[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 03/31/05
Weiler, C. Susan
weilercs at whitman.edu
Thu Mar 31 15:51:03 CST 2005
DIALOG and Disccrs News
03/31/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
Communicating Urgency, Facilitating Social Change
http://www.isse.ucar.edu/communication
Resources for Earth Science and Geography http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi
New Interdisciplinary Journal, Ecological Complexity
http://www.environmental-expert.com/magazine/elsevier/ecocom/
SCIENCE NEWS
Stanford Team Isolates Fish Gene
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/25/
MNGMPBUKV81.DT
Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for Radical Changes
http://snipurl.com/dqnp
Fish Farms Tied in Study to Imperiling Wild Salmon
http://snipurl.com/dqnz
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
Volunteer for ORION Executive Steering Committee
http://www.orionprogram.org/
JOBS
Postdoctoral positions on Red Tide Blooms, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Resources
Communicating Urgency, Facilitating Social Change
New Strategies for Climate Change.
Workshop Report by Susi Moser and Lisa Dilling. Actions aimed at
reducing the pace and impacts of climate change are now occurring at a
variety of scales in the public and private sectors – mostly in
enclaves of progressive businesses, organizations, states and
communities. Yet, evidence shows that traditional means of
communicating climate change continue to be largely ineffective at
reaching the broader public and stimulating behavioral/personal,
organizational/ institutional change at a broader scale. While a large
majority of Americans now know and are concerned about climate change,
most do not feel a sense of urgency to act on the problem.
• Why – if people know about climate change – is there no sense of
urgency?
• How have communicators of climate change succeeded or failed in
conveying the challenge of climate change?
• Can better communication of climate change lead to more concerted
societal response to the problem, and if so, what and how should
communicators talk about climate change?
• What other factors hinder or facilitate societal response and
social change?
With sponsorship from the MacArthur Foundation, Susanne Moser (NCAR)
and Lisa Dilling (University of Colorado-Boulder) organized an
exciting, interdisciplinary workshop at the nexus of climate change,
risk communication, and behavior and social change. The Workshop was
held 8-11 June, 2004, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, Colorado.
The main goal of the workshop was to provide a forum for exchange
and discussion among previously largely separate areas of expertise
pertaining to climate change communication and social/behavior change.
The workshop brought together over 40 academics and practitioners to
develop a solid foundation for a research and action agenda. A first
synthesis article was published in the December, 2004 issue of
Environment (see
http://www.isse.ucar.edu/communication/publications.htm). Susi and
Lisa are now co-editors of an anthology on the state of knowledge at
this interdisciplinary intersection. Many of the workshop participants
are contributing to the book.
For further information on the workshop, project, publications, and
the forthcoming edited volume, see
http://www.isse.ucar.edu/communication or contact Susi at
smoser at ucar.edu or Lisa at ldilling at cires.colorado.edu.
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Resources for Earth Science and Geography
Instruction at http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi .
This site has links organized around the sequence of topics
typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography
class. Links are also available 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. Please contact Mark Francek,
Mark.Francek at cmich.edu to add a new subscriber, remove a subscriber, or
suggest a site to be listed.
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New Interdisciplinary Journal, Ecological Complexity
Ecological Complexity, a new international journal published by
Elsevier Press, was launched last year. Its purpose is to disseminate
information and significant contributions on the most interdisciplinary
or multi-disciplinary research, complex systems approaches and
quantitative modeling applications dealing with coupled human and
natural systems, and theoretical ecology. For more information, see
http://www.environmental-expert.com/magazine/elsevier/ecocom/
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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
Stanford Team Isolates Fish Gene
from San Francisco Chronicle
Consider the rapid evolution of the armor-plated threespine
stickleback, a curious little fish that Stanford biologist David M.
Kingsley is setting out to study once more in its local home patch just
below the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River near Fresno.
