (Code Y)". Paper copies of the NRA will be
available to those who do not have access to the Internet by calling
(202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. Please provide
full name and address, including ZIP code, and a telephone number,
including area code.<br>
Point of Contact<br>
Name: Dr. Ming-Ying Wei<br>
Title: Manager, Educ.
Programs, Office of Earth Science<br>
Phone: (202) 358-0771<br>
Fax: (202)
358-2770</div>
<div>Email:
ming-ying.wei@hq.nasa.gov</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>OCEAN WORLD</b> (sent by Mark Francek) from the Texas A&M
University, an attractive, well organized oceanography site with
sections on forams, iceburgs, fisheries, weather, coral reefs,
Jason-1, ice ages, satellites, waves, El Nino, and currents.
Upon clicking on a particular link there is more complete content
dealing with a particular section. Interactive quizzes and
access to real time data are provided for each subject. (Audience:
middle school and up) http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>EC CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS</b></div>
<div>From the European Major Research Infrastructure ARCTECLAB<br>
The Ice and Environmental Technology
Facilities of the Hamburg Ship<br>
Model Basin (HSVA) in Hamburg, Germany have been selected as a
Major<br>
Research Infrastructure under the HPRI-Programme "Access to
Major<br>
Research Infrastructures" of the European Commission DG XII</div>
<div>http://www.cordis.lu/improving/src/hp_ari.htm.<br>
Researchers or research groups from EU member
states or associated<br>
states are invited to freely access the Ice and Environmental
Technology<br>
Facilities of HSVA, including free travel and lodging. Applicants
from<br>
outside Europe are also welcome to the Major Research
Infrastructure<br>
ARCTECLAB, however, the costs for accommodation and travel is not<br>
granted by the European Commission. All users of the facility will
have<br>
access to installations and equipment within the ARCTECLAB<br>
(http://www.arcteclab.de). Technical and scientific support will
be</div>
<div>provided by scientists, engineers and technicians of HSVA.</div>
<div> HOW TO APPLY<br>
Researchers or research groups, who are interested in getting access
to<br>
the MRI-ARCTECLAB, need to complete the application form, which can
be<br>
downloaded from the web site http://www.arcteclab.de. Applicants
can<br>
send in their project proposal any time. An independent User
Selection<br>
Panel (USP) will evaluate the submitted proposals on the basis of<br>
scientific merit.</div>
<div>Final approval will be given by the European Commission DG
XII.</div>
<div> PROPOSAL SUBMISSION<br>
The application forms should be submitted to the Project
Co-ordinator</div>
<div>Karl-Ulrich Evers at any time.</div>
<div> Please direct general inquiries to:<br>
Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH (HSVA)<br>
Karl-Ulrich Evers<br>
Bramfelder Strasse 164<br>
D-22305 Hamburg<br>
Germany<br>
Tel +49-40-69203-426<br>
Fax +49-40-69203-345<br>
evers@hsva.de</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Eco-Ethics International Union</b></div>
<div align="center"><b>An online EEIU Membership application is now
available for use at
http://www.eeiu.org/member_form.html. </b></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Eco-Ethics International
Union</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Headquarters,
Inter-Research</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Nordbuente 23, 21385
Oldendorf/Luhe</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">GERMANY</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Tel: (+49) (4132) 7127
Email: eeiu@eeiu.org</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Fax: (+49) (4132) 8883
URL: www.eeiu.org</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCIENTISTS FROM NATO PARTNER
COUNTRIES </b><br>
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 9, 2003</div>
<div> The National Science Foundation (USA) administers a
program of NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships to promote a closer
collaboration among the scientists of member and NATO Partner
countries. Approximately 20 fellowships will be made to US
institutions that would like to host a scientist from a NATO Partner
Country. Only scientists and engineers from NATO partner countries,
who are within five years of their doctoral degree, are eligible to be
nominated by a scientific advisor at US institutions. For more
information go to:</div>
<div> <a
href="http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/nato/"
>http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/nato/</a></div>
