[DIALOGnews] DIALOG/DISCCRS News 08/26/2005
Susan Weiler
weilercs at whitman.edu
Fri Aug 26 17:23:32 CDT 2005
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
08/26/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
Water Facts and Trends: What's happening to the world's water supply?
http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=16199
SCIENCE NEWS
Illegal Destruction of Coral Reefs Worse than Tsunami
Scientists Track Alien Seaweed In Hawaii
http://tinyurl.com/ac5nw
Arctic Ocean Could Be Ice-Free in Summer Within 100 Years, Scientists
Say
Panel Sees Growing Melting Arctic Threat
http://tinyurl.com/alqgy
Wave of Marine Species Extinctions Feared
FORUM
United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
11th Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy
http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/Fakultaeten/WWF/Lehrstuehle/VWF/icp.de
One-Week Training Workshop in Ecoinformatics
http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/
Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation: Knowledge Needed To
Support Development Of Integrated Adaptation Strategies
http://www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/e-conference.htm
Young Scientist Sessions at AGU
JOBS
Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of
Environmental Science/studies and Policy.
http://www.uacareertrack.com
Post Doctoral Fellow - Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS)
http://nationalacademies.wfrecruiter.com/jobs_details1.asp?
Job_id=49731
Washington Correspondent
http://www.researchresearch.com
Staff Scientist, University of Innsbruck, Institute for Meteorology
and Geophysics
Postdoc position - Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) at The
Ohio State University
http://mbi.osu.edu
2006 NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/03gfdl.html
Marine Ecosystem Modeler
http://www.vims.edu
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Resources
Water Facts and Trends: What's happening to the world's water supply?
Read it online: http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?
type=DocDet&id=16199
Geneva, 23 August 2005 - Three quarters of the Earth’s surface
is covered in water, yet only half a per cent of the water on the
planet is available for use by humans. Where is this water located
and how is it being used? Are we draining this precious resource
faster than nature can replenish it?
The WBCSD's Water Facts and Trends addresses some of these
important questions. Brief, informative, and easy to understand, this
document provides a helpful overview for policy-makers, media and
individuals interested in what’s happening to the world’s water
supply.
The report looks at water use areas such as agriculture, industry
and individual consumption in different parts of the world, and where
stress in the water supply is likely to occur in the coming years.
According to the report:
- Industry accounts for over half of water use in high-income
countries
- People in the United States use an average of 215 cubic meters
per year; in Mali the average consumption is just 4 cubic meters
- Irrigation accounts for over 90% of water use in India, but
less than 1% in the United Kingdom
- Between 1957 and 2001 over 60% of the Aral Sea in Russia
disappeared. This occurred as a result of two inflowing rivers being
diverted to irrigate water-intensive cotton and rice crops
- Globally, roughly 15 to 35% of the water used for irrigation is
estimated to be unsustainable
The report goes on to identify several trends that will affect
fresh water use in the coming decades. These include population
growth, increasing affluence, expansion of business activity, rapid
urbanization and climate change.
The Millennium Development Goals make an explicit commitment to
halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water
by 2015. Access to water is also essential to many of the other
goals – such as the commitments to improve maternal health and
reduce child mortality, according to Robert Martin, Director of the
Water Programme at the WBCSD.
“Water Facts and Trends is intended to help individuals in
business, government and all sectors of society understand the key
issues underlying the global water situation and to promote
constructive dialogue on what can be done to ensure sustainable water
management,” Martin says.
Download Water Facts and Trends at http://www.wbcsd.org/web/
publications/Water_facts_and_trends.pdf
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Science News
Illegal Destruction of Coral Reefs Worse than Tsunami
Press Release, American Geophysical Union 05/29
WASHINGTON - The illegal mining of corals off the southwest coast
of Sri Lanka permitted far more onshore destruction from the 26
December2004 tsunami than occurred in nearby areas whose coral reefs
were intact. This is the principal finding of a team of researchers
from the United States and Sri Lanka who studied the area earlier
this year. Their report is published in the 16 August issue of Eos,
the newspaper of the American Geophysical Union.
Some of the differences were startling. Lead author Harindra
Fernando of Arizona State University reports that in the town of
Peraliya, a wave of 10-meter [30-foot] height swept 1.5 kilometers
[one mile] inland, carrying a passenger train about 50 meters [200
feet] off its tracks, with a death toll of 1,700. Yet, a mere three
kilometers [two miles] south, in Hikkaduwa, the tsunami measured just
2-3 meters [7-10 feet] in height, traveled only 50 meters [200 feet]
inland, and caused no deaths.
