[DIALOGnews] DIALOG/DISCCRS News 09/02/2005
Susan Weiler
weilercs at whitman.edu
Fri Sep 2 15:25:09 CDT 2005
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
09/02/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
NSF 2006 Polar Postdoc Fellowship Applicants, Travel Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566
Writing and Receiving Letters of Recommendation
http://www.aslo.org/phd/referenceletters.html
Online Encyclopedia Of Marine Life
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education
NOAA's Coral Bleaching E-Mail Alert System
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html
NSF Call for Education Proposals
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-609/listing.html
Satellite images of New Orleans
http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html
SCIENCE NEWS
Scientists Try To Harness Wave Energy
http://tinyurl.com/9jb3x
Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php
China prepares to tax gas guzzlers
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php
Fish catches in Japan to decline by up to 70% due to global warming
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436
Kyoto on the Horizon
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/
articles/2005/08/25/kyoto_on_the_horizon/
Worst Hurricane In U.S. History Leaves Massive Destruction Behind
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/
New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml
Seminal Research On Ocean Predators Published In Science
http://www.sciencemag.org
Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures To Permian Extinction
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?
cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news.
Gazing At Breached Levees, Critics See Years Of Missed Opportunities
http://tinyurl.com/afx3u
Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate
http://tinyurl.com/7qffr
FORUM
The Big One
http://tinyurl.com/8aryc
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
2005 National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program
Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop
http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm
JOBS
Postdoctoral positions, Dept. Microbiology, U. Tennessee
Faculty Position at The University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/ or http://www.aos.wisc.edu
Postdoc, benthic ecology/sedimentary biogeochemistry, Netherlands
Inst. of Ecology
http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm
Position: Assistant Professor UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies
http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/.
Science Program Manager
http://www.iobis.org
Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill Inst. Marine Sciences
Assistant Professor Of Environmental Studies, University Of Illinois
At Springfield
http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749
Assistant Professor - Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
(NRSD)
http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm
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Resources
NSF 2006 Polar Postdoc Fellowship Applicants, Travel Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research (NSF
04-566) has a travel grant component that supports travel by
applicants to prospective host institutions before they submit a
postdoctoral fellowship proposal. Travel grants, which support travel
and per diem expenses, facilitate visits to one or two organizations
to meet prospective mentors and colleagues, to present seminars, to
discuss mutual research and/or education interests, to evaluate
facilities and professional development opportunities, and to
initiate collaborative relationships.
The next round of fellowship proposals are due March 1, 2006, so
interested applicants may want to consider applying for a travel
grant in Fall 2005. Travel grant proposals may be submitted at any
time provided they are received at least three months before the
proposed travel dates.
Proposal submission instructions can be found in the Fellowship
program solicitation, NSF 04-566, at http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/
getpub.cfm?nsf04566.
For more information email oppfellow at nsf.gov.
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Writing and Receiving Letters of Recommendation
Writing and Requesting Letters of Recommendation
Recieving a good recommendation can tip the scales when applying
for a grant, fellowship, or job. As well, anyone involved with the
supervision of students, etc., will eventually begin to recieve
requests for letters of reference, and there are not many resources
available on the topic of what exactly consitutes a "good" letter of
reference. Writing those first few letters can be a difficult task.
Below are some resources for both writing, and receiving, a good
reference letter, put together by DIALOG VI Symposium participant Rob
Campbell from discussions at the DIALOG VI symposium and suggestions
by four more experienced colleagues. http://www.aslo.org/phd/
referenceletters.html
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Online Encyclopedia Of Marine Life
From SeaSpan
NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program has announced a new free
online resource that highlights the diverse marine life of America's
oceans and Great Lakes. The Encyclopedia of the Sanctuaries offers
photos, streaming video and important facts for more than a hundred
key animal and plant species from the national marine sanctuaries.
