[DIALOGnews] DIALOG/DISCCRS News 09/23/05
Susan Weiler
weilercs at whitman.edu
Fri Sep 23 17:22:01 CDT 2005
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
09/23/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
Katrina Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=katrinafaq
USA Station Histories Available
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/cdmp/wssrd.html
SCIENCE NEWS
Climate Change Scientists Search For Practical Solutions
http://tinyurl.com/a74d4
Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?
category=1501&slug=Greenland%20Arctic%20Thaw
Incident News, Good Site for Katrina Information
http://www.incidentnews.gov/
A Marshy Expanse Is Stripped To The Bone
http://tinyurl.com/akzuo
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting web site
Levees Failed Nature Refuge Just As They Did Humans
http://tinyurl.com/9r6ry
Aquarium Becomes Watery Grave For Sea Life
http://tinyurl.com/8ysyw
JOBS
Postdocs At Suny Stony Brook
CALFED Lead Scientist Recruitment
http://www.cps.ca.gov/ExecutiveSearch/Recruitments/science/
ls_cbdp.asp.
2006 Jefferson Science Fellowships
http://www.nationalacademies.org/jsf
Ecosystem Modeling at UMCES/HPL, CICS/UMD, and CRC
http://www.ccmp.chesapeake.org.
2006-2007 AIP State Department Science Fellowship- Opportunity for
Earth and Space Scientists
http://www.aip.org/gov/sdf.html
Numark Associates, Inc. seeking an individual to contribute to the
firm’s climate change practice as well as other areas.
http://www.numarkassoc.com
Marine Ecosystem Modeler, VIMS, Tenure Track Position
http://www.vims.edu
Research Assistant Professor: Applied Restoration Science
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Resources
Katrina Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=katrinafaq
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USA Station Histories Available
We are pleased to announce the availability of the first set of
station histories produced through the Development of Climatological
Station Histories Project funded through the Climate Database
Modernization Program (CDMP) of the United States' National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data
Center. These documents are written histories of United States
weather observing stations which started in the 1800s, and include
available information about the station's observers, location, and
observing practices. The station histories are located on NCDC's
electronic archive, WSSRD (Web Store Search Retrieve Display), in the
Observing Site History cabinet under the category Metadata. To
request access to this archive, go to http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/
climate/cdmp/wssrd.html (contact Cindy Karl via e-mail at
Cynthia.B.Karl at noaa.gov, and request access to the Observing Site
History cabinet).
The first set includes 29 stations from the CDMP Project and one
additional historical document. The 29 station histories were
prepared by the project's three station history writers, Steve Doty,
Gary Grice, and Glen Conner, with the assistance of many of you. The
historical station history is for Urbana, Illinois USA, and was
published by Stan Changnon and George Boyd as an Illinois State Water
Survey Circular in 1963. If you are aware of any other similar
station histories available, please contact Karen Andsager at
andsager at uiuc.edu.
The 29 stations are Sacramento CA, San Francisco CA, Naval
Observatory in DC, Washington DC, Peoria IL, Vevay IN, Atchison KS,
Leavenworth KS, Manhattan KS, Louisville KY, Newport Barracks KY,
Fort Jesup LA, Nantucket MA, Portland ME, Duluth MN, Harrisonville
MO, Fairbury NE, Fort Marcy NM, Santa Fe NM, Cincinnati OH, College
Hill OH, Mt Auburn OH, Fort Gibson OK, Fort Washita OK, Portland OR,
Austin TX, Burlington VT, Lunenburg VT, and Cheyenne WY.
If you have pictures and documents regarding station history for
United States stations, particularly for stations which began
observations in the 1800s, please contact Steve Doty at
dotydataservices at charter.net.
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Science News
Climate Change Scientists Search For Practical Solutions
from San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News
SACRAMENTO, (AP) -- The global climate isn't the only thing
warming up.
The political climate has changed, too, as politicians warm to
addressing what scientists have been warning for years is an
inevitable rise in the earth's temperatures.
"In the last year or so, this has really taken off like a freight
train without brakes," said Philip Mote, a leading researcher with
the University of Washington and Washington's state climatologist.
The shift was dramatized by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's June
pledge that California will strive to reduce greenhouse gases
emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, and by a global
warming initiative backed by the governors of California, Oregon and
Washington two years ago. http://tinyurl.com/a74d4
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Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?
category=1501&slug=Greenland%20Arctic%20Thaw
Sunday, September 11, 2005 · Last updated 4:11 a.m. PT
By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press Writer
ILULISSAT, Greenland -- The gargantuan chunks of ice breaking off
the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier and thundering into an Arctic fjord make
a spectacular sight. But to Greenlanders it is also deeply worrisome.
The frequency and size of the icefalls are a powerful reminder
that the frozen sheet covering the world's largest island is thinning
- a glaring sign of global warming, scientists say.
"In the past we could walk on the ice in the fjord between the
icebergs for a six-month period during the winter, drill holes and
fish," said Joern Kristensen, a fisherman and one of the indigenous
Inuit who are most of Greenland's population of 56,000.
"We can only do that for a month or two now. It has become more
difficult to drive dog sleds because the ice between the icebergs
isn't solid anymore."
In 2002-2003, a six-mile-long stretch of the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier
broke off and drifted silently out of the fjord near Ilulissat,
Greenland's third largest town, 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Although Greenland, three times the size of Texas, is the prime
example, scientists say the effects of climate change are noticeable
throughout the Arctic region, from the northward spread of spruce
beetles in Canada to melting permafrost in Alaska and northern Russia.
Indigenous people, who for centuries have adapted their lives to
the cold, fear that even small and gradual changes could have a
profound impact.
"We can see a trend that the fall is getting longer and wetter,"
said Lars-Anders Baer, a political leader of Sweden's Sami, a once
nomadic, reindeer-herding people.
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IncidentNews, Good Site for Katrina Information
OR&R HAZMAT has initiated a web site to share information
generated by NOAA during the Hurricane Katrina response. This is a
public site with unrestricted access. We have used the IncidentNews
approach in the past with some success on major spills. This is a
new and hopefully improved execution of the IncidentNews concept.
IncidentNews provides more in depth information to the public than is
typically available on an agency web site. This information is in
the form of photos, data and synthesis products that may be of
interest to involved public, journalists, academics, non-governmental
organizations, and others.
IncidentNews is now available at http://www.incidentnews.gov/
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A Marshy Expanse Is Stripped To The Bone
from The New York Times (Registration Required) via Sigma Xi
Science in the News
It is said that wetlands soak up water like a sponge. These NASA
satellite images show that process at work in