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OECD, 2005. http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=3075118/cl=81/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/ U.S. Climate Policy: Toward a Sensible Center http://www.brookings.edu/int/research/projects/climateconference20040624a.htm SCIENCE NEWS Deep in the Oceans, Where it's Dark and Hot, Primitive Life Teems http://tinyurl.com/6m78s FORUM New Program - US Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program (SALE) Call For Entries: Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper-Division Geoscience Students http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/workshop05/index.html JOBS AAASFellows - Two job openings at the Heinz Center *************************************************** Resources Resources For Earth Science and Geography Instruction Mark Francek, GeoEd at http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi . Links are organized around the sequence of topics typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also vailable for a variety of animations, environmental science, earth science/geography education, career opportunities, and more. The sites selected are based on image quality, ease with which lesson plans can be developed, organization, authenticity, scope, and format. To subscribe, contact: Mark.Francek@cmich.edu A couple of links from Mark's site are described below: Gridded Population of the World CIESEN, Columbia University Over the past 10 years, substantial developments have been made in the rendering of human population data in a common georeferenced framework. This website is dedicated to the delivery of global population data and information produced at Columbia University. Find a variety of useful demographic data including most recent population estimates, urban extents, and other settlement patterns. Maps of individual countries are appealing. Data are available for download to GIS shapefile format. http://beta.sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/ NASA site for educators and students: NASA, (suggested by Dan Stillman, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies), this month’s Earth Explorers article on theNASA Portal -- “Judging the Ocean by its Cover” -- shines the spotlight on Lee Fu, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fu has been described as "perhaps one of the most important oceanographers using NASA satellite data to understand the ocean's role in climate and climate change." The February edition of Earth Explorers -- "It Takes a Village"-- details how young scientists in the United States and Denmark are learning the importance of international cooperation and communication. See how students, teachers and scientists are using NASA Earth science imagery and data to explore our changing planet. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/education/earth_explorers ******************** 2004 Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. Aon, 2005. Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi http://www.aon.com/about/publications/pdf/issues/rs_2005_01_annual_global_climate_504.pdf ******************** OECD Factbook 2005: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics. OECD, 2005. Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=3075118/cl=81/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/ ******************** U.S. Climate Policy: Toward a Sensible Center Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi (Transcripts of a conference sponsored jointly by Brookings and Pew), 2004. http://www.brookings.edu/int/research/projects/climateconference20040624a.htm *************************************************** Science News Check out this section both for news tidbits, and for examples of how to communicate science to a non-scientist audience Deep in the Oceans, Where it's Dark and Hot, Primitive Life Teems from San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News Deep beneath the oceans of the world, in the cold and dark here sunlight never penetrates, scientists are discovering that deep clefts in half-molten rock are teeming with life -- vast populations of primitive microscopic organisms that thrive on the intense heat, obtain their energy from chemicals alone, and provide food for other creatures higher up the sea's food chain. Down there, great slabs of the Earth's crust are heaving and splitting apart. Viscous rock thrusts up from the mantle beneath to create networks of conduits where seawater circulates at brutally hot temperatures. In some places, undersea volcanoes spurt lava onto the sea floor from the crests of long ridges that mark the crustal gaps, or "spreading centers" as they're called. Scientists have only recently found that hillsides in the abyss miles from the spreading centers also vent volcanic heat -- and harbor wide varieties of microbes.http://tinyurl.com/6m78s *************************************************** Forum New Program - US Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program (SALE) For further information, please contact: Chuck Kennicutt, SALE Program Office m-kennicutt@tamu.edu Subglacial Antarctic lake environments (SALE) have attracted great scientific and lay public interest in recent years. SALE will be a focus of scientific and engineering exploration and research in Antarctica for the next decade or more. It is also highly likely that SALE will be a major focus for the IPY 2007-2009 scientific theme - "exploring new frontiers". Now is the time for the US Antarctic science community to better organize and coordinate their efforts in this important and emerging arena of polar science, engineering, and education. To better organize US efforts, Texas A&M University has agreed to establish a SALE Program Office (PO) to provide focus and coordination for all aspects of SALE exploration and research.Shortly a web site will be launched to provide a central location for SALE activities. ******************** Call For Entries: Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc When the left brain collaborates with the right brain, science merges with art to enhance communication and understanding of research results – illustrating concepts, depicting phenomena, drawing conclusions. The National Science Foundation and Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, invite you to participate in the annual Science and Engineering Visualization