The Encyclopedia allows users to search for species or browse the
wildlife of each sanctuary by category. The encyclopedia entry for
each species includes a photo, quick facts, information about its
diet, habitat, distribution and status, and links to outside
resources for more information. Many of the entries also include
video clips of species in their natural habitats. The encyclopedia
was developed by NOAA in partnership with the National Marine
Sanctuary Foundation and the Ocean Channel, Inc., a California-based
new-media corporation. Access the encyclopedia at: http://
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education
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NOAA's Coral Bleaching E-Mail Alert System
From SeaSpan
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alert System is an
automated e-mail system designed to monitor the status of thermal
stress conducive to coral bleaching. The Alert System was developed
by the NOAA Coral Reef Watch satellite team as a tool for coral reef
managers, scientists and the interested public. Currently, messages
are available for 24 coral reefs around the world. For more
information on the alert system or the other Coral Reef Watch
satellite products, visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/
index.html
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Science News
Scientists Try To Harness Wave Energy
from Newsday via Sigma Xi Science in the News
GARDINER, Ore. -- As the price of a barrel of oil continues to
surge, scientists are turning to the ocean as a possible source of
alternative energy.
The potential for harnessing the power of waves has drawn serious
study by Oregon State University, federal and state agencies, and
communities along the Oregon Coast.
"There's a real good chance that Oregon could turn into kind of
the focal point in the United States for wave energy development and
I think that would be a boon to the economy," said Gary Cockrum,
spokesman for the Central Lincoln People's Utility District. http://
tinyurl.com/9jb3x
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Foresters get carbon credit issue on agenda
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10342469
From the New Zealand Herald and ClimateArk Climate Change Portal
http://www.climateark.org/news/
Full text from the New Zealand Herald copied here: Foresters get
carbon credit issue on agenda 26.08.05 By Brian Fallow
The Government is to discuss its appropriation of carbon credits
as part of secret talks with forest owners on the costs of the Kyoto
climate change treaty.
It has been brought to the negotiating table because a dearth of
new tree planting is undermining New Zealand's ability to met its
obligations under the agreement.
Meanwhile, a ban on officials entering forests to collect data is
hampering the Government's ability to collect the credits.
Although the discussions are supposed to be secret and the ground
rules require "no surprises in the media", the Kyoto Forestry
Association has outlined the terms of reference of the discussions in
a newsletter to its members.
A spokeswoman for Forestry Minister Jim Anderton described this
as "unhelpful".
The newsletter says the discussions include the two most
sensitive areas in what have become fraught relations between forest
owners and the Government.
One is the "forest sink" credits New Zealand earns under Kyoto's
rules, which recognise the value of carbon dioxide taken out of the
atmosphere by trees planted since 1990 on land not already forested.
The owners of those forests consider the value of those credits,
which under present policy is retained by the Government, has been
confiscated from them.
They say this is one of the main reasons new planting has
dwindled to almost nothing from a peak of 100,000ha 10 years ago.
The other issue is the liability Kyoto imposes on the country
when a forest is felled but not replanted.
The Government has said that so long as less than 10 per cent of
the land harvested is deforested it will pick up the bill.
But there are concerns in the industry that the 10 per cent cap
will be breached, encouraging more deforestation ahead of 2008 when
Kyoto comes into effect.
The Government has been under increased pressure since it
disclosed in June revised estimates that Kyoto obligations would cost
the taxpayer around $500 million, instead of it being a net seller of
carbon credits.
In addition, forest owners are denying officials access to
forests which they need to monitor the rate at which carbon is being
locked up.
The Government needs internationally credible data on this to
claim the forest sink credits, which are viewed by forest owners as
the only reason New Zealand could afford to ratify the Kyoto Protocol
"Our ban has Treasury and other senior Government officials
sweating," the newsletter says. "Our monitoring ban will remain in
place until all matters are resolved."
In the meantime forest owners have suspended a publicity campaign
about their grievances.
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Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php
Public Release from EurekAlert on 23-Aug-2005
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 were unable to identify any
natural processes that might slow the de-icing of the Arctic... The
report by Overpeck and his colleagues is published in the Aug. 23
Eos, the weekly newspaper of the American Geophysical Union.
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China prepares to tax gas guzzlers
From the International Herald Tribune via ClimateArk News
Alarmed by high world oil prices and sporadic shortages of
gasoline and diesel fuel in big cities this summer, China's leaders
are drafting plans to impose steep taxes on cars and sport utility
vehicles with gas-guzzling engines... For full story see...http://
www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php
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Fish catches in Japan to decline by up to 70% due to global warming
From Japan Today via ClimateArk News
Japan can expect to see some of its fish catches decline by as
much as 70% over the next 100 years due to global warming, an
official at the National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering
said Saturday. The institute made the prediction based on the
assumption that water temperatures will have risen by 1.4-2.9 C by
2100. It studied 34 varieties of fish and possible changes in catches
at fishing ports. Ports in Nagasaki and Kagoshima prefectures facing
the East China Sea are expected to face 30-70% declines in catches of
Japanese jack mackerel, chub mackerel, red sea bream and a few other
varieties, according to the study. (End of story, but see http://
www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436 for related
discussions).