The researchers found that this pattern of patchy inundation to
be characteristic of the study area and was not related to such
coastline features as headlands, bays, and river channels. Rather,
the key factor was the presence or absence of coral and rock reefs
offshore. At Hikkaduwa, the hotel strip is fronted by a rock reef and
further protected by coral reefs that the local hoteliers protect and
nurture, the researchers report. Relatively little damage and few
deaths were recorded from there to Dodanduwa, around six kilometers
to the south.
From Hikkaduwa north to Akuralla, however, damage and loss of
life was extensive. Local residents, interviewed by the authors, say
that coral reefs in that area had been decimated by illegal mining,
especially by use of explosives that result in harvests of both coral
and fish.
Some eyewitnesses to the tsunami described a visible reduction in
the height of the water wall and its deflection parallel with the
shore as it approached the coral reef. The researchers conclude that
waves that had been blocked by the reef caused even more inundation
and damage where they found low resistance gaps due to removal of
coral by humans.
The scientists note that the brunt of the tsunami had hit Sri
Lanka's eastern shore, but that the southwestern, or leeward, side
had also been hit hard. Their analysis of the available data
concludes that two or three waves hit the area within an hour, having
been channeled and bent around the southern tip of the island, and
that another wave struck around two hours later, having bounced back
after hitting India or the Maldives. They say that existing computer
models cannot adequately explain or predict the wave amplitudes in
southwest Sri Lanka, likely due to small scale ocean processes,
including topographic variations due to coral removal, that are not
yet well understood.
The authors note that low-lying Maldives islands directly in the
path of the tsunami escaped destruction. They suggest that this may
have been due to the presence of healthy coral reefs surrounding the
islands. Apparently, in Sri Lanka, very little healthy coral was
damaged by the tsunami.
The research was funded by the BBC, which produced a documentary
film on the tsunami, the National Science Foundation, the Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Scientists Track Alien Seaweed In Hawaii
from Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News
HONOLULU --An alien seaweed introduced here 31 years ago has
spread rapidly throughout Hawaii and has even reached the remote,
unspoiled Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which has scientists worried.
Researchers on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's research ship Hiialakai were scheduled to leave
Friday in the first major effort to gauge the spread of Hypnea
musciformis. The study is part of a mission of the 10-day cruise
through the protected waters to educate science teachers about the
marine environment.
"If there is a lot, then we're going to have to do something
drastic like mount a campaign to go up there and haul it out of the
ocean," said Isabella Abbott, an award-winning botanist at the
University of Hawaii and the state's top seaweed expert. http://
tinyurl.com/ac5nw
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Arctic Ocean Could Be Ice-Free in Summer Within 100 Years, Scientists
Say
AGU Release No. 05-30
WASHINGTON - The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove
the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more
than one million years, according to a new report. The melting is
accelerating, and a team of researchers was unable to identify any
natural processes that might slow the de-icing of the Arctic.
Such substantial additional melting of Arctic glaciers and ice
sheets will raise sea level worldwide, flooding the coastal areas
where many of the world's people live. Melting sea ice has already
resulted in dramatic impacts for the indigenous people and animals in
the Arctic, which includes parts of Alaska, Canada, Russia,
Scandinavia, and Greenland.
The report is the result of week-long meeting of an
interdisciplinary team of scientists that examined how the Arctic
environment and climate interact and how that system would respond as
global temperatures rise. It was organized by the National Science
Foundation's Arctic System Science Committee, which is chaired by
Jonathan T. Overpeck of the University of Arizona. The report by
Overpeck, who also chaired the meeting, and 20 colleagues from the
United States and Canada is published 23 August in Eos, the weekly
newspaper of the American Geophysical Union.
"What really makes the Arctic different from the rest of the non-
polar world is the permanent ice in the ground, in the ocean, and on
land," said Overpeck "We see all of that ice melting already, and we
envision that it will melt back much more dramatically in the future,
as we move towards this more permanent ice-free state."
The past climates in the Arctic include glacial periods, where
sea ice coverage expanded and ice sheets extended into Northern
America and Europe, and warmer interglacial periods during which the
ice retreats, such as the past 10,000 years. By studying natural data
loggers such as ice cores and marine sediments, scientists have a
good idea what the "natural envelope" for Arctic climate variations
has been for the past million years, Overpeck said.