challenge. The competition recognizes scientists, engineers, visualization specialists and artists for producing or commissioning innovative work in visual communications. The entry Deadline is May 31, 2005. Awards Categories: Photos/Still Images, Illustration, Explanatory Graphics, Interactive Media, Non-interactive media. First place awards in each category will be published in the September 23, 2005 issue of Science and Science Online and displayed on the NSF web site. *************************************************** Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper-Division Geoscience Students. If you teach a surface processes/geomorphology course, a climate and global change course, or a course that address aspects of these topics, and are interested in sharing high-quality quantitative teaching materials, please consider applying for this workshop. The workshop will take place at Carleton College June 27-29, 2005, providing an unusual opportunity for faculty to focus on how we teach quantitative skills to undergraduate geoscience majors. The workshop is sponsored by the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE). A more extensive description of the workshop can be found at the workshop website http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/workshop05/index.html *************************************************** Jobs for PhDs http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/ AAASFellows - Two job openings at the Heinz Center: The Heinz Center is seeking candidates for two positions. One is a full time permanent staff position with the Heinz Center. The other is a 9-12 month term position formally affiliated with the National Research Council, but in which the candidate will work jointly with the Heinz Center and NRC. Research Associate (full time permanent): Seeking candidate with Masters or PhD in natural science or public policy (with environmental or natural resources background) and 3-5 years experience. The Heinz Center is working to complete the second edition of The State of the Nation's Ecosystems, which requires coordinating the efforts of a large number of collaborators, analysis and testing of indicator designs, selection and assessment of data sources, and writing and producing the report, associated website, etc. Position involves widely varied responsibilities on a small project team. Selected candidate will work on all aspects of the project, be given lead responsibility for developing specific elements, and have significant direct involvement with multi-sector committees. Position demands ability to grasp technical aspects of new issues very quickly; willingness to work on issues dealing with multiple terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem types; ability to work with committees with widely disparate views and backgrounds; and good written and oral communications skills. The Heinz Center is a non-profit organization that conducts policy-relevant environmental research in collaboration with business, environmental organizations, academia, and government. www.heinzctr.org; http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems. Please provide cover letter and resume / CV to Robin O'Malley, Program Director, omalley@heinzctr.org, or fax to 202-737-6410. Research Associate (term position, 9 months): The Heinz Center, in collaboration with the National Academies, is seeking a candidate for a term (9 month) position, with potential for longer term engagement. The project involves selection and refinement of key indicators of environmental condition at the national level, as a component of the Key National Indicators Initiative (www.keyindicators.org), which will also include indicators of social and economic conditions. The ideal candidate will have a Masters degree and experience in dealing with indicators, environmental monitoring or related fields, and an interest in contributing to a large scale, high level national effort. Database skills a plus. Please send letters of interest and resume / CV to Robin O'Malley, Program Manager, The Heinz Center, omalley@heinzctr.org. The full position description for this job can be viewed on the NRC website (www.nationalacademies.org); position number 050042-7. Applicants must also submit their materials to the NRC for formal consideration for this position. ************************************************** 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 exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list. Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to phd@whitman.edu. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments. DIALOG and DISCCRS News 03/25/05
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Digital Image
Library https://www.fin.ucar.edu/ucardil/default.jsp
Grant Opportunity-Oceans and Human Health-National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/ann_ohh.html
SCIENCE NEWS
Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action and Landscape Change
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr05040
World Fish Stocks Strained, U.N. Says
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2005/2005-03-07-03.asp
Researchers Question Assumptions of Fisheries Management
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050223140858.htm
Seas' Chemistry, Currents Changing, Scientists Say
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-
hs.oceans04mar04,1,1452245.story?coll=bal-health-headlines
Senate Votes for ANWR Oil Drilling
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/16/arctic.drilling.ap/index.html
Global Warming Has Momentum, 2 Studies Show http://tinyurl.com/6fl7a
FORUM
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
New England Complex Systems Institute Announcements
http://necsi.net/education/school/summer05.html
JOBS
Postdoctoral Position: Biogeochemistry of Coral Bleaching
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Resources
University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (Ucar) Digital Image
Library
From Mark Francek, GeoEd
UCAR has put together a well-organized collection of images, with
accompanying descriptions, of the following weather and climate related
topics: climate change, clouds, computers, education, environment,
history, modeling, natural disasters, people, phenomena, radar,
research, pollution, satellite, solar, weather. Another option
available is to browse by your own term.
