[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News MARCH 6, 2004
Susan Weiler
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Resources
AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR PHD'S
Contributed by Anke Mueller-Solger
Attention Postdocs, Graduate Students and PhDs in general: The
NIH Office of Education has put up a new site, the Virtual Career
Center,
http://www.training.nih.gov/careers/careercenter
with 55 pages and 1,088 links. Adapted from the NIH Press release:
'The site was developed with the NIH community in mind, but the
plethora of information found in the Virtual Career Center is also
available to all who wish to visit the site, from the college level to
postdoctoral and beyond.
The "Exploring Career Options" section enables users to explore their
interests through self-assessment mechanisms, discover careers and
pathways, and learn important career skills such as writing grants and
publishing articles. The section entitled "Continuing Your Education"
provides information on admissions, application services, financial
aid, loan repayment, grants, fellowships, education survival skills,
and medical schools and other professional programs. Information on
conducting employment searches and learning about opportunities
available in industry, academe, and government are found in the
"Employment Options and Opportunities" section. Last, important
skills to be used for applying, interviewing, and negotiating for a
position are found in the "Job Search Process" section. Realizing
that each user will have specific needs and come from different
backgrounds, each section can be searched independently and includes
related links that will provide additional information on particular
areas of interest to the user.'
Donna L. Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, The Fellowship Office
National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS
31 Center Drive, Room 4A48
Bethesda MD 20892-2473
Phone: 301-496-4796
email: dv1h@nih.gov <mailto:dv1h@nih.gov>
web site: www.nci.nih.gov/fellowships
NEW NCI Fellowship handbook:http://ncifellowshandbook.nci.nih.gov/
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Science News
CHANGING CLIMATE: GOING TO DEPTHS FOR EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
from The San Francisco Chronicle
A puzzling heating trend on the bottom of the North Pacific has left
oceanographers scratching their heads.
Since 1985, just south of the Aleutian Islands and about 3 miles benea=
th
the waves, in a pitch-black realm haunted by "Finding Nemo"-style fish with
nasty fangs and glowing antennae, the temperature has risen by a tiny
fraction of a degree -- five-thousandths of a degree Centigrade, to be
exact.
Sounds slight, right? But the temperature shouldn't be rising at all, =
or
hardly at all, over such a geologically short time, according to respected
computer models. The history of science shows that slight discrepancies
occasionally lead to big discoveries, hence oceanographers are carefully
scrutinizing the find.
http://snipurl.com/4t3k
ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEMAKING
from The Christian Science Monitor
Last month, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and
Kazakhstan declared war ... on the jellyfish. A particularly
voracious species known as
Mnemiopsis is munching happily on phytoplankton in the Caspian Sea, the
building block for the sea's valuable fish stocks. As a result, they're
wiping out sturgeon and every other type of fish.
None of the five nations wants to see a repeat of what happened
a few years ago in the Black Sea, when the Mnemiopsis biomass - like
the blob that ate New York in a long-ago B-movie - grew larger than
the world's entire commercial fish catch.
So the Caspian countries, spurred by their common jellyfish enemy, are
coordinating under the umbrella of the Caspian Environment Program. A
five-year-old cooperative project to clean up the Caspian, the CEP
has made some significant headway as well as willing partners out of
feisty competitors.
http://snipurl.com/4vt7
Well, I suppose one could argue that this isn't really limnology or
oceanography related, but it is about water! :) -- and it does
suggest climate change :)
ROVER FINDS EVIDENCE THAT LIFE ON MARS WAS POSSIBLE
from The San Francisco Chronicle
The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered powerful evidence that
water once
drenched the surface of Mars and made the planet habitable for life during
some unknown epoch in the distant past, NASA scientists announced Tuesday.
For the first time since astronomers began speculating about
water and life
on the Red Planet centuries ago, the historic new findings from the Mars
rover mission appear to have pinned down the long-cherished idea that Mars
in fact once held a warm, wet environment where life could well have
flourished.
