[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News

[Susan Weiler]

DIALOG and Disccrs News

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Resources

Workshop Applications, OPP Workshop
From: "Reuning, Winifred M." <wreuning at nsf.gov>
To: "Reuning, Winifred M." <wreuning at nsf.gov>
Subject: Corrected email address OPP new investigators workshop
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:26:32 -0400
    Please note that the previous email concerning the OPP workshop 
for correct email address for workshop applications is
                  NewInvestigator at nsf.gov
      We hope that this has not caused any inconvenience.
Thank you.

  Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction (RESGI), Mark 
Francek, CMU, this site replaces the old RESGI page. The new site has 
a search capability and contains over 1000 earth science, 
environmental, and other teaching resources organized alphabetically. 
Most of the resources mentioned in this mailing over the last five 
years are catalogued here. I will be phasing out the old site 
http://personal.cmich.edu/~franc1m/homepage.htm this summer.
      NEW SITE IS:
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/


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Science News
Check out this section both for news tidbits, and for
examples of how to communicate science to a non-scientist audience

GLOBE GROWS DARKER AS SUNSHINE DIMINISHES 10% to 37%
from The New York Times (Registration Required)
      In the second half of the 20th century, the world became, quite 
literally, a darker place.
      Defying expectation and easy explanation, hundreds of 
instruments around the world recorded a drop in sunshine reaching the 
surface of Earth, as much as 10 percent from the late 1950's to the 
early 90's, or 2 percent to 3 percent a decade. In some regions like 
Asia, the United States and Europe, the drop was even steeper. In 
Hong Kong, sunlight decreased 37 percent.
      No one is predicting that it may soon be night all day, and some 
scientists
theorize that the skies have brightened in the last decade as the suspected
cause of global dimming, air pollution, clears up in many parts of the
world.
http://snipurl.com/6ei4


A BREEDING GROUND OF DEATH
Hood Canal looks beautiful, but pollution is nourishing plankton blooms
from The Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)
      BELFAIR, Wash. - Scuba diver Jerry Ehrlich saw the signs of 
something ominous in Hood Canal starting in the summer of 2002. The 
blunt-nosed six-gill sharks swimming in the shallows caught his 
attention first.
      You never see that, he thought. Such sharks, which have a strong 
aversion to light, almost never leave deep water. There were other 
deep-water dwellers -dogfish, octopuses, shrimp - squirming in the 
shallows, as if trying to escape to shore.
      Deeper down, Ehrlich spotted wolf eels, which usually stay close 
to their dens, meandering in open water. He saw rockfish that 
couldn't swim straight. He found abandoned octopus dens full of 
rotting eggs, and sea anemones, normally bright and erect, slumped 
flaccidly against hard ground. http://snipurl.com/670e

STATE AIMS TO CUT GREENHOUSE GASES
from The Boston Globe
      Governor Mitt Romney plans to unveil a comprehensive agenda on climate
change today, which officials said would make Massachusetts the first state
to consider the impact on greenhouse gases when state regulators evaluate
highway projects and other public construction plans.
      Massachusetts, which was the first state to regulate carbon dioxide
emissions from power plants, would go further by basing its transportation
planning and funding decisions in part on the greenhouse gases that projects
would produce. The plan also suggests giving the owners of hybrid cars tax
breaks and the right to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes even without
passengers.
      The Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan represents the state's effort to
meet regional emissions goals that New England's governors and Eastern
Canada's premiers embraced in 2001.
http://snipurl.com/670f

GLOBAL WARMING IGNITES TEMPERS, EVEN IN A MOVIE
from The New York Times (Registration Required)
      LOS ANGELES, May 11 - Any studio that makes a $125 million movie 
about global warming is courting controversy. But 20th Century Fox 
does not seem to have fully anticipated the political firestorm being 
whipped up by its film "The Day After Tomorrow."
      Environmental advocates are using the film's release, scheduled 
for May 28, as an opening to slam the Bush administration, whose 
global warming policies they oppose.
      Industry groups in Washington are lobbying on Capitol Hill to 
make sure the film does not help passage of a bill limiting 
carbon-dioxide emissions, which many scientists say contribute to 
global warming.
http://snipurl.com/6btl


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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings

>SOLAS Science 2004: Travel Fund for Young Scientists
>Halifax, Canada, Oct 13-16 2004
>
>We are pleased to announce a call for applications for travel 
>support for young scientists wishing to attend SOLAS Science 2004. 
>The application form and more details can be found at: 
>http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/ss04/support/youngsupport.html
>
>** The deadline for us to receive completed application forms is 
>23rd May 2004 **
>
>The travel fund aims to support the attendance of the high quality, 
>young or early career scientists who could not otherwise attend, 
>with an emphasis on scientists from developing countries and regions 
>where SOLAS networks are not well developed.
>
>Please view the website above for full details of the call, or 
>contact solas at uea.ac.uk with any queries.
>
>Please circulate this message to any colleagues who might be interested.
>
>
>--
>Casey Ryan
>
>The Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study
>International Project Office
>School of Environmental Sciences
>University of East Anglia
>Norwich NR4 7TJ
>UK
>
>Tel: + 44 (0)1603 593 516
>Fax: +44 (0)1603 591327
>e-mail: casey.ryan at uea.ac.uk
http://www.solas-int.org

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Workshop Announcement
"Bridging the Poles: Education Linked with Research"
National Science Foundation
Office of Polar Programs
23 - 25 June 2004
Washington, D.C.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 1 June 2004

For further information, please contact the convenors:
Stephanie Pfirman (spfirman at barnard.columbia.edu)
Robin Bell (robinb at ldeo.columbia.edu)

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The goal of this workshop is to build stronger partnerships between
Arctic and Antarctic communities, and between education and polar
research in order to engage the next generation of scientists, engineers,
and leaders, and inspire and educate the general public. A report coming
out of the workshop will define future directions for polar education,
including needed infrastructure, that will also maximize the educational
impact of the International Polar Year beginning in 2007.

The workshop will identify strategies that will enable polar scientists
to conduct meaningful education and outreach, and for educators to
include polar research in their classrooms and outreach activities. The
audience that we will target runs from K through gray: elementary school
through undergraduate, and the general public.

Polar scientists and educators interested in attending this workshop or
being on our mailing list should send the following information to
Margie Turrin (mkt at ldeo.columbia.edu):

(1) Name
(2) Institution
(3) Address
(4) Email
(5) Phone
(6) Whether or not you are planning to attend the workshop
(7) Whether or not you are interested in contributing to the report but
unable to attend
(8) Brief Statement of interest (maximum 100 words)

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 1 June 2004

For further information, please contact the convenors:
Stephanie Pfirman (spfirman at barnard.columbia.edu)
Robin Bell (robinb at ldeo.columbia.edu)


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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.          
Biology Department                  Tel:   509-527-5948          
Whitman College                       Fax:  509-527-5961
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