At the workshop, the team of scientists synthesized what is
currently known about the Arctic and defined key components that make
up the current system. They identified how the components interact,
including feedback loops that involve multiple parts of the system.
"In the past, researchers have tended to look at individual
components of the Arctic," said Overpeck. "What we did for the first
time is really look at how all of those components work together."
The team concluded that there were two major amplifying feedbacks
in the Arctic system, involving the interplay between sea and land
ice, ocean circulation in the North Atlantic, and the amounts of
precipitation and evaporation in the system. Such feedback loops
accelerate changes in the system, Overpeck explained. For example,
the white surface of sea ice reflects radiation from the Sun. As sea
ice melts, more solar radiation is absorbed by the dark ocean, which
heats up and results in yet more sea ice melting.
The scientists identified one feedback loop that could slow the
changes, but they did not see any natural mechanism that could stop
the dramatic loss of ice. "I think probably the biggest surprise of
the meeting was that no one could envision any interaction between
the components that would act naturally to stop the trajectory to the
new system," Overpeck said, adding that the group investigated
several possible braking mechanisms that had been previously suggested.
In addition to sea and land ice melting, Overpeck warned that
permafrost, the permanently frozen layer of soil that underlies much
of the Arctic landmass, will melt and eventually disappear in some
areas. Such thawing could release additional greenhouse gases stored
in the permafrost for thousands of years, which would amplify human-
induced climate change.
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Panel Sees Growing Melting Arctic Threat
from Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The rate of ice melting in the Arctic is
increasing and a panel of researchers says it sees no natural process
that is likely to change that trend.
Within a century the melting could lead to summertime ice-free
ocean conditions not seen in the area in a million years, the group
said Tuesday.
Melting of land-based glaciers could take much longer but could
raise the sea levels, potentially affecting coastal regions
worldwide. http://tinyurl.com/alqgy
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Wave of Marine Species Extinctions Feared
By Juliet Eilperin
The Washington PostMarine biologist Ellen K. Pikitch holds a
baby lemon shark on the island of Bimini, where the species' habitat
is shrinking because of development.
(Photo: Grant Johnson Photo)
Bimini, Bahamas - The bulldozers moved slowly at first. Picking
up speed, they pressed forward into a patch of dense mangrove trees
that buckled and splintered like twigs. As the machines moved on, the
pieces drifted out to sea.
Sitting in a small motorboat a few hundred yards offshore on a
mid-July afternoon, Samuel H. Gruber - a University of Miami
professor who has devoted more than two decades to studying the lemon
sharks that breed here - plunged into despondency. The mangroves
being ripped up to build a new resort provide food and protection
that the sharks can't get in the open ocean, and Gruber fears the worst.
"At the end of my career, I get to document the destruction of
the species I've been documenting for 20 years," he lamented as he
watched the bulldozers. "Wonderful."
Gruber's sentiments have become increasingly common in recent
years among a growing number of marine biologists, who find
themselves studying species in danger of disappearing. For years,
many scientists and regulators believed the oceans were so vast there
was little risk of marine species dying out. Now, some suspect the
world is on the cusp of what Ellen K. Pikitch, executive director of
the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, calls "a gathering wave of ocean
extinctions." Dozens of biologists believe the seas have reached a
tipping point, with scores of species of ocean-dwelling fish, birds
and mammals edging toward extinction. In the past 300 years,
researchers have documented the global extinction of just 21 marine
species - and 16 have occurred since 1972.
Since the 1700s, another 112 species have died out in particular
regions, and that trend, too, has accelerated since the mid-1960s:
Nearly two dozen shark species are close to disappearing, according
to the World Conservation Union, an international coalition of
government and advocacy groups.
"It's been a slow-motion disaster," said Boris Worm, a professor
at Canada's Dalhousie University, whose 2003 study that found that 90
percent of the top predator fish have vanished from the oceans. "It's
silent and invisible. People don't imagine this. It hasn't captured
our imagination, like the rain forest."
Many activists have focused on the plight of creatures such as
the ivory-billed woodpecker and the grizzly bear, but relatively few
have taken up the cause of marine species. Ocean dwellers are harder
to track, and some produce so many offspring they can seem
invulnerable. And, in the words of Ocean Conservancy shark fisheries
expert Sonja Fordham, often "they're not very fuzzy."