https://www.fin.ucar.edu/ucardil/default.jsp
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Grant Opportunity-Oceans and Human Health-National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
For further information, please go
to:http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/ann_ohh.html
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
pleased to announce an upcoming funding opportunity being made
available through the External Research Grants Program of NOAA's new
Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI). OHHI was formally authorized
by the Oceans and Human Health Act (OHHA) that was passed by Congress 8
December 2004. The External Research Grants Program is the largest of
several OHHI programs that are designed to enhance understanding of the
role of the oceans in human health, with the goal of providing useful
research and predictive information to NOAA, public health officials,
and natural resource managers. The OHHA defines oceans to include the
Great Lakes.
This funding opportunity is intended to engage the non-federal
research community in conducting research - across the physical,
chemical, biological, medical, public health, oceanographic, and social
sciences - on priority issues for OHHI. The Federal Register Notice
(FRN) that will officially announce the OHHI External Research Grants
Program funding opportunity is expected to be published by 25 March
2005 and possibly as early as 18 March. There will be a relatively
short period of time between the official posting of the FRN and the
proposal due date. This notice is intended to make you, your
membership, and interested others aware of the upcoming funding
opportunity, for planning purposes. If interested in this opportunity,
please check frequently for the official Federal Register Notice, in
order to have available the maximum proposal preparation time.
As soon as that Federal Register Notice is published, the associated
Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) will be available through the NOAA
websites:
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research http://www.cop.noaa.gov/
NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) at the NOAA Office of
Global Programs http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/mpe/ohi/index.htm
Additional background information on NOAA's OHHI and OHHI's External
Research Grants Program is available on the websites above.
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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
Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action and Landscape Change
from NSF Geosciences News Releases
Ever since we began clearing valleys and slopes for agriculture more
than 9,000 years ago, people have been altering landscapes. In the
cover article of the April-May issue of GSA Today, geologists
affiliated with the University of Vermont (UVM) explored the link
between human actions and landscape and found some good news and some
bad news.
UVM geologist Paul Bierman and his colleagues—including three
undergraduates—searched a web-based community archive of more than
10,000 images of Vermont landscapes from before 1810 to the present.
Part of UVM’s Landscape Change Program, the archive is filled with
rare images of rural areas and can be accessed online.
The Landscape Change Program has been supported by the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and the Lintilac Foundation.
“Our findings have significant environmental implications for
Vermont and New England in general,” said Bierman. “We found that
erosion is linked to clearing trees from hill slopes, which implies
that if New England were cleared of trees, sediment would again pour
off slopes and into streams and rivers.” But there's also good news:
corridors running along rivers and streams have improved markedly over
the past 30 years. “This is a positive environmental finding and one
that’s very good for stream health and the health of ecosystems in
streams,” he said.
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr05040
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World Fish Stocks Strained, U.N. Says
via SeaSpan
Seven of the top 10 marine fish species, accounting for about 30
percent of all capture fisheries production, are fully exploited or
overexploited, says the newest edition of a United Nations biennial
report--The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. Rebuilding
depleted wild fish stocks is a "challenging necessity," said the
report, issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). At
the same time, the report found, demand for fish will continue to rise.
