[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 04/30/04

[Susan Weiler]

DIALOG and Disccrs News
04/30/04
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Ocean Studies Will Move to Other Planets.
Provided by cnn.com
`Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Torrence Johnson has recently 
proclaimed the possibilities of exploring oceans of other planets in 
our solar system. Researchers are currently drawing up plans to send 
orbiters to Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Europa. It is predicted that 
Europa alone contains twice the water of the planet earth. Also, in 
July of 2004, the Cassini spacecraft, launched seven years ago, will 
be reaching Saturn's moon, Titan, to explore the implications of its 
surface chemistry. Many opportunities could arise from discoveries 
found in these vast, unexplored places.`
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/17/space.oceanography.ap/index.html

NASA CURBS COMMENTS ON ICE AGE DISASTER MOVIE
from The New York Times (Registration Required, but is free)
      "Urgent: HQ Direction," began a message e-mailed on April 1 to 
dozens of scientists and officials at NASA's Goddard Space Flight 
Center in Greenbelt, Md. It was not an alert about an incoming 
asteroid, a problem w station or a solar storm. It was a warning 
about a movie.
      In "The Day After Tomorrow," a $125 million disaster film set to 
open on May 28, global warming from accumulating smokestack and 
tailpipe gases disrupts warm ocean currents and sets off an instant 
ice age.
      Few climate experts think such a prospect is likely, especially 
in the near
future. But the prospect that moviegoers will be alarmed enough to 
blame the Bush administration for inattention to climate change has 
stirred alarm at the space agency, scientists there say.
http://snipurl.com/5yhp



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Science News

BLAIR WARNS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS THREAT
from Associated Press
      LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that the threat 
of climate change was the most pressing long term issue facing the 
world and
reaffirmed Britain's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
      "We have to act and we have to act now," said Blair, at the 
launch of a new organization that aims to speed up cuts in greenhouse 
gas emissions.
      The prime minister said it was important the issue of global 
warming was discussed at the forthcoming G8 summit in the United 
States.
http://snipurl.com/5ziv

Rita Colwell Rejoins NCSE Board of Directors
       Dr. Rita Colwell, former Director of the National Science 
Foundation, has rejoined the Board of Directors of the National 
Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).  Dr. Colwell served 
as Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1998 to 
February 2004, and as President of the University of Maryland 
Biotechnology Institute from 1991 to 1998.  She stepped down from the 
NCSE Board of Directors when President Clinton appointed her Director 
of the National Science Foundation.
      Ambassador Richard Benedick, President of NCSE, said, "Rita 
Colwell is a visionary leader who has made enormous contributions to 
the nation during her service as Director of the National Science 
Foundation.  We are truly delighted to welcome her back to the NCSE 
Board of Directors."
       Under Dr. Colwell's leadership, the National Science Foundation 
budget grew by over 68 percent, surpassing $5 billion for the first 
time in 2003, and the agency was recognized for excellence in both 
science and management.  During her tenure at NSF, Colwell oversaw a 
major increase in the Foundation's support for environmental research 
and education through such initiatives as the interdisciplinary 
priority area on Biocomplexity and the Environment.
      Upon her departure from NSF, Colwell became Chairman of Canon 
U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., a newly created Washington-based subsidiary 
of Canon U.S.A. whose goal is to identify and develop life-science 
solutions with potential applications in diagnostics and medical 
instrumentation.  She will also serve as Distinguished University 
Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and on the 
faculty of The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  There 
she will help develop a new international center for the study of 
infectious diseases, water, and health.
       Dr. Colwell has co-authored 16 books and over 600 scientific 
publications, and has received many awards, including the Medal of 
Distinction from Columbia University; the Gold Medal of Charles 
University, Prague; the UCLA Medal from the University of California, 
Los Angeles; and the Alumna Summa Laude Dignata from the University 
of Washington, Seattle.  She holds a B.S. in Bacteriology and an M.S. 
in Genetics from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from 
the University of Washington.
       Dr. Colwell presented the 3rd John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture 
at the 2003 NCSE Conference on Education for a Sustainable and Secure 
Future.  Her lecture, entitled "Obstinate Issues, Sophisticated 
Solutions," is available at 
<http://www.NCSEonline.org/NCSEconference/>http://www.NCSEonline.org/NCSEconference/.

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