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Kyoto on the Horizon
From The Boston Globe via Climatewire.org
MASSACHUSETTS and eight other Northeastern states are close to
taking a crucial step in reducing the greenhouse gases that cause
global warming. The states are proposing to first cap the carbon
dioxide emissions of their electric power plants and then reduce them
by 10 percent by 2020. To emit CO{-2}, plants would need special
carbon allowances, which could be bought and sold among power
producers throughout the nine states. The proposed reduction is
modest, but the principle of a carbon cap is so important to slowing
climate change that the initiative is well worth supporting.
The Northeastern states have been led on this issue by New York's
Republican governor, George Pataki, who is considering a presidential
campaign. California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast are
weighing a similar compact. A national carbon cap and trading system
would be much more effective than these regional ones, because it
would include the power producers of the Midwest and South, which are
heavily dependent on coal, the fuel that emits the most CO{-2}{-.}
But that would require the national leadership that neither President
Bush nor Congress has been willing to provide, even though the United
States, with 4 percent of the world's population, emits 25 percent of
all greenhouse gases.... For full story see http://www.boston.com/
news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/08/25/
kyoto_on_the_horizon/
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Worst Hurricane In U.S. History Leaves Massive Destruction Behind
Taken from SeaSpan
Hurricane Katrina tore through the U.S. coastal city of New
Orleans and on into the states of Louisiana and Mississippi on August
29 and 30, leaving behind the worst destruction of any storm in U.S.
history. Several hundred people are thought to have died as of August
31, and New Orleans was almost totally flattened and still remains
largely underwater. The Gulf Coast of this region is heavily
industrialized, with a great deal of offshore oil extraction and many
coastal processing plants, and has experienced major pollution
problems for decades. The intense flooding of Katrina may have
allowed pollutants to enter new areas and released others. According
to Craig Pittman, writing for the St. Petersburg Times, "The water
that swept through New Orleans' streets in the wake of Hurricane
Katrina carried more than continued misery for the storm's victims.
It also brought along a potentially toxic soup of pollution--sewage,
chemicals and perhaps human bodies….Getting rid of floodwaters so
residents can return to their homes is likely to require pumping the
dirty water into either the Mississippi River or Lake
Pontchartrain….The lake route would kill several thousand acres of
nearby swamps and marshes which have already been rapidly diminishing
because of alterations to the Mississippi River. But pumping it into
the river means flushing it into the delta and the Gulf of Mexico,
already suffering from a 'dead zone' due to other upriver contaminants."
SOURCES: St. Petersburg Times, 31 August 2005, http://
www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/
New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml; MSNBC, 30 August 2005, http://
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9116281/
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Seminal Research On Ocean Predators Published In Science
Taken from SeaSpan
Boris Worm, and colleagues published important research on global
patterns of predator diversity in the open oceans, in Science Express
(online 28 July 2005; reported in the July-B issue of SeaSpan). The
report documents a precipitous decline in open-ocean tuna and
billfish over the last 50 years. The print version appears in the 26
August issue of Science. To read the report, go to: www.sciencemag.org
REFERENCE: Boris Worm, Marcel Sandow, Andreas Oschlies, Heike K.
Lotze, and Ransom A. Myers: Global Patterns of Predator Diversity in
the Open Oceans. Science 309:1365-1369, 2005.
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Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures To Permian Extinction
from CORE newsletter
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
in Boulder, Colo., have created a computer simulation showing Earth's
climate in unprecedented detail at the time of the greatest mass
extinction in history.
The work gives support to a theory that an abrupt and dramatic
rise in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide triggered the massive
die-off 251 million years ago. The research appears in the September
issue of the journal Geology.
"The results demonstrate how rapidly rising temperatures in the
atmosphere can affect ocean circulation, cutting off oxygen to lower
depths and extinguishing most life," says NCAR scientist and lead
author, Jeffrey Kiehl.
Kiehl and co-author Christine Shields focused on the dramatic
events at the end of the Permian Era, when an estimated 90 to 95
percent of all marine species, as well as about 70 percent of all
terrestrial species, became extinct. For full story, visit http://
www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news.
