[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 01/28/2005
Susan Weiler
weilercs at whitman.edu
Fri Jan 28 13:59:00 CST 2005
DIALOG and Disccrs News
01/28/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
NCAR Faculty Fellowship Program supports visits
to NCAR http://www.asp.ucar.edu/ffp
SCIENCE NEWS
Effects of Ocean Fertilization with Iron to
Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere
Reported
http://www.whoi.edu/media/buesseler_iron_fertilization.html
Antarctica, Warming, Looks Ever More Vulnerable http://snipurl.com/ca4u
Computer Models Indicate Global Warming http://snipurl.com/cc30
Scientists Debate Climate Change Amic Stark
Warnings
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7440311
FORUM
Top 25 jobs according to Fast Company
http://biz.yahoo.com/special/bestjobs05.html
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course for
Biological Oceanographers
http://www.eas.cornell.edu/ocean/rs_course
JOBS
SOLAS International Project Office Position
http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/PO_ad.html
NSF Position Announcement-Program Director for
Diversity and Education, Geosciences Directorate
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/e20050008/e20050008.txt
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Resources
NCAR Faculty Fellowship Program supports visits to NCAR
University faculty interested in visiting NCAR
between 1 June 2005 and 31 May 2006 are invited
to apply to the Faculty Fellowship Program.
Operated by the NCAR Advanced Study Program
(ASP), this effort provides opportunities to
foster fruitful and lasting intellectual
collaborations and partnerships between
university faculty and the NCAR staff. All
faculty employed full time at a college or
university are eligible; those from UCAR member
institutions and academic affiliates are strongly
encouraged to apply. Durations of stay at NCAR
range from three months to one year.
Application deadline: 15 March
Contact: Scott Briggs, NCAR/ASP
303-497-1607, sbriggs at ucar.edu
http://www.asp.ucar.edu/ffp
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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
Effects of Ocean Fertilization with Iron to
Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere Reported
April 16, 2004
Media Relations Office
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dumping iron in the ocean is known to spur
the growth of plankton that remove carbon
dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere,
but a new study indicates iron fertilization may
not be the quick fix to climate problems that
some had hoped. Scientists have quantified the
transport of carbon from surface waters to the
deep ocean in response to fertilizing the ocean
with iron, an essential nutrient for marine
plants, or phytoplankton. Prior work suggested
that in some ocean regions, marine phytoplankton
grow faster with the addition of iron, thus
taking up more carbon dioxide. However, until
now, no one has been able to accurately quantify
how much of the carbon in these plants is removed
to the deep ocean.
To read more : http://www.whoi.edu/media/buesseler_iron_fertilization.html
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Antarctica, Warming, Looks Ever More Vulnerable
from The New York Times (Registration Required)
courtesy of Sigma Xi Science in the News
OVER THE ABBOTT ICE SHELF, Antarctica - From
an airplane at 500 feet, all that is visible here
is a vast white emptiness. Ahead, a chalky plain
stretches as far as the eye can see, the monotony
broken only by a few gentle rises and the
wrinkles created when new sheets of ice form.
Under the surface of that ice, though,
profound and potentially troubling changes are
taking place, and at a quickened pace. With
temperatures climbing in parts of Antarctica in
recent years, melt water seems to be penetrating
deeper and deeper into ice crevices, weakening
immense and seemingly impregnable formations that
have developed over thousands of years.
As a result, huge glaciers in this and other
remote areas of Antarctica are thinning and ice
shelves the size of American states are either
disintegrating or retreating - all possible
indications of global warming. Scientists from
the British Antarctic Survey reported in December
that in some parts of the Antarctic Peninsula
hundreds of miles from here, large growths of
grass are appearing in places that until recently
were hidden under a frozen cloak.
http://snipurl.com/ca4u
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Computer Models Indicate Global Warming
from Newsday via Sigma Xi Science in the News
The world's climate may be more sensitive to
rising levels of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases than previously believed,
according to an unusual study that enlisted more
than 2,000 computer owners around the world.
David Stainforth, a research fellow at
Britain's Oxford University and the chief
scientist for climateprediction.net, said he
hoped his group's results would add a sense of
urgency to the issue rather than be construed as
"fear-mongering."