The number of people earning an income from direct employment in
fisheries and aquaculture increased to about 38 million in 2002,
according to the report. When economic activity resulting indirectly
from fisheries production is accounted for, FAO estimates that the
sector supports around 200 million people worldwide. To restore fish
populations, the report recommends decreasing or temporarily stopping
fishing in overexploited fisheries, reducing degradation of underwater
environments, and actively rehabilitating damaged habitats. To read the
report, go to:
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/007/y5600e/
y5600e00.htm
SOURCE: ENS, March 8, 2005.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2005/2005-03-07-03.asp
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Researchers Question Assumptions of Fisheries Management
via SeaSpan
In a scientific double whammy, researchers report that fishing
pressure is causing fish to evolve to smaller sizes, just as new
studies show that larger fish are critical to sustaining populations.
In species such as Pacific rockfish, the big, old females not only
produce exponentially more eggs than younger, smaller females, but
their hearty larvae have a far greater chance of survival. Keeping
these big fish increases the chances of strong population numbers in
the next generation--which is paramount to the recovery of overfished
stocks. Representing three fisheries science sessions from the American
the AAAS meeting in February, Steve Berkeley of UC Santa Cruz, Larry
Crowder of Duke University, Andy Rosenberg of the University of New
Hampshire and a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, and
Jeremy Jackson of Scripps Institution of Oceanography highlight the
latest advances in genetics, biology, and evolutionary science that
point to new strategies for maintaining fisheries. Berkeley and his
collaborators have published recent papers on their research and its
implications for fisheries management.
SOURCES:
Science Daily, March 3, 2005;
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050223140858.htm
SeaWeb, February 19, 2005; http://www.seaweb.org
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Seas' Chemistry, Currents Changing, Scientists Say
via SeaSpan
Greenhouse gases are warming up our oceans, changing their chemistry
and threatening rainfall patterns that provide the planet with its
fresh water, scientists say. The gases that cause global warming are
sometimes given as factors in problems ranging from the strength of
hurricanes to altered wildlife habitats. But in what may be the most
comprehensive look yet at the oceans, a group of researchers recently
told a scientific conference that the marine impact is just as severe.
"In terms of global warming, the oceans are where the action is," said
Tim Barnett, an oceanographer at the Scripps Oceanographic Institution.
"The oceans are sort of a canary in the coal mine." The 1990s turned
out to be the warmest decade in the past 1,000 years, experts say. For
the in-depth story, go to:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-
hs.oceans04mar04,1,1452245.story?coll=bal-health-headlines
SOURCE: Dennis O'Brien: More than a drop in the ocean. The Baltimore
Sun, March 4, 2005
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Senate Votes for ANWR Oil Drilling
CNN Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Posted: 4:51 PM EST (2151 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline
prices, a sharply divided Senate on Wednesday voted to open the
ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a
major energy policy win for President Bush.
The Senate, by a 51-49 vote, rejected an attempt by Democrats and
GOP moderates to remove a refuge drilling provision from next year's
budget, preventing opponents from using a filibuster -- a tactic that
has blocked repeated past attempts to open the Alaska refuge to oil
companies.
The action, assuming Congress agrees on a budget, clears the way for
approving drilling in the refuge later this year, drilling supporters
said.
The oil industry has sought for more than two decades to get access
to what is believed to be billions of barrels of oil beneath the 1.5
million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in
the northern eastern corner of Alaska.
Environmentalists have fought such development and argued that
despite improve environmental controls a web of pipelines and drilling
platforms would harm calving caribou, polar bears and millions of
migratory birds that use the coastal plain.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/16/arctic.drilling.ap/index.html
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Global Warming Has Momentum, 2 Studies Show
from The Denver Post
Oceans will keep rising and the planet will keep warming for more
than a century, even if people were able to freeze greenhouse-gas
emissions at
today's levels, according to two new studies.