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Gazing At Breached Levees, Critics See Years Of Missed Opportunities
from The New York Times (Registration Required) via Sigma Xi Science
in the News
As federal flood-control officials directed efforts to block the
17th Street Canal, the source of most of the water swamping New
Orleans, they faced growing criticism yesterday over decades of
missed opportunities to prevent precisely this type of disaster.
In interviews and a telephone conference call with reporters,
senior officials and engineers from up and down the ranks of the Army
Corps of Engineers conceded that they had no ability to detect
quickly small breaches in the matrix of 350 miles of levees around
New Orleans.
Unless such holes can be blocked early, the water will almost
invariably rip away at the edges, widening the breach. http://
tinyurl.com/afx3u
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Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate
from Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News
Hurricane Katrina's fury has reignited the scientific debate over
whether global warming might be making hurricanes more ferocious.
At least one prominent study suggests that hurricanes have become
significantly stronger in the past few decades during the same period
that global average temperatures have increased. Katrina blew up in
the Gulf of Mexico to a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph
before slackening a bit Monday when it hit, swamping New Orleans and
the Mississippi coast.
Other leading scientists agree the Atlantic Basin and Gulf Coast
regions are being battered by a severe hurricane phase that could
persist for another 20 years or more. But they believe that a natural
environmental cycle is responsible rather than any human-induced
change, and they point to what they consider to be large gaps in the
global warming analysis conducted by a climatologist at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://tinyurl.com/7qffr
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Forum
The Big One
from The New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2002
A major hurricane could decimate the [New Orleans] region, but
flooding from even a moderate storm could kill thousands. It's just a
matter of time... Evacuation is the most certain route to safety, but
it may be a nightmare. And 100,000 without transportation will be
left behind...
Hundreds of thousands would be left homeless, and it would take
months to dry out the area and begin to make it livable. But there
wouldn't be much for residents to come home to. The local economy
would be in ruins…
People left behind in an evacuation will be struggling to
survive. Some will be housed at the Superdome, the designated shelter
in New Orleans for people too sick or infirm to leave the city.
Others will end up in last-minute emergency refuges that will offer
minimal safety. But many will simply be on their own, in homes or
looking for high ground.
Thousands will drown while trapped in homes or cars by rising
water. Others will be washed away or crushed by debris. Survivors
will end up trapped on roofs, in buildings or on high ground
surrounded by water, with no means of escape and little food or fresh
water, perhaps for several days. http://tinyurl.com/8aryc
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
2005 National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program
Message from Sue: This is a GREAT program--
The National Park Service, National Park Foundation, and
Ecological Society of America are pleased to announce the 2005
National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program. The program
encourages and supports outstanding post-doctoral research in
ecological sciences related to the flora of U.S. National Parks. The
program will award up to three fellowships each year to researchers
who have recently completed their Ph.D. Awards are made for up to two
years, with the possibility for renewal for a third year determined
at the end of the first year. Awards support research in any area of
ecology related to the flora of the National Parks. Research topics
can address any level of ecological organization, ranging from
populations, species interactions, and community patterns, to
landscape and ecosystem level processes associated with plants.
Research should focus on questions that advance the science of
ecology independent of immediate Park needs. Plants, fungi, mosses,
algae, cryptogamic crusts, lichens, or other flora must be the main
focus of the research. Research that takes advantage of the range of
environments, conditions, and scales available in National Parks is
of particular interest. Additional information and application
materials are available at http://www.esa.org/nper. Completed
applications must be received at ESA Headquarters between September
1, 2005 and October 1, 2005. For more information on the NPER
Fellowship Program, contact: NPER Program Manager, Ecological Society
of America, 202-833-8773 or nper at esa.org
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Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop
http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm
MARCH 21-24, 2006 - TUCSON, ARIZONA
The National Weather Service Climate Services Division, in
conjunction with the University of Arizona Climate Assessment for the
Southwest and Arizona Cooperative Extension is hosting the Fourth
Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW) at the
Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona, on March 21-24, 2006. The
workgroup will bring together a diverse group of climate science
producers and users to share and discuss developments in research and
applications related to the use and impacts of climate predictions on
societal decision-making and resource management. The meeting goals
are to identify new climate prediction applications research, promote
interactions between climate-sensitive integrated research and
service communities, and assess impacts of climate forecasts on
environmental-societal interactions. The workshop will not address
technical challenges of making climate predictions, climate modeling,
or other technical topics related to the science of climate predictions.