But the study, published Thursday in the
journal Nature, may further fuel the hot-button
debate over global warming, which reached a slow
boil with Monday's release of a separate report
warning that the warming trend is fast
approaching a critical point of no
return.http://snipurl.com/cc30
"An ecological time bomb is ticking away,"
said report co-chairman Stephen Byers, a
confidant of British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
in comments to The Associated Press. "World
leaders need to recognize that climate change is
the single most important long-term issue that
the planet faces."
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Scientists Debate Climate Change Amic Stark Warnings
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7440311
LONDON (Reuters) - World scientists gather
next week to discuss the climate change crisis
threatening the planet amid stark warnings that
the time for talking is over and action is
urgently needed.
But far from making any recommendations for
action to their political masters, the scientists
from 30 countries will review the state of
knowledge and try to define just what constitutes
"dangerous" levels of climate warming.
"We will not try to come up with a consensus
number on what should be a target. That is a job
for the politicians," conference chairman Dennis
Tirpak said Wednesday.
"The purpose is to have a debate of the
scientific facts. We will collect the best
information we have to give to the politicians
... but don't expect to make any
recommendations," he told reporters.
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Forum
Top 25 jobs according to Fast Company
Submitted by Sue Weiler
I'm not advocating this as a reliable site by
any means, but I thought some of you might be
interested in how the business community views
jobs--the Fast Company used four criteria: job
growth, salary potential, education and room for
innovation.
http://biz.yahoo.com/special/bestjobs05.html
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course for Biological Oceanographers
June 3 -17, 2005, Cornell University
Submitted by Bruce Monger
Many biological oceanographers have ongoing
research that would benefit from the addition of
a satellite remote sensing perspective. A
significant number of these people, however, are
prevented from using satellite data in their
research because they lack the training needed to
make easy and effective use of satellite data.
Even people beginning a research career that is
specifically devoted to satellite remote sensing
can be slowed down initially because they lack
some basic skills. To address this problem, a
2-week summer training course is being offered to
people who may have little or no prior experience
with satellite remote sensing. The goal of the
training course is to teach participants the
skills needed to work independently to acquire
data sets derived from a variety of satellite
sensors (SeaWiFS, MODIS, AVHRR, QuikSCAT and
Topex-Poseidon) and to merge these data sets to
examine biological response to changes in the
physical environment. The training course is open
to advanced undergraduate students, graduate
students and post-graduate professionals. Past
computer programming experience is desirable, but
by no means required. For more information about
the course - including a course syllabus and
instructions on how to apply, visit
http://www.eas.cornell.edu/ocean/rs_course. The
application deadline is May 1, 2005.
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Jobs for PhDs
http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/
NSF Position Announcement-Program Director for
Diversity and Education, Geosciences Directorate
Application Deadline Extended: Monday, 14 February 2005
The Geosciences Directorate at the National
Science Foundation is hiring for the position of
Program Director for Diversity and Education. The
position is being advertised as both an IPA (1-2
years through the Intergovernmental Personnel
Act) and as a permanent position.
The application deadline has been extended to Monday, 14 February 2005.
For complete information, see the announcement
at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/e20050008/e20050008.txt
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SOLAS International Project Office Position
We are pleased to announce that we are looking
to recruit a second member of staff in the SOLAS
international project office. The Project Officer
will assist the newly appointed Executive Officer
in running SOLAS on a day-to-day basis.
A person suitable for the post will have a BSc
in a relevant discipline, and appropriate
postgraduate experience. They will have excellent
personal and presentational skills. Fluent
written and spoken English are prerequisites, as
is a high level of electronic communication
ability.
This post is for up to 4 and a half years from
mid 2005 and is based in Norwich, UK. It will
involve some international travel. Starting
salary will be in the range of £19,460 to £23,643
per annum, depending on the experience and
qualifications the post holder brings to the
role, on the Research and Analogous 1A salary
scale. Interviews for this post will be held on 4
March 2005.
For more details, see http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/PO_ad.html
Informal enquires should be made to Professor
Peter Liss, Tel: +44 (0)1603 592563; e-mail:
p.liss at uea.ac.uk
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This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan
Weiler to distribute 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
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