Analysis of a rock outcropping inside the tiny crater where the spacec=
raft
bounced to a landing in January establishes that "liquid water once flowed
through these rocks,"said Steven Squyres, the mission's principal
scientist, at a NASA briefing in Washington that was Webcast around the
world. "The water changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry."
http://snipurl.com/4us0
NASA RESEARCH SHOWS HEAVY SMOKE "CHOKES" CLOUDS
NASA PRESS RELEASE 04-081
Using data from NASA's Aqua satellite, agency scientists
found heavy smoke from burning vegetation inhibits cloud
formation. The research suggests the cooling of global climate
by pollutant particles, called "aerosols," may be smaller than
previously estimated.
During the August-October 2002 burning season in South
America's Amazon River basin, scientists observed cloud cover
decreased from about 40 percent in clean-air conditions to zero
in smoky air.
Until recently, scientists thought aerosols such as smoke
particles mainly served to cool the planet by shading the
surface, either directly, by reflecting sunlight back toward
space, or indirectly, by making clouds more reflective. Certain
aerosols make clouds' droplets smaller and more numerous,
thereby making the clouds more reflective while reducing the
amount of sunlight reaching the surface.
However, this new study proves smoke aerosols have a "semi-
direct" effect on climate, causing a reduction in cloud cover
and warming the surface. In the morning, smoke absorbs incoming
solar radiation and heats the atmosphere while cooling the
surface. Since there is less upward transport of warmth and
moisture in such conditions, clouds are less likely to form.
Then, in the afternoon, since there is less cloud cover, more
sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface.
"This instantaneous warming is important and can dramatically
affect the people and the Amazonian ecosystem," said Ilan
Koren, research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Md.
Koren is lead author of a paper in the current issue of
Science. Using Aqua data, Koren and his NASA co-authors
measured the total amount of light reflected through the top of
the atmosphere. From those data they determined how much area
was covered by clouds and how much by smoke. They also
estimated the smoke's "optical thickness," a measure of how
much sunlight the smoke prevented from traveling down through a
column of atmosphere.
The team found the smoke and clouds together would ordinarily
reflect solar energy equal to one 28-watt light bulb per square
meter back up into space (i.e., a cooling effect). With the
reduction in cloud cover, however, solar energy equal to one
eight-watt light bulb per square meter is absorbed within
Earth's climate system (i.e., a warming effect).
The team consulted other weather data to make sure the
differences in cloud patterns were not due to regional
differences in meteorology. Once team members proved the
meteorological conditions were the same in the smoky regions as
they were in the cloudy regions, they knew the smoke had to be
the reason average cloud cover dropped from 40 percent to zero
in the presence of heavy smoke.
"We used to think of smoke mainly as a reflector, reflecting
sunlight back to space, but here we show that, due to
absorption, it chokes off cloud formation," Koren said.
According to Koren, smoke inhibition of cloud formation is not
unique to the Amazon area. His team has seen similar examples
in other parts of the world, including over parts of Africa
during the burning season, and over Canada during major boreal
forest wildfires. When added up over the entire globe, the
warming influence of smoke and other absorbing aerosols
suggests the global cooling influence of these particles is
much smaller than current models predict.
Smoke and aerosol inhibition of cloud formation was first
proposed in two previous NASA studies based upon results of
computer model experiments. However, this study documents the
first time this effect of smoke on clouds has been measured in
Earth's environment. The research was funded by NASA's Earth
Science Enterprise. The Enterprise is dedicated to
understanding the Earth as an integrated system and applying
Earth system science to improve predication of climate, weather
and natural hazards using the unique vantage point of space.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: A Workshop for
Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows
July 29-August 1, 2004, University of Minnesota
Application deadline is March 24, 2004
The workshop page has links to the workshop overview and application f=
orm
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep04/index.html
Description and Goals
This workshop will bring graduate students and post-doctoral fellows
interested in an academic career together with geoscience faculty
members from different institutional settings who have a range of
expertise and experience. The workshop will provide a stimulating
and resource-rich environment in which to explore important facets of
an academic career. Three main goals of the workshop are for
participants to become more effective teachers, stronger candidates
for academic jobs, and better prepared for a quick start to teaching
and research in the next stage of their career.