For more information, please contact Mike Crimmins at
crimmins at u.arizona.edu or by phone at (520) 626-4244, or contact
Diana Perfect ( diana.perfect at noaa.gov)
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Jobs
Postdoctoral positions, Dept. Microbiology, U. Tennessee
Postdoctoral positions (2) are available in the Department of
Microbiology at the University of Tennessee. Motivated candidates
with interests and experience in the biology of metals (with a
focus on Fe) and a background in molecular genetics are
encouraged to apply for the position. The successful candidate
will be involved in the construction and field testing of
bioluminescent bacterial bioreporters sensitive to changes in
ambient trace metal changes. Candidates will also be involved
in studies of microbial community struture. Successful candidates
will be involved in both field and laboratory studies. Interested
applicants should apply to Dr Steven Wilhelm (wilhelm at utk.edu) by
email. Positions will be available in January of 2006.
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Faculty Position at The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS)
anticipates the availability of a tenure-track Assistant Professor
position beginning August 2006. The department seeks energetic and
creative individuals to develop vigorous research and teaching
programs focused on the earth's atmosphere and oceans, including
modeling, measurements, and observational diagnoses.
The department continues to sustain and enhance its historical
strength in the areas of climate, remote sensing, and weather
systems. The AOS Department is co-located with the Space Science and
Engineering Center (SSEC), Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS), as well as the Center for Climate Research
(CCR) and the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
(SAGE) which are housed within the Gaylord Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies.
Applications are encouraged from scientists representing the full
spectrum of the atmospheric and oceanic sciences, especially those
having expertise in one or more of the following areas: (1)
observations and modeling of climate processes, variability, and
change; (2) regional to global hydrological processes in the climate
system; (3) ocean biogeochemical observations and modeling; (4)
surface-atmosphere interactions and boundary layer processes; and (5)
applications-oriented data assimilation.
Ph.D. in atmospheric and oceanic sciences or related area is
required prior to the start of the appointment. The primary
selection criteria will be individual excellence in research, the
ability to contribute to teaching of our "core" atmospheric science
courses, and a strong commitment to the intellectual and academic
vitality of the department and university as a whole.
In order to ensure full consideration, a curriculum vitae,
statement of professional goals, and three letters of reference
should be sent by October 15, 2005 to:
Professor Jonathan E. Martin, Chair
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
1225 W. Dayton Street
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI 53706-1695
Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information
regarding the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists
cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. The University of Wisconsin -
Madison is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are
strongly encouraged to apply.
Please see the University (http://www.wisc.edu/) and Department
(http://www.aos.wisc.edu) websites for more information.
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Postdoc, benthic ecology/sedimentary biogeochemistry, Netherlands
Inst. of Ecology
In the context of the Darwin Institute for Biogeosciences (http://
www.darwincentrum.nl/), the Department of Ecosystem Studies of the
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/CEME/ES/
index.htm) has a vacancy for a Ph.D. student in benthic ecology/
sedimentary biogeochemistry. The Ph.D. student will join the group
of Carlo Heip, Karline Soetaert and Jack Middelburg. She/he will
experimentally study the effects of diffusive and advective bio-
irrigation on sediment biogeochemistry, bacteria and meiofauna.
Experimental work will involve mesocosms and use of stable isotopes
besides the study of benthic animals. The candidate is expected to
publish in international peer-reviewed journals and complete a thesis
within four years.
Experience with biogeochemistry or benthic ecology is a
prerequisite. Salary and appointment information can be found at
http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm. You may send your application
including reference number (CEME-ES-05104) and curriculum vitae to
NIOO-KNAW, Center for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (CEME), for the
attention of Prof. dr. C.H.R. Heip, P.O. 140, 4400 AC Yerseke or per
email to j.middelburg at nioo.knaw.nl.