But keeping emissions steady is nearly impossible, given a growing
global population eager for fast cars and electricity, the authors
said.
North America could see more frequent spells of dangerously hot
weather and plagues of crop-eating insects, said one author of the new
reports,
published in Thursday's issue of the journal Science.
http://tinyurl.com/6fl7a
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
New England Complex Systems Institute Announcements
New Scheduled Programs (see details below)
Summer School 2005: June 6-10 & 12-16, 2005
Independent Study Program: June 20-24, 2005
Mastering Complexity in Healthcare: June 27, 2005
NECSI SUMMER SCHOOL 2005
Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
Modeling, Networks and Evolution of Complex Systems
Each program is the equivalent of a one semester course in a one
week format. They may be taken independently or consecutively. If
desired, arrangements for credit at a home institution should be made
in advance.
WEEK ONE: Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
Dates: June 6-10, 2005
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
This course offers an introduction to the essential concepts of
complex systems and related mathematical methods and simulation
strategies with application to physical, biological and social systems.
The course will particularly focus on the use of multiscale
representations as a unifying approach to complex systems concepts,
methods and applications.
Concepts to be discussed include: emergence, complexity, networks,
self-organization, pattern formation, evolution, adaptation, fractals,
chaos, cooperation, competition, attractors, interdependence, scaling,
dynamic response, information, and function.
Methods to be discussed include: statistical methods, cellular
automata, agent-based modeling, pattern recognition, system
representation and informatics.
WEEK TWO:
Modeling, Networks and Evolution of Complex Systems
Dates: June 12-16, 2005
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
This course offers a systematic study of three key complex systems
areas.
Modeling: "how to" build models of complex systems (physical,
biological, social and engineering).
Networks: network models of complex systems: nodes and links,
connectivity; topologies: small worlds, scale free, modular; dynamics
of networks.
Evolution: evolution in biology, social and engineered systems,
altruism and selfishness, speciation, diversity, and spatial models.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
These courses are intended for faculty, graduate students,
post-doctoral fellows and others who would like to gain an
understanding of the fundamentals of complex systems, and develop
methodological tools for conducting research in their respective
fields.
For more information and registration:
http://necsi.net/education/school/summer05.html
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM
Dates: June 20-24, 2005
Location: NECSI, Cambridge, MA
This program is designed as a follow-on to the summer school. It is
intended for those who would like to continue work on research
projects, including quantitative or qualitative development and
application of complex systems concepts to specific problems in the
physical, biological, social and engineered systems. It will run as a
faculty supervised directed study.
If you are interested in this study program send an e-mail to
programs at necsi.org.
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Jobs for PhDs
http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/
Postdoctoral position: biogeochemistry of coral bleaching
Two-year postdoc position to work on biogeochemistry of coral
bleaching using pulse-chase isotope labeling experiments. Analyses
include a combination of bulk stable isotope and compound-specific
lipid isotope measurements. Research includes up to three continuous
months of fieldwork
in Hawaii, several two-week trips back to the field, and intensive
laboratory analyses. Candidates must hold a PhD, have experience with
stable isotope analyses, and relevant fieldwork. Experience working
with corals and lipid extractions desirable. This position is part of
a collaborative project between Drs. Andrea Grottoli (University of
Pennsylvania, grottoli at sas.upenn.edu; www.sas.upenn.edu/~grottoli/) and
Tamara Pease (The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science
Institute, tamara at utmsi.utexas.edu;
www.utmsi.utexas.edu/people/staff/pease.htm).
Position begins July 1, 2005, contingent upon funding. Please send
CV, statement of research interests, names and contact information of
three
references, and copies of two publications either by regular mail or
electronically to:
Andrea Grottoli, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and
Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania 240 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316 grottoli at sas.upenn.edu.
Applications will be accepted until April 25, 2005. Both the
University of Pennsylvania and The University of Texas at Austin are
Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employers.
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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 exchange of information and
opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views
and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding
agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit
or reject material submitted to the list.
Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
phd at whitman.edu. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail
message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.
Moving? Send address changes to dialog at whitman.edu or
disccrs at whitman.edu
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler at whitman.edu
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
DIALOG poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf
DISCCRS poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf
Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates
in a Changing Global Environment
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OECD, 2005. http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=3075118/cl=81/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/ U.S. Climate Policy: Toward a Sensible Center http://www.brookings.edu/int/research/projects/climateconference20040624a.htm SCIENCE NEWS Deep in the Oceans, Where it's Dark and Hot, Primitive Life Teems http://tinyurl.com/6m78s FORUM New Program - US Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program (SALE) Call For Entries: Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper-Division Geoscience Students http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/workshop05/index.html JOBS AAASFellows - Two job openings at the Heinz Center *************************************************** Resources Resources For Earth Science and Geography Instruction Mark Francek, GeoEd at http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi . Links are organized around the sequence of topics typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also vailable for a variety of animations, environmental science, earth science/geography education, career opportunities, and more. The sites selected are based on image quality, ease with which lesson plans can be developed, organization, authenticity, scope, and format. To subscribe, contact: Mark.Francek@cmich.edu A couple of links from Mark's site are described below: Gridded Population of the World CIESEN, Columbia University Over the past 10 years, substantial developments have been made in the rendering of human population data in a common georeferenced framework. This website is dedicated to the delivery of global population data and information produced at Columbia University. Find a variety of useful demographic data including most recent population estimates, urban extents, and other settlement patterns. Maps of individual countries are appealing. Data are available for download to GIS shapefile format. http://beta.sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/ NASA site for educators and students: NASA, (suggested by Dan Stillman, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies), this month’s Earth Explorers article on theNASA Portal -- “Judging the Ocean by its Cover” -- shines the spotlight on Lee Fu, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fu has been described as "perhaps one of the most important oceanographers using NASA satellite data to understand the ocean's role in climate and climate change." The February edition of Earth Explorers -- "It Takes a Village"-- details how young scientists in the United States and Denmark are learning the importance of international cooperation and communication. See how students, teachers and scientists are using NASA Earth science imagery and data to explore our changing planet. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/education/earth_explorers ******************** 2004 Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. Aon, 2005. Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi http://www.aon.com/about/publications/pdf/issues/rs_2005_01_annual_global_climate_504.pdf ******************** OECD Factbook 2005: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics. OECD, 2005. Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=3075118/cl=81/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/ ******************** U.S. Climate Policy: Toward a Sensible Center Courtesy of Stephani Bianchi (Transcripts of a conference sponsored jointly by Brookings and Pew), 2004. http://www.brookings.edu/int/research/projects/climateconference20040624a.htm *************************************************** Science News Check out this section both for news tidbits, and for examples of how to communicate science to a non-scientist audience Deep in the Oceans, Where it's Dark and Hot, Primitive Life Teems from San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News Deep beneath the oceans of the world, in the cold and dark here sunlight never penetrates, scientists are discovering that deep clefts in half-molten rock are teeming with life -- vast populations of primitive microscopic organisms that thrive on the intense heat, obtain their energy from chemicals alone, and provide food for other creatures higher up the sea's food chain. Down there, great slabs of the Earth's crust are heaving and splitting apart. Viscous rock thrusts up from the mantle beneath to create networks of conduits where seawater circulates at brutally hot temperatures. In some places, undersea volcanoes spurt lava onto the sea floor from the crests of long ridges that mark the crustal gaps, or "spreading centers" as they're called. Scientists have only recently found that hillsides in the abyss miles from the spreading centers also vent volcanic heat -- and harbor wide varieties of microbes.http://tinyurl.com/6m78s *************************************************** Forum New Program - US Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program (SALE) For further information, please contact: Chuck Kennicutt, SALE Program Office m-kennicutt@tamu.edu Subglacial Antarctic lake environments (SALE) have attracted great scientific and lay public interest in recent years. SALE will be a