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<div><b>PRESIDENTIAL PANEL FAVORS EXTENDING OCEAN SCIENCE TO INLAND
ISSUES</b></div>
<div>from The Associated Press, from Sigma Xi Science In the
News</div>
<div>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aiming to reduce pollution threatening ocean
ecosystems,<br>
a presidential commission favors injecting ocean science into
decision-<br>
making on traditionally inland issues such as farm runoff, the
panel's</div>
<div>chairman says.<br>
Ocean pollution often begins hundreds of
miles inland, requiring a broader,<br>
ecosystem-based approach to controlling it, James Watkins, head of the
U.S.<br>
Commission on Ocean Policy, said Tuesday in an interview with
The</div>
<div>Associated Press.<br>
He said the commission will recommend such an
approach to Congress this<br>
fall. It would involve weighing impacts on all species and habitats
within<br>
a marine ecosystem rather than making decisions fish by fish as if
each<br>
species were independent.<br>
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?</div>
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<div><b>COAXING NATURE TO REVEAL 1,000 YEARS OF THE EARTH'S
CLIMATE</b></div>
<div>from The Boston Globe via Sigma Xi Science in the News<br>
The 20th century may not have been so
extraordinarily hot after all,<br>
according to a climate study of the last thousand years, which
confirms<br>
historical accounts of fig trees growing in Germany and early
grape</div>
<div>harvests in England during medieval times.<br>
The study is part of a fast-emerging field in
which scientists combine the<br>
data from many natural indicators of past climates to reconstruct
what<br>
sorts of temperatures and rainfall were experienced over large areas
of the<br>
globe long before scientific weather records were kept. Such work
is<br>
providing a much better picture of the past climate, a subject of<br>
increasing importance after a century in which the Earth's
average</div>
<div>temperature increased by one degree Fahrenheit.<br>
"We felt it was time to pull together a
large sample of recent studies from<br>
the last five to 10 years and look for patterns of variability and
change,"<br>
said Willie Soon, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for<br>
Astrophysics.<br>
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/science/Coaxing_nature_to_r<span
></span>eveal_1_00<br>
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<div><b>NSF Study of Climate Change at North Pole Environmental
Observatory</b></div>
<div>NSF PA/M 03-29 - May 16, 2003</div>
<div>Arlington, Va.-In recent years, scientists have observed a
rapid thinning of the sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean as well as
shifts in ocean circulation. These changes appear to be caused by an
alteration in the atmospheric circulation of the Northern
Hemisphere-known as the Arctic Oscillation-which is roughly centered
at the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean circulation and the flowing of
waters from the Arctic into the Greenland Sea affect the deep
overturning circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and play an important
role in regulating the Earth's climate.</div>
<div> To better understand these changes and their
implications for global climate, the National Science Foundation (NSF)
is supporting a five-year, $3.9 million project, called the North Pole
Environmental Observatory (NPEO). At the Pole, the observatory is
placed at a strategic location to study the interplay of ocean
currents as well as other factors related to climate change. For the
third straight year, an international scientific team, including
researchers from the University of Washington, established a temporary
camp on the sea ice near the North Pole last month to retrieve a
mile-long mooring containing scientific instruments, to insert buoys
into the ice and to otherwise sample the waters of the Arctic
Ocean.</div>
<div>For more information and video images, see</div>
<div>http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ma0329</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>PACIFIC ISLANDS RISK FLOODS, DISEASE FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE</b></div>
<div> Rising temperatures could trigger a 164 percent
increase in heat-related deaths in Australia by 2050 and an increase
of up to 240 percent in injuries and deaths caused by flooding by
2020, according to a study commissioned by the Australian government.
Tropical diseases like malaria and dengue could also spread through
the country. Worse off than the Aussies will be residents of
Pacific Island nations, 60,000 to 90,000 of whom could be exposed to
flooding each year by the 2050s, up from about 5,000 now.