Jack Middelburg
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke
The Netherlands
(31)-113-577-476
j.middelburg at nioo.knaw.nl
http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/PPAGES/jmiddelburg/index.htm
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Position: Assistant Professor UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies: Conservation, Sustainability and
Development in the Global South. The Department of Environmental
Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, seeks a social
scientist for a position in Conservation, Sustainability and
Development, preferably with expertise in Latin America, at the
Assistant Professor level (salary range: $46,300-$51,700). We seek
applicants who will contribute teaching and research on the processes
of, and responses to, rural change in resource-based and agricultural
communities, as well as the larger socio-ecological contexts with
which they interact. Candidates should be able to relate local
innovations and practices to regional, national and international
policies and circumstances. Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in
geography, political science, sociology, environmental studies, or
related fields, prefer Ph.D. by June 30, 2006, must be conferred by
June 30, 2007.
Applicants must demonstrate a clear record of excellence in both
fundamental research and collaboration with natural scientists to
apply such research to conservation problem-solving. This faculty
member will advise students on appropriate methods for field-based,
social science research. Send a letter of application discussing
research agendas and teaching interests, three confidential letters
of recommendation and a curriculum vitae to: Chair, Search Committee
#082, Environmental Studies Department, University of California,
California 95064 by October 31, 2005 (review of files will begin
immediately after deadline). Visit AHR Web site for complete
description at http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/.
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Science Program Manager.
The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://
www.iobis.org) International Secretariat at Rutgers University seeks
a Program Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and planning for a
federation of OBIS-affiliated data systems throughout the world. The
Program Manager will have full responsibility for managing activities
related to the OBIS Portal at Rutgers University and its partners,
including a number of independent marine biological databases, Census
of Marine Life Field Projects, and Regional OBIS Nodes in ten
countries. Preference will be given to applicants with experience
managing major scientific programs. A higher degree and/or extensive
experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable:
biology, fisheries, ecology, oceanography, marine sciences, and
computer sciences. Please send 3 references, CV, and a statement of
interest to J. Frederick Grassle, Institute of Marine and Coastal
Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick, NJ,
08901-8521. If possible, please reply by 15th September 2005.
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Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill Inst. Marine Sciences
The Institute of Marine Sciences of UNC Chapel Hill invites
applications for a postdoctoral associate position in environmental
water quality/environmental microbiology. We seek a highly qualified
individual with research experience and interest in the fields of
microbial water quality, environmental microbiology, hydrology, and
molecular biology. A PhD at the time of appointment in
environmental microbiology, hydrology, marine science, molecular
biology, or related fields is required for this position, as well as
a significant record of research productivity. We particularly seek
individuals who have expertise in the application of molecular
techniques to environmental water quality issues. Experience with
field sampling approaches, boat navigation, wastewater treatment and
septic system design, hydrological modeling, and TMDL development is
also desired, but not requisite. We especially seek individuals who
complement existing department strengths and can work collaboratively
in the marine science/microbial ecology/water quality research groups
at the Institute of Marine Sciences of UNC Chapel Hill in Morehead
City, NC. The position will be for one year, renewable for up to 3
years. To apply, please send a CV, relevant publications and the
contact information of three references to: Rachel Noble, Institute
of Marine Sciences, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, or
send electronic copies of information to rtnoble at email.unc.edu
<mailto:rtnoble at email.unc.edu>. Applications will be accepted until
the position is filled.
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Assistant Professor Of Environmental Studies, University Of Illinois
At Springfield
http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749
The Department of Environmental Studies, an interdisciplinary
department in the College of Public Affairs and Administration at
University of Illinois at Springfield, seeks applications at the
Assistant Professor level for three tenure-track positions. Positions
include a teaching assignment of three courses per semester,
supervision of graduate research projects and theses, and
establishment of research and professional service agenda appropriate
to tenure criteria. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in appropriate
discipline and evidence of research potential and/or professional
experience in the areas(s) of related areas of teaching assignment.
Professional experience and/or grant-funded research in areas
related to teaching assignment and on-line teaching are preferred.
There is one position in each of the following areas: Natural
Resources Policy & Administration, Sustainable Development &
Environmental Health, and Environmental Policy & Planning.
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Assistant Professor - Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
(NRSD)
http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm
The United Nations-affiliated University for Peace in Costa Rica
seeks as an assistant professor to teach courses in its program,
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD). NRSD is a
joint masters-degree program of the University for Peace and American
University in Washington DC. UPeace has terrific faculty, is located
on a beautiful campus and would be an exciting place to be. This is
a wonderful opportunity for someone focused on global environmental
affairs, with an emphasis on sustainable development. Please
circulate this job announcement far and wide.
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