focus of scientific and engineering exploration and research in Antarctica for the next decade or more. It is also highly likely that SALE will be a major focus for the IPY 2007-2009 scientific theme - "exploring new frontiers". Now is the time for the US Antarctic science community to better organize and coordinate their efforts in this important and emerging arena of polar science, engineering, and education. To better organize US efforts, Texas A&M University has agreed to establish a SALE Program Office (PO) to provide focus and coordination for all aspects of SALE exploration and research.Shortly a web site will be launched to provide a central location for SALE activities. ******************** Call For Entries: Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc When the left brain collaborates with the right brain, science merges with art to enhance communication and understanding of research results – illustrating concepts, depicting phenomena, drawing conclusions. The National Science Foundation and Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, invite you to participate in the annual Science and Engineering Visualization challenge. The competition recognizes scientists, engineers, visualization specialists and artists for producing or commissioning innovative work in visual communications. The entry Deadline is May 31, 2005. Awards Categories: Photos/Still Images, Illustration, Explanatory Graphics, Interactive Media, Non-interactive media. First place awards in each category will be published in the September 23, 2005 issue of Science and Science Online and displayed on the NSF web site. *************************************************** Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper-Division Geoscience Students. If you teach a surface processes/geomorphology course, a climate and global change course, or a course that address aspects of these topics, and are interested in sharing high-quality quantitative teaching materials, please consider applying for this workshop. The workshop will take place at Carleton College June 27-29, 2005, providing an unusual opportunity for faculty to focus on how we teach quantitative skills to undergraduate geoscience majors. The workshop is sponsored by the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE). A more extensive description of the workshop can be found at the workshop website http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/workshop05/index.html *************************************************** Jobs for PhDs http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/ AAASFellows - Two job openings at the Heinz Center: The Heinz Center is seeking candidates for two positions. One is a full time permanent staff position with the Heinz Center. The other is a 9-12 month term position formally affiliated with the National Research Council, but in which the candidate will work jointly with the Heinz Center and NRC. Research Associate (full time permanent): Seeking candidate with Masters or PhD in natural science or public policy (with environmental or natural resources background) and 3-5 years experience. The Heinz Center is working to complete the second edition of The State of the Nation's Ecosystems, which requires coordinating the efforts of a large number of collaborators, analysis and testing of indicator designs, selection and assessment of data sources, and writing and producing the report, associated website, etc. Position involves widely varied responsibilities on a small project team. Selected candidate will work on all aspects of the project, be given lead responsibility for developing specific elements, and have significant direct involvement with multi-sector committees. Position demands ability to grasp technical aspects of new issues very quickly; willingness to work on issues dealing with multiple terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem types; ability to work with committees with widely disparate views and backgrounds; and good written and oral communications skills. The Heinz Center is a non-profit organization that conducts policy-relevant environmental research in collaboration with business, environmental organizations, academia, and government. www.heinzctr.org; http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems. Please provide cover letter and resume / CV to Robin O'Malley, Program Director, omalley@heinzctr.org, or fax to 202-737-6410. Research Associate (term position, 9 months): The Heinz Center, in collaboration with the National Academies, is seeking a candidate for a term (9 month) position, with potential for longer term engagement. The project involves selection and refinement of key indicators of environmental condition at the national level, as a component of the Key National Indicators Initiative (www.keyindicators.org), which will also include indicators of social and economic conditions. The ideal candidate will have a Masters degree and experience in dealing with indicators, environmental monitoring or related fields, and an interest in contributing to a large scale, high level national effort. Database skills a plus. Please send letters of interest and resume / CV to Robin O'Malley, Program Manager, The Heinz Center, omalley@heinzctr.org. The full position description for this job can be viewed on the NRC website (www.nationalacademies.org); position number 050042-7. Applicants must also submit their materials to the NRC for formal consideration for this position. ************************************************** 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 exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list. Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to phd@whitman.edu. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments. DIALOG and DISCCRS News 03/25/05
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