"This research strengthens the case for Australia and other
countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible,"
said Tony McMichael of Australian National University, a lead author
of the government report. Australia, like the U.S., has refused
to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. For more, go to:</div>
<div> <a
href="http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1108"
>http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1108</a></div>
<div>---SOURCE: Planet Ark, Reuters, May 12, 2003. To subscribe to
Grist Magazine's free daily environmental news email, go to:</div>
<div> <a
href="http://www.gristmagazine.com/signup/subgrist.asp"
>http://www.gristmagazine.com/signup/subgrist.asp</a></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+3" color="#007700"><b>Physical
Oceanography Dissertation Symposium II</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+3"><b>Waikoloa,
Hawaii</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+3"><b>September 28 - October 4,
2004</b></font></div>
<div>will close as of<font size="+2" color="#FF0000"> June 7,
2003</font>. Applicants must have received their PhD (or be able
to receive their PhD) between December 31, 2003 and July 1,
2004.</div>
<div>Selected presenters will have their travel expenses (airfare,
hotel and meals) paid for by the sponsors through AIBS.</div>
<div>For more information, posters or additional applications, please
visit our website at</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
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<div><b>Research Fellowship (PHD) in Paleoclimate/Marine Geology at
Department</b></div>
<div><b>of Geology, University of Tromso, Norway</b><br>
For more information contact:</div>
<div>Morten Hald (Mortenh@ibg.uit.no)</div>
<div>Deadline for application: 2 June 2003<br>
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The candidate will work on the projects "NORPAST-2 (Past Climate
of the</div>
<div>Norwegian Region-2)" and MACESIZ (Marine Climate and
Ecosystems in the<br>
Seasonal Ice Zone). The projects are funded by the Research Council
of<br>
Norway. The candidate will study climate change and variability in
the<br>
ocean, in particular of the last 1000 years, but also during the</div>
<div>Late-glacial and Holocene.<br>
The position period is for four years. The
candidate must be able to<br>
document qualifications with a Norwegian Cand.scient. degree, a
Master<br>
degree or equivalent. Knowledge in paleoclimate/Quaternary climate
is</div>
<div>asked for. Knowledge of microfossils and statistics is a
plus.<br>
Annual salary (code 1017) at present
corresponding to c. 276,000 NOK.<br>
There will be a deduction of 2 per cent to be paid into the
compulsory</div>
<div>state pension fund.<br>
For more information contact prof. Morten Hald,
tel. 47-77644412, E-mail</div>
<div>Mortenh@ibg.uit.no<br>
The application, including the curriculum
vitae, testimonials,</div>
<div>certificates and the list of publications should be sent in 3
copies to:<br>
The University of Tromso<br>
The Faculty of Science<br>
N-9037 Tromso</div>
<div>Norway</div>
<div align="center">Deadline for application: 2 June 2003</div>
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<div><b>Teaching Positions, Earth Science Education at U.
Wisconsin</b></div>
<div>Two teaching positions in Earth Science Education are available
in the<br>
Department of Geology of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for
AY<br>
2003/2004. One is a sabbatical replacement position and the
other is a<br>
new position, revised (temporarily we hope) from a previously
advertised</div>
<div>tenure-track position in Earth Science Education.<br>
The successful applicants will be teaching a
field- and lab-oriented<br>
course for aspiring elementary/middle education majors, and will
have<br>
the opportunity to interact with K-12 teachers and students in the
area<br>
as well as science education faculty in the departments of
Physics,</div>
<div>Chemistry, Biology and Curriculum and Instruction.<br>
The position description is on the
department's</div>
<div>website (http://www.uwec.edu/geology/).<br>
Karen Havholm, havholkg@uwec.edu<br>
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<div><b>JOB OPENING-WATERSHED NUTRIENT MODELING. The Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center</b> (SERC) has an opening >for a
postdoctoral research associate or research technician to join a</div>
<div>>project modeling nitrogen and phosphorus discharge from the
Patuxent<br>
>River watershed of Maryland. The work will involve improving<br>
>statistical and simulation models of nutrient discharge,
analyzing<br>
>the models, coordinating a series of workshops to compare
several<br>
>available Patuxent watershed models, and helping to integrate<br>
>watershed and estuary models into a decision support system.<br>
>Applicants at the postdoctoral level should have a Ph.D. in
science<br>
>or geography and peer-reviewed publications. Applicants at the<br>
>technician level should have a Masters degree. All applicants
should</div>
<div>>have experience with watershed simulation modeling and
multivariate<br>
>statistical analysis and background in landscape ecology,
ecosystem<br>
>ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient transport, or hydrology.
Other<br>
>desirable skill!<br>
>s include: geographic information systems (GIS), computer<br>
>programming, data base management, or remote sensing. The
incumbent<br>
>will be an active participant in project planning, data
analysis,<br>
>and scientific publications and must be able to work as part of
an</div>
<div>>extended research team. The position is funded by a 2-year
grant<br>
>from the NOAA Coastal Oceans Program. Salary $30,000-40,000<br>
>(depending on qualifications) plus benefits. For best
consideration,<br>
>send letter of application, resume, graduate and undergraduate<br>
>transcripts (photocopies are fine), and names of three
references<br>
>(with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) by June 27, 2003
to<br>
>Dr. Donald Weller ( <mailto:wellerd@si.edu>wellerd@si.edu ),
SERC,<br>
>P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028. For more information on
SERC</div>
<div>>visit <http://www.serc.si.edu/>http://www.serc.si.edu .
EOE.</div>
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