[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 03/25/05

[Weiler, C. Susan]

DIALOG and Disccrs News
03/25/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
Resources For Earth Science and Geography Instruction  
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi
2004 Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. Aon, 2005.  
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.  
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

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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 at 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
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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
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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/
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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
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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


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
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Forum

New Program - US Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program (SALE)
For further information, please contact: Chuck Kennicutt, SALE Program  
Office m-kennicutt at 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.
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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.
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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
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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 at 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 at 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.
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information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in  
interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to  
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provides an international forum for the exchange of information and  
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.          
Office for Earth System Studies    Tel:   509-527-5948          
Whitman College                          Fax:  509-527-5961
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