Although a number of previous extinctions involved birds and
marine mammals, it is the fate of many fish that worries experts. The
large-scale industrialization of the fishing industry after World War
II, a global boom in oceanfront development and a rise in global
temperatures are all causing fish populations to plummet.
"Extinctions happen in the ocean; the fossil record shows that
marine species have disappeared since life began in the sea," said
Elliott A. Norse, who heads the Marine Conservation Biology Institute
in Redmond, Wash. "The question is, are humans a major new force
causing marine extinctions? The evidence, and projections scientists
are making, suggest that the answer is yes."
Large-scale fishing accounts for more than half of the
documented fish extinctions in recent years, Nicholas K. Dulvy, a
scientist at Lowestoft Laboratory in England, wrote in 2003.
Destruction of habitats in which fish spawn or feed is responsible
for another third. Warmer ocean temperatures are another threat, as
some fish struggle to adapt to hotter and saltier water that can
attract new competitors.
But nothing has pushed marine life to the edge of extinction
more than aggressive fishing. Aided by technology - industrial
trawlers and factory ships deploy radar and sonar to scour the seas
with precision and drag nets the size of jumbo jets along the sea
floor - ocean fish catches tripled between 1950 and 1992.
In some cases, fishermen have intentionally exploited species
until they died out, such as the New Zealand grayling fish and the
Caribbean monk seal; other species have been accidental victims of
long lines or nets intended for other catches. Over the past two
decades, accidental bycatch alone accounted for an 89 percent decline
in hammerhead sharks in the Northeast Atlantic.
Today, sharks, along with sturgeon and sciaenids (known as
croakers or drums for the sounds they make undersea), are among the
most imperiled of the species that spend most of their lives in the
ocean.
Populations of sharks, skates and rays - creatures known as
elasmobranchs that evolved 400 million years ago and have skeletons
of cartilage, not bone - have difficulty rebounding because they
mature slowly and produce few offspring. Shark-fin soup, an Asian
delicacy that sells for more than $100 a bowl, has spurred
intensified shark hunting in recent years.
Despite the sturgeon's fecundity, overfishing and habitat
destruction have caused that population to dive as well. Beluga
sturgeon, the source of black caviar, release 360,000 to 7 million
eggs in a year, Pikitch noted, but they have declined 90 percent in
the past 20 years. Just this month, scientists in Kazakhstan reported
that they failed to find a single wild, reproducing beluga female,
leaving them with no eggs for hatcheries.
Croakers' large swim bladders - air-holding sacs that help them
maintain buoyancy - account for their imminent demise. Traditional
Chinese medicine prizes the bladders, and the sound they make when
pressed against vibrating muscles can reveal croakers' location to
fishermen through sonar.
"They've been survivors on an evolutionary scale, but they've
met their match, and it is us," said Pikitch, who writes about sharks
and sturgeon in an upcoming book, "State of the Wild 2006."
Despite scientists' warnings, American and international
authorities have been slow to protect marine species. The only U.S.
saltwater fish to make the protected list is a ray, the smalltooth
sawfish, which was added in 2003.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries
Service is charged with protecting 61 threatened or endangered marine
species. Director Bill Hogarth said his agency focuses on protecting
vulnerable populations so they will not have to be listed.
"That's our job - to make sure species don't wind up on the
endangered species list," he said.
But conservationists said NOAA officials are reluctant to
classify fish as endangered because doing so conflicts with the
agency's mission of promoting commercial fishing.
Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist at the advocacy group
Oceana, said he has repeatedly seen government officials provide
shifting estimates of how many threatened or endangered sea turtles
can acceptably die each year in eastern scallop fisheries.
"You never get an answer to the question how many turtles would
have to be killed before you would say, 'That's not okay,' " he said.
On Bimini, 50 miles from the Florida coast, Gruber is trying
unsuccessfully to stave off the golf resort that could bring 5,000
tourists a day. The island has just 1,600 residents but supports more
than a dozen shark species.
Based on an 11-year survey starting in the mid-1990s, Gruber
documented that between 2000 and 2001, during the heaviest dredging
of the ocean floor for the resort's construction, the survival rate
for lemon sharks fell 30 percent, and sharks in the dredging area had
higher toxin levels. He has yet to assess the impact of the mangrove
destruction, which began on a large scale this year.
The president of the Bimini Bay Resort and Casino, Rafael Reyes,
said he understands the concern but questions Gruber's statistics and
the idea that "sharks and development don't mix."