Kingsley and his team of graduate students and lab colleagues will
haul their traps to the river Monday and don their hip waders for
another round of collecting in a path-breaking research project that is
revealing how evolution can rapidly alter the structure of living
organisms -- even one gene at a time.
Kingsley is a developmental biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical
Institute investigator at Stanford's medical school, and he and his
colleagues are publishing a major report on their latest discovery in
stickleback genetics today in the journal Science. But they're already
set to move on, seeking still more discoveries.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/25/
MNGMPBUKV81.DT
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Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for Radical Changes
The Washington Post (Registration Required) via Sigma Xi Science in the
News Many of the world's ecosystems are in danger and might not support
future generations unless radical measures are implemented to protect
and revive them, according to the most comprehensive analysis ever
conducted of how the world's oceans, dry lands, forests and species
interact and depend on one another.
The new report collates research from many specific locales to
create the first global snapshot of ecosystems. More than 1,300 authors
from 95 countries participated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,
whose results are being made public today by the United Nations and by
several private and public organizations.
"Only by understanding the environment and how it works, can we make
the necessary decisions to protect it," said U.N. Secretary General
Kofi Annan in a statement marking the report's release. "Only by
valuing all our precious natural and human resources, can we hope to
build a sustainable future." http://snipurl.com/dqnp
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Fish Farms Tied in Study to Imperiling Wild Salmon
From The New York Times (Registration Required) via Sigma Xi Science in
the News
Fisheries experts have known for some time that farm-raised salmon
can be vulnerable to infestations of parasites called sea lice, but
there has been disagreement about the extent to which the parasites
spread to wild fish, especially in the waters off British Columbia and
the Pacific Northwest.
Now Canadian researchers suggest that fish farms are such prodigious
producers of parasites that juvenile fish become very heavily infested
just by swimming near them. In fact, their model suggests, the young
fish are so heavily affected that they may turn into secondary sources
of infestation for other wild fish out at sea.
The new findings, by Martin Krkosek and Mark A. Lewis of the
University of Alberta and John P. Volpe, a former colleague there who
is now at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, are described
in the current issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a British
journal. http://snipurl.com/dqnz
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Volunteer for ORION Executive Steering Committee
NSF seeks volunteers to serve on the Education and Public Awareness
Committee of the Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks
(ORION) Executive Steering Committee. See
http://www.orionprogram.org/. If interested, please contact Susan Cook
(scook at coreocean.org).
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Jobs for PhDs
http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/
Postdoctoral positions on Red Tide Blooms, Florida Gulf Coast University
The Biotechnology Program at Florida Gulf Coast University invites
applications for 1-2 postdoctoral positions in the area of initiation
and control of Red Tide Blooms. We are looking for applicants with
skills in plant/algal molecular biology and biochemistry. We are
seeking self-starters with broad research interests to join a growing
cross-disciplinary biotechnology program with active collaborations
with other institutions and the private sector. The postdoctoral
experiences will also provide opportunities for mentoring of
undergraduate research and participation in team-taught undergraduate
courses in biotechnology. The Biotechnology Program has 24 faculty with
broad interests (see Biotechnology web site:
http://www.fgcu.edu/cas/biotech). A new Core Research Facility with
state-of-the-art molecular biology, analytical chemistry and
computational chemistry facilities has been established for the
Program. Applicants must have received their PhD from an accredited
institution in the position discipline or related discipline and have
evidence of successful research activities (refereed publications).
Initial appointments will be for one year with the opportunity for
renewal upon satisfactory performance. All applications should include:
1) A brief letter indicating interest in the red tide positions.
2) A current Curriculum Vitae
3) Contact information for three references
Electronic submission of applications to ralberte at fgcu.edu is
preferred. Mail submissions should be addressed to Randall S. Alberte,
Director of Biotechnology, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU
Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965. Review of applications will begin on
15 April 2005. Florida Gulf Coast University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged
to apply.
Randall S. Alberte, Allan D. Shapiro, Biotechnology Program, Florida
Gulf Coast University
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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.
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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
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