During the workshop, each participant will
=B7Learn more about the job-search process.
=B7Learn about roles and responsibilities of faculty members in
different educational settings (e.g., two-year colleges, four-year
colleges, universities) and positions in other academic institutions
(e.g., museums) and meet informally with workshop leaders from a
range of educational settings
=B7Explore aspects of effective and innovative teaching.
=B7Design a research plan suitable for the next career stage.
=B7Learn about strategies for documenting strengths and accomplishments
in teaching and research and develop or revise supporting materials.
=B7Share ideas and strategies for stress- and time-management.
=B7Develop a personal action plan.
Activities
The workshop will include an early-career faculty panel, short
presentations on various topics, structured discussions, small-group
collaboration, and informal interaction and conversation.
Participants will leave with a broad understanding of academic
options, specific strategies for developing as teachers and scholars
and for meeting competing demands, and an expanded network of
colleagues. Participants will be involved in electronic discussion
and preparation prior to the workshop to become familiar with key
issues and concepts and will follow-through with post-workshop plans.
Application
Application must be made on-line by March 24. An important part of
each application is a statement of endorsement from a faculty member.
Therefore, when submitting the on-line application, each applicant
must provide contact information for a faculty member who has agreed
to endorse the applicant. We will then ask the faculty member to
submit electronically a brief statement regarding the potential of
the applicant to benefit from and contribute to the workshop.
Successful applicants will be notified by April 15.
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep04/application.htmlSelectio=
n
Criteria
The workshop size is limited. The final set of participants will be
established with a goal of assembling a diverse and interactive group
representing a range of experiences, educational environments, career
aspirations, and specialties. Preference will be given to those
entering or soon to enter the academic job market.
Cost and Facilities
The operational costs of the workshop as well as room, board, and
workshop materials are covered by a grant from the NSF Division of
Undergraduate Education (DUE-0127310). Participants or their home
institutions must provide transportation to and from the workshop.
The workshop will be held at the University of Minnesota.
Participants will be housed in dormitories on campus and will eat
meals on campus.
For more information, contact Heather Macdonald (rhmacd@wm.edu)
This workshop is part of the On the Cutting Edge professional
development program (funded by a grant from the National Science
=46oundation Division of Undergraduate Education and offered in
association with NAGT and DLESE)
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html
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Jobs for PhDs
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
The global change SysTems for Analysis, Research, and Training (START)
is seeking an Executive Officer for the International Project Office for
the project: Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Studies (MAIRS). The
Executive Officer will manage an international office based at the START
Regional Center for Temperate East Asia located within the Institute of
Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing,
China. The Executive Officer will be responsible for implementing the
MAIRS project in close collaboration with the Project Steering Committee
and the International START Secretariat based in Washington D.C., USA.
Other responsibilities include:
# Maintain links to START's regional programs in Asia and relevant
projects of the Earth System Science Partnership comprising the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International
Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP), the World Climate Research Programme
(WCRP) and DIVERSITAS, and other relevant international, regional and
national global environmental change agencies and programmes;
# Assist in fund-raising for regional research activities;
# Organize conferences, meetings and workshops;
# Assist in the preparation of reports and publications;
# Provide secretariat support for the overall MAIRS Steering Committee;
The candidate should have a strong background in regional aspects of
global environmental change, especially in the monsoon Asia region.
Post-graduate qualifications (preferably a PhD) are desirable. The
candidate must have demonstrated organizational, communication, and
inter-personal skills; experience in drafting and editing a diverse
range of scientific documents; and ability to communicate in English
effectively with a group of scientists with diverse disciplinary and
national backgrounds. He or she must be willing to undertake travel
within the region and elsewhere as appropriate. Given that the position
is located in Beijing, China, ability to communicate in the Chinese
language would be an advantage.
The initial appointment will be for a term of 2 years, with a
possibility of an extension up to 4 years. The position will be filled
by June 2004. Applications (including a detailed CV, list of three
referees and their contact information, and salary requirements) should
be submitted to as soon as possible and no later than 18 March 2004 to
the International START Secretariat (address below) with copies to the
Director of START TEA Regional Center in Beijing (address below).
Submission of electronic copies of application is encouraged.
Candidates must be available for a potential interview during 10-12
April 2004.
Please submit your application to:
Director
International START Secretariat
2000 Florida Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009 USA
Email: rfuchs@agu.org
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NSF-Funded Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary Genetics
University of California, Santa Cruz
A three-year postdoctoral position is available to study the molecular
population genetics of two NE Pacific marine taxa (the California sea
mussel and purple sea urchin). The primary objective of the project is to
investigate the impact of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on the
historical ecology of mussels and urchins through the reconstruction of
allelic genealogies from multiple nuclear genes. The successful applicant
will have strong molecular (i.e., PCR, DNA sequencing, etc.) and analytical
skills. Familiarity with coalescent theory and some experience in
performing coalescent simulations would also be ideal.
The deadline for applications is March 31 and the starting date will be as
soon as possible after April 15. Interested applicants should send a CV, a
brief letter describing research interests and experience, and the contact
information for three referees via email to Grant Pogson
(pogson@biology.ucsc.edu).
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.
Grant Pogson
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831 459-5122
=46ax: 831 459-5353
Email: pogson@biology.ucsc.edu
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This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler for the purpose
of distributing information of potential interest to recent PhDs
engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate change
research, and to build an international sense of community among
recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of
information and opinions regarding research, professional and social
issues.
The views and opinions expressed are strictly those of C.S. Weiler or
of the individual who has submitted a particular item for
distribution. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those
of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler serves as
producer and editor and reserves the right to edit or reject material
submitted to the list.
Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
phd@whitman.edu or weiler@whitman.edu.
=46or ease of transmission, please do not send attachments. Send a
short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any
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Biology Department Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler@whitman.edu
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences http://www.aslo.org/mas.html
DIALOG poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf
DISCCRS poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf
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<div><b>AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR PHD'S</b></div>
<div>Contributed by Anke Mueller-Solger</div>
<div> Attention Postdocs, Graduate
Students and PhDs in general: The</div>
<div>NIH Office of Education has put up a new site, the Virtual
Career</div>
<div>Center,</div>
<div>http://www.training.nih.gov/careers/careercenter</div>
<div>with 55 pages and 1,088 links. Adapted from the NIH Press
release:</div>
<div>'The site was developed with the NIH community in mind, but
the</div>
<div>plethora of information found in the Virtual Career Center is
also</div>
<div>available to all who wish to visit the site, from the college
level to</div>
<div>postdoctoral and beyond.</div>
<div> The "Exploring Career Options"
section enables users to explore their</div>
<div>interests through self-assessment mechanisms, discover careers
and</div>
<div>pathways, and learn important career skills such as writing
grants and</div>
<div>publishing articles. The section entitled "Continuing
Your Education"</div>
<div>provides information on admissions, application services,
financial</div>
<div>aid, loan repayment, grants, fellowships, education survival
skills,</div>
<div>and medical schools and other professional programs.
Information on</div>
<div>conducting employment searches and learning about
opportunities</div>
<div>available in industry, academe, and government are found in
the</div>
<div>"Employment Options and Opportunities" section.
Last, important</div>
<div>skills to be used for applying, interviewing, and negotiating for
a</div>
<div>position are found in the "Job Search Process"
section. Realizing</div>
<div>that each user will have specific needs and come from
different</div>
<div>backgrounds, each section can be searched independently and
includes</div>
<div>related links that will provide additional information on
particular</div>
<div>areas of interest to the user.'</div>
<div> Donna L. Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.</div>
<div> Director, The Fellowship Office</div>
<div> National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS</div>
<div> 31 Center Drive, Room 4A48</div>
<div> Bethesda MD 20892-2473</div>
<div> Phone: 301-496-4796</div>
<div> email: dv1h@nih.gov <mailto:dv1h@nih.gov></div>
<div> web site: www.nci.nih.gov/fellowships</div>
<div align=3D"center"> NEW NCI Fellowship
handbook:http://ncifellowshandbook.nci.nih.gov/</div>
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News</b></font></div>
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<div><b>CHANGING CLIMATE: GOING TO DEPTHS FOR EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL
WARMING</b></div>
<div>from The San Francisco Chronicle<br>
A puzzling heating trend on the bottom of the
North Pacific has left</div>
<div>oceanographers scratching their heads.<br>
Since 1985, just south of the Aleutian
Islands and about 3 miles beneath<br>
the waves, in a pitch-black realm haunted by "Finding
Nemo"-style fish with<br>
nasty fangs and glowing antennae, the temperature has risen by a
tiny<br>
fraction of a degree -- five-thousandths of a degree Centigrade, to
be</div>
<div>exact.<br>
Sounds slight, right? But the temperature
shouldn't be rising at all, or<br>
hardly at all, over such a geologically short time, according to
respected<br>
computer models. The history of science shows that slight
discrepancies<br>
occasionally lead to big discoveries, hence oceanographers are
carefully<br>
scrutinizing the find.</div>
<div>http://snipurl.com/4t3k</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEMAKING</b></div>
<div>from The Christian Science Monitor</div>
<div> Last month, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan declared war ... on the<b> jellyfish</b>.
A particularly voracious species known as<br>
Mnemiopsis is munching happily on phytoplankton in the Caspian Sea,
the<br>
building block for the sea's valuable fish stocks. As a result,
they're</div>
<div>wiping out sturgeon and every other type of fish.</div>
<div> None of the five nations wants to see a
repeat of what happened a few years ago in the Black Sea, when the
Mnemiopsis biomass - like the blob that ate New York in a long-ago
B-movie - grew larger than the world's entire commercial fish
catch.<br>
So the Caspian countries, spurred by their
common jellyfish enemy, are</div>
<div>coordinating under the umbrella of the Caspian Environment
Program. A five-year-old cooperative project to clean up the Caspian,
the CEP has made some significant headway as well as willing partners
out of feisty competitors.</div>
<div>http://snipurl.com/4vt7</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Well, I suppose one could argue that this isn't really limnology
or oceanography related, but it is about water! :) -- and it
does suggest climate change :)</div>
<div><b>ROVER FINDS EVIDENCE THAT LIFE ON MARS WAS POSSIBLE</b></div>
<div>from The San Francisco Chronicle<br>
The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered
powerful evidence that water once<br>
drenched the surface of Mars and made the planet habitable for life
during</div>
<div>some unknown epoch in the distant past, NASA scientists announced
Tuesday.<br>
For the first time since astronomers began
speculating about water and life<br>
on the Red Planet centuries ago, the historic new findings from the
Mars<br>
rover mission appear to have pinned down the long-cherished idea that
Mars<br>
in fact once held a warm, wet environment where life could well
have</div>
<div>flourished.<br>
Analysis of a rock outcropping inside the
tiny crater where the spacecraft<br>
bounced to a landing in January establishes that "liquid water
once flowed<br>
through these rocks,"said Steven Squyres, the mission's
principal<br>
scientist, at a NASA briefing in Washington that was Webcast around
the</div>
<div>world. "The water changed their texture, and it changed
their chemistry."</div>
<div>http://snipurl.com/4us0<br>
</div>
<div><b>NASA RESEARCH SHOWS HEAVY SMOKE "CHOKES"
CLOUDS</b></div>
<div>NASA PRESS RELEASE 04-081<br>
Using data from NASA's Aqua satellite, agency
scientists<br>
found heavy smoke from burning vegetation inhibits cloud<br>
formation. The research suggests the cooling of global climate<br>
by pollutant particles, called "aerosols," may be smaller
than</div>
<div>previously estimated.<br>
During the August-October 2002 burning season
in South<br>
America's Amazon River basin, scientists observed cloud cover<br>
decreased from about 40 percent in clean-air conditions to zero</div>
<div>in smoky air.<br>
Until recently, scientists thought aerosols such as
smoke<br>
particles mainly served to cool the planet by shading the<br>
surface, either directly, by reflecting sunlight back toward<br>
space, or indirectly, by making clouds more reflective. Certain<br>
aerosols make clouds' droplets smaller and more numerous,<br>
thereby making the clouds more reflective while reducing the</div>
<div>amount of sunlight reaching the surface.<br>
However, this new study proves smoke aerosols
have a "semi-</div>
<div>direct" effect on climate, causing a reduction in cloud
cover<br>
and warming the surface. In the morning, smoke absorbs incoming<br>
solar radiation and heats the atmosphere while cooling the<br>
surface. Since there is less upward transport of warmth and<br>
moisture in such conditions, clouds are less likely to form.<br>
Then, in the afternoon, since there is less cloud cover, more</div>
<div>sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the
surface.</div>
<div> "This instantaneous warming is
important and can dramatically<br>
affect the people and the Amazonian ecosystem," said Ilan<br>
Koren, research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center</div>
<div>in Greenbelt, Md.</div>
<div> Koren is lead author of a paper in the
current issue of<br>
Science. Using Aqua data, Koren and his NASA co-authors<br>
measured the total amount of light reflected through the top of<br>
the atmosphere. From those data they determined how much area<br>
was covered by clouds and how much by smoke. They also<br>
estimated the smoke's "optical thickness," a measure of
how<br>
much sunlight the smoke prevented from traveling down through a</div>
<div>column of atmosphere.</div>
<div> The team found the smoke and clouds
together would ordinarily<br>
reflect solar energy equal to one 28-watt light bulb per square<br>
meter back up into space (i.e., a cooling effect). With the<br>
reduction in cloud cover, however, solar energy equal to one<br>
eight-watt light bulb per square meter is absorbed within</div>
<div>Earth's climate system (i.e., a warming effect).</div>
<div> The team consulted other weather data to
make sure the<br>
differences in cloud patterns were not due to regional<br>
differences in meteorology. Once team members proved the<br>
meteorological conditions were the same in the smoky regions as<br>
they were in the cloudy regions, they knew the smoke had to be<br>
the reason average cloud cover dropped from 40 percent to zero</div>
<div>in the presence of heavy smoke.</div>
<div> "We used to think of smoke mainly
as a reflector, reflecting<br>
sunlight back to space, but here we show that, due to</div>
<div>absorption, it chokes off cloud formation," Koren
said.</div>
<div> According to Koren, smoke inhibition of
cloud formation is not</div>
<div>unique to the Amazon area. His team has seen similar examples<br>
in other parts of the world, including over parts of Africa<br>
during the burning season, and over Canada during major boreal<br>
forest wildfires. When added up over the entire globe, the<br>
warming influence of smoke and other absorbing aerosols<br>
suggests the global cooling influence of these particles is</div>
<div>much smaller than current models predict.</div>
<div> Smoke and aerosol inhibition of cloud
formation was first<br>
proposed in two previous NASA studies based upon results of<br>
computer model experiments. However, this study documents the<br>
first time this effect of smoke on clouds has been measured in<br>
Earth's environment. The research was funded by NASA's Earth<br>
Science Enterprise. The Enterprise is dedicated to<br>
understanding the Earth as an integrated system and applying<br>
Earth system science to improve predication of climate, weather</div>
<div>and natural hazards using the unique vantage point of
space.</div>
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<div align=3D"center"><font size=3D"+1" color=3D"#0000FF"><b>Summer
Programs, Courses, Internships</b></font>,<font size=3D"+1"
color=3D"#0000FF"><b> Meetings</b></font></div>
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<div><b>Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: A
Workshop for Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows</b><br>
July 29-August 1, 2004, University of Minnesota</div>
<div><b>Application deadline</b> is March 24, 2004<br>
The workshop page has links to the workshop
overview and application form</div>
<div>http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep04/index.html<br
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Description and Goals</div>
<div>This workshop will bring graduate students and post-doctoral
fellows interested in an academic career together with geoscience
faculty members from different institutional settings who have a range
of expertise and experience. The workshop will provide a
stimulating and resource-rich environment in which to explore
important facets of an academic career. Three main goals of the
workshop are for participants to become more effective teachers,
stronger candidates for academic jobs, and better prepared for a quick
start to teaching and research in the next stage of their career.<br>
During the workshop, each participant will<br>
=B7Learn more about the job-search process.<br>
=B7Learn about roles and responsibilities of faculty members in
different educational settings (e.g., two-year colleges, four-year
colleges, universities) and positions in other academic institutions
(e.g., museums) and meet informally with workshop leaders from a range
of educational settings<br>
=B7Explore aspects of effective and innovative teaching.<br>
=B7Design a research plan suitable for the next career stage.<br>
=B7Learn about strategies for documenting strengths and
accomplishments in teaching and research and develop or revise
supporting materials.<br>
=B7Share ideas and strategies for stress- and time-management.</div>
<div>=B7Develop a personal action plan.<br>
Activities</div>
<div>The workshop will include an early-career faculty panel, short
presentations on various topics, structured discussions, small-group
collaboration, and informal interaction and conversation. Participants
will leave with a broad understanding of academic options, specific
strategies for developing as teachers and scholars and for meeting
competing demands, and an expanded network of colleagues. Participants
will be involved in electronic discussion and preparation prior to the
workshop to become familiar with key issues and concepts and will
follow-through with post-workshop plans.<br>
Application<br>
Application must be made on-line by March 24. An important part of
each application is a statement of endorsement from a faculty member.
Therefore, when submitting the on-line application, each applicant
must provide contact information for a faculty member who has agreed
to endorse the applicant. We will then ask the faculty member to
submit electronically a brief statement regarding the potential of the
applicant to benefit from and contribute to the workshop. Successful
applicants will be notified by April 15.</div>
<div
>http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep04/application.html<span
></span>Selection Criteria</div>
<div>The workshop size is limited. The final set of participants will
be established with a goal of assembling a diverse and interactive
group representing a range of experiences, educational environments,
career aspirations, and specialties. Preference will be given to those
entering or soon to enter the academic job market.</div>
<div>Cost and Facilities</div>
<div>The operational costs of the workshop as well as room, board, and
workshop materials are covered by a grant from the NSF Division of
Undergraduate Education (DUE-0127310). Participants or their home
institutions must provide transportation to and from the workshop. The
workshop will be held at the University of Minnesota. Participants
will be housed in dormitories on campus and will eat meals on
campus.<br>
For more information, contact Heather
Macdonald (rhmacd@wm.edu)</div>
<div>This workshop is part of the On the Cutting Edge professional
development program (funded by a grant from the National Science
=46oundation Division of Undergraduate Education and offered in
association with NAGT and DLESE)</div>
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<div align=3D"center"><font size=3D"+1" color=3D"#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
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<div>EXECUTIVE OFFICER<br>
<br>
The global change SysTems for Analysis, Research, and Training
(START)<br>
is seeking an Executive Officer for the International Project Office
for<br>
the project: Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Studies (MAIRS). The<br>
Executive Officer will manage an international office based at the
START<br>
Regional Center for Temperate East Asia located within the Institute
of<br>
Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing,<br>
China. The Executive Officer will be responsible for
implementing the<br>
MAIRS project in close collaboration with the Project Steering
Committee<br>
and the International START Secretariat based in Washington D.C.,
USA.<br>
<br>
Other responsibilities include:<br>
<br>
# Maintain links to START's regional programs in Asia and relevant<br>
projects of the Earth System Science Partnership comprising the<br>
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the
International<br>
Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP), the World Climate Research
Programme<br>
(WCRP) and DIVERSITAS, and other relevant international, regional
and<br>
national global environmental change agencies and programmes;<br>
# Assist in fund-raising for regional research activities;<br>
# Organize conferences, meetings and workshops;<br>
# Assist in the preparation of reports and publications;<br>
# Provide secretariat support for the overall MAIRS Steering
Committee;<br>
<br>
The candidate should have a strong background in regional aspects
of<br>
global environmental change, especially in the monsoon Asia
region.<br>
Post-graduate qualifications (preferably a PhD) are desirable. The<br>
candidate must have demonstrated organizational, communication,
and</div>
<div>inter-personal skills; experience in drafting and editing a
diverse<br>
range of scientific documents; and ability to communicate in
English<br>
effectively with a group of scientists with diverse disciplinary
and<br>
national backgrounds. He or she must be willing to undertake
travel<br>
within the region and elsewhere as appropriate. Given that the
position<br>
is located in Beijing, China, ability to communicate in the
Chinese<br>
language would be an advantage.<br>
<br>
The initial appointment will be for a term of 2 years, with a<br>
possibility of an extension up to 4 years. The position will be
filled<br>
by June 2004. Applications (including a detailed CV, list of
three<br>
referees and their contact information, and salary requirements)
should<br>
be submitted to as soon as possible and no later than 18 March 2004
to<br>
the International START Secretariat (address below) with copies to
the<br>
Director of START TEA Regional Center in Beijing (address below).<br>
Submission of electronic copies of application is encouraged.<br>
Candidates must be available for a potential interview during
10-12<br>
April 2004.<br>
<br>
Please submit your application to:<br>
<br>
Director<br>
International START Secretariat</div>
<div>2000 Florida Avenue N.W.<br>
Washington D.C. 20009 USA</div>
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<div><b>NSF-Funded Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary
Genetics</b></div>
<div><b>University of California, Santa Cruz</b><br>
<br>
A three-year postdoctoral position is available to study the
molecular<br>
population genetics of two NE Pacific marine taxa (the California
sea<br>
mussel and purple sea urchin). The primary objective of the
project is to<br>
investigate the impact of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on the<br>
historical ecology of mussels and urchins through the reconstruction
of</div>
<div>allelic genealogies from multiple nuclear genes. The
successful applicant<br>
will have strong molecular (i.e., PCR, DNA sequencing, etc.) and
analytical<br>
skills. Familiarity with coalescent theory and some experience
in<br>
performing coalescent simulations would also be ideal.<br>
<br>
The deadline for applications is March 31 and the starting date will
be as<br>
soon as possible after April 15. Interested applicants should
send a CV, a<br>
brief letter describing research interests and experience, and the
contact</div>
<div>information for three referees via email to Grant Pogson<br>
(pogson@biology.ucsc.edu).<br>
<br>
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action<br>
Employer.<br>
<br>
Grant Pogson<br>
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
University of California, Santa Cruz<br>
Santa Cruz, CA 95064<br>
Phone: 831 459-5122<br>
=46ax: 831 459-5353<br>
Email: pogson@biology.ucsc.edu</div>
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<div align=3D"center"><font size=3D"-1">This newsletter has been developed
by C. Susan Weiler for the purpose of distributing information of
potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic
science or climate change research, and to build an international
sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international
forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research,
professional and social issues.</font></div>
<div align=3D"center"><font size=3D"-1">The views and opinions expressed
are strictly those of C.S. Weiler or of the individual who has
submitted a particular item for distribution. The opinions expressed
do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring
societies. Dr. Weiler serves as producer and editor and reserves the
right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</font></div>
<div align=3D"center"><font color=3D"#0000FF"><b>Please submit
announcements of interest to recent PhDs to phd@whitman.edu or
weiler@whitman.edu.</b></font></div>
<div align=3D"center">For ease of transmission, please do not send
attachments. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message,
and link to any appropriate websites.</div>
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Ph.D. <br>
Biology
Department <span
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509-527-5948 <br
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Whitman
College <span
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Walla Walla, WA 99362<br>
weiler@whitman.edu <br>
Programs for Recent
PhDs <span
></span> http://aslo.org/phd.html<br>
Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences
http://www.aslo.org/mas.html<br>
DIALOG poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf<br>
DISCCRS poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf <span
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