"We have a vested interest in making sure things remain as they
are," Reyes said, adding that he is demolishing mangroves in a place
that is "basically not a sensitive area... . I have to make sure the
environment's pristine because my clients are fishermen."
But Gruber remains unconvinced.
"I believed when I started the ocean was so vast there was no way
you could ever kill off the sharks or anything," he said. When it
comes to being a fish, he said, "Now you can run, but you can't hide."
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Forum
United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE)
The USSEE has joined the list of societies sponsoring DISCCRS. If
you would like to join the USSEE, Membership in the USSEE is
processed through the International Society for Ecological Economics
(ISEE). To join the USSEE , visit the ISEE site at http://
www.ecoeco.org and follow the instructions.
Please select the appropriate country and complete the form online
before you print it out. The mailing address is listed on the the
form. The membership form is for the international society and to
ensure that you receive the Ecological Economics Journal, so please
read it carefully. Contact the ISEE for questions and copy it to the
USSEE.
Benefits of membership in the United States Society for
Ecological Economic (USSEE):
Inclusion in the USSEE Member Listserv that facilitates
communications with other members
Discounted Registration fee for USSEE and ISEE biennial conferences
Subscription to the USSEE Quarterly Newsletter
Membership with the ISEE
Discount for online/hard copy subscription to the Ecological
Economics, ISEE's Transdiciplinary Journal
Opportunity to participate in USSEE's projects.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
11th Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy
4th/5th November 2005, University of Cologne
Call for Papers
This workshop is organised by the European Ph.D. Network on
International Climate Policy, which is an independent scientific
community. It is open to Ph.D. students and researchers from all
disciplines working on different aspects of International Climate
Policy. As a vital part of the network, the Ph.D. candidates meet
twice a year for a workshop session which gives them the opportunity
to present their theses and discuss them with other Ph.D. students
and scientists working in the area of climate policy.
The purpose of the workshop is
to offer Ph.D. candidates a forum to present their research ideas and
results,
to provide them with valuable feedback from other scientists,
to encourage information exchange and mutual assistance among the
members.
The broad range of research topics may inspire the participants’
own research, thereby creating a more fertile research environment.
Participation:
Conference language: English.
Registration deadline: 18th September 2005.
For registration please send an email to marianne.keudel at uni-koeln.de
and inform directly about
- whether you want to present or not
- the presentation title and the general field of work
- your discipline (e.g. economics, law, engineering,...)
- your actual working status (beginning, intermediate, advanced).
Submission of presentations (or papers) by 16th October 2005.
No registration fee. Due to our organisation form we are not able to
give any financial support to the participants.
http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/Fakultaeten/WWF/Lehrstuehle/VWF/
icp.de (website will be updated mid-August!!)
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One-Week Training Workshop in Ecoinformatics
The Long Term Ecological Research Network Office at the
University of New Mexico, in collaboration with the San Diego
Supercomputer Center at University of California at San Diego, the
Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the
University of Kansas, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis at University of California at Santa Barbara, will be
conducting a one-week training workshop in ecoinformatics and
relevant information technologies for new faculty and postdoctoral
associates.
*Location:* University of New Mexico
*Costs:* All travel, food and lodging will be covered
*Qualifications:* PhD in Ecology or related fields. Less than 3
years in a postdoctoral or tenure-track position.
*Application Deadline:* October 17, 2004. Electronic submissions
only
*Application: * To apply for one of the 20 training slots, please
submit a
cover letter (describing your background, why you would like to
attend this workshop and what kind of impact you think this workshop
will have on your teaching or research) and CV to: Samantha Romanello
sroman at LTERnet.edu. We are committed to equal opportunity and
affirmative action; underrepresented groups are especially encouraged
to apply and will receive preference for course slots.
We are committed to equal opportunity and affirmative action;
underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply and will
receive preference for course slots.
No knowledge of information technology necessary, but a desire to
learn new technologies is critical!
Go to http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/and click on the link Early
Career Faculty Workshop for more detail.
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Electronic Conference on Climate Change and Biodiversity
Conservation: Knowledge Needed To Support Development Of Integrated
Adaptation Strategies
The organisers of the UK presidency meeting of the European
Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) and the Centre
for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) invite you to participate in the
electronic conference 'Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation:
Knowledge needed to support development of integrated adaptation
strategies' which will run from 29th August to 16th September 2005.
The results of the Electronic Conference will be presented at the
EPBRS delegates meeting in Aviemore (Scotland), from 2nd to 5th
October 2005.
The main scientific theme of UK EPBRS meeting is how climate
change impacts biodiversity and what adaptation strategies might be
conceived.
You are kindly invited to subscribe to the electronic
conference by filling the subscription form available at: http://
www.nbu.ac.uk/biota/e-conference.htm. In case of any difficulty
subscribing, please e-mail Juliette Young j.young at ceh.ac.uk.
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Young Scientist Sessions at AGU
If you are a young scientist sponsoring a session at AGU, I'd
love to hear from you. I hope to send an email with the sessions
organized by young scientists.
Any request/comment should be sent directly to me (or info-at-
myres.org, same thing). Laurent Montesi, montesi at whoi.edu
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Jobs
Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of
Environmental Science/studies and Policy.
TUCSON, ARIZONA 85721. The Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy (http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/) and the Department of
Geography and Regional Development (http://geog.arizona.edu) invite
applications for a tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor in the
area of environmental science/studies and policy. This is a shared
position, with a tenure home in GRD and a research assignment in the
Center.
The Center sponsors policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research
that links scholarship and education with decision-making. The Center
specializes in issues concerning the environment, including water,
climate, natural resources, and land use, especially as they relate
to economic development, American Indian governance, public lands,
and the U.S.-Mexico border. The Center is particularly interested in
a geographer or closely allied scholar who can provide research
leadership in one or more of these areas, or who can contribute new
but related foci.
Faculty members in GRD specialize in physical geography, human-
environmental relations, regional development, and critical human
geography. Together we are seeking an energetic person keen to work
within a dynamic interdisciplinary environment. Responsibilities for
the Center are fully directed toward the establishment and
maintenance of a research program of excellence; affiliation with GRD
allows the right person the opportunity to be associated with a
growing academic unit supporting excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs. Additional opportunities exist for working with world
class environmental and policy researchers across the University of
Arizona campus. The Center and Department are seeking an individual
who is able to work with diverse students and colleagues, and who has
experience with a variety of teaching methods and curricular
perspectives. To apply, visit the University of Arizona job webpage
at www.uacareertrack.com, and enter Job No. 33299. Applicants should
be prepared to submit a CV, letter of interest, statement of research
and teaching interests (outlining current/future research
contributions and teaching qualifications/preferences), and the names
and addresses of three referees.
Additional materials, such as a teaching portfolio and research
articles, may be subsequently requested by the search committee. The
position is open until filled, with applications reviewed on a
continual basis beginning October 15, 2005. Anticipated start date
is August 2006.
The position is subject to final budgetary approval. As an equal
opportunity and affirmative action employer, the University of
Arizona recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages
applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives,
and backgrounds. The University of Arizona is an AA/EEO Employer-M/W/
D/V.
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Post Doctoral Fellow - Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS)
Job Description: The Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS)
consists of fourteen units that facilitate communication among the
research community, policy makers, industry, interest groups, and the
public.
DELS is responsible for a vast array of topics, ranging from the
molecular level to the global level. The common thread linking the
units is the broad topic of science and the environment, but the
division also examines issues outside that area.
The Board on Life Sciences (BLS) provides advice to government
and the scientific community on the biological sciences and their
impact on society. Its work encompasses all of the life sciences,
from molecular genetics to biodiversity. With the help of hundreds of
biologists and other experts, the Board serves as a focal point for
examining a wide range of issues, from improving pre-college
education in biology to advising how researchers can equitably and
efficiently share rare and costly research materials. It also
explores policy questions that arise from applications of biology, as
in biotechnology and conservation biology. Three current areas of
emphasis for the Board are the health of the biological sciences and
biology education, biotechnology and genetics, and biodiversity and
ecology.
The Board on Life Sciences of the National Academies is searching
for life scientists to serve as Post Doctoral Fellows. Post Doctoral
Fellows help develop and manage timely and relevant studies dealing
with current issues in the life sciences and their impact on public
policy. The Board's work encompasses all major fields in the life
sciences, from genetics, cell, and molecular biology to ecology,
evolution, and biodiversity conservation. Recent projects have
addressed stem cells, bioterrorism, genetically modified foods, and
the reform of undergraduate biology education. Future topics are
likely to include follow-on work in these areas as well as new
projects on other topics that respond to unfolding developments in
science and policy.
For more information, please go here: http://
nationalacademies.wfrecruiter.com/jobs_details1.asp?Job_id=49731
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Washington Correspondent
DC-based correspondent required for daily online news service
covering policy and politics in the fields of higher education and
scientific research in the US. Our publication was launched two years
ago in the US and is steadily establishing itself as the leading
authority among the academic community. It is backed by a worldwide
reporting team working on the same family of publications.
The ideal candidate will be an uncompromising news reporter able
to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Federal policymaking
world who can develop contacts and sources, write sharp copy to tight
deadlines and demonstrate that they can work autonomously. Knowledge
of the university or scientific worlds is necessary.
The post may be offered on either a part time or full time basis.
Salary depending on skills and experience.
To apply, send your resume and cover letter to Claire Atkins at
CA at ResearchResearch.com. For further information why not visit our
website on www.researchresearch.com
Carrie D. Wolinetz, Ph.D
Associate Director for Communications
Office of Public Affairs
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
Phone: 301/634-7650; Fax: 301/634-7651; Cell: 301/922-5641
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Staff Scientist, University of Innsbruck, Institute for Meteorology
and Geophysics
Staff Scientist ("Wiss. Mitarbeiterin/er Kategorie I"), half-time
position, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics from 1 October
2005 to 30 September 2011. University of Innsbruck.
Required qualification: doctorate in meteorology, geophysics,
physics or similar final degree as well as profound knowledge in the
area of glaciology and geophysics; practical experience in field work
as well as in methods of measurement and data analysis; ability for
teamwork especially when working in the outdoor environment; ability
for creatively solving problems. Main tasks: Leading of the
meteorological observatory, glaciological work, teaching
responsibilities, advising students, organizational and
administrative tasks. Deadline for applications: 7 September 2005
Applications in writing have to be sent by 7 September 2005 to
'Zentrale Dienste der Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruck,
Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck' by quoting the designation NATW-3272 on
the envelope. Applicants are not entitled to reimbursement of costs
arising in the course of the application.
The Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruck aims at increasing
the fraction of women in scientific staff; thus qualified women are
particulary encouraged to apply. Women are preferentially hired in
case of equal qualification.
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Postdoc position - Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) at The
Ohio State University
The Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) at The Ohio State
University is accepting applications for postdoctoral positions to
start September, 2006, which are renewable for up to 3 years. Some
positions are co-sponsored by industry or academic bioscience labs.
The deadline for applications is January 18, 2006. Short- and long-
term visitors may apply at any time. To access the application form
or for more information, visit the MBI website at http://mbi.osu.edu
or call (614) 292-3648.
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2006 NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program
Applicants are now being sought for the 16th year of the NOAA
Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change. UCAR’s Visiting
Scientist Programs manages this NOAA-sponsored program, which pairs
recently graduated postdocs with host scientists at U.S. institutions
to work in an area of mutual interest. The program offers two-year
fellowships, reviewed annually. Fellows receive a fixed annual salary
and a full line of UCAR employee benefits.
Deadline: 15 January 2006
Contact: Meg Austin, UOP/VSP
303-497-8649, vsp at ucar.edu
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/03gfdl.html
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Marine Ecosystem Modeler
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine
Science of the College of William and Mary (_http://www.vims.edu_
<http://www.vims.edu/>), invites applications for a tenure-track
position at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of
Biological Sciences. Exceptional candidates at higher levels will
also be considered. We seek an individual with a strong background in
marine ecology and a commitment to interdisciplinary modeling. Areas
of interest include but are not limited to ecosystem energetics, food
web and population dynamics, biogeochemistry, and physical-biological
coupling. Examples of desirable skills include remote sensing,
numerical simulation, inverse analysis, and data assimilation
techniques. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a
vigorous, extramurally funded research program, to interact
productively with the Institute’s faculty in ongoing research on
estuarine, coastal and oceanic ecosystems, and to contribute as
appropriate to advisory service. The successful candidate will mentor
graduate students, contribute to the graduate core curriculum in
Marine Science, and teach a course in her/his area of expertise.
Ph.D. and post-doctoral experience are required; applicants above
the Assistant Professor level must have in addition a strong record
of competitively funded research, and strong experience and
commitment to teaching.
Please send by email an application package, as a single PDF
document, that includes current curriculum vitae, brief research and
teaching statements, names and addresses (including e-mail) of three
references, and up to three representative publications to:
_maxine at vims.edu_.
Review of applications will begin 15 September 2005 and continue
until position is filled. The College is an EEO/AA employer.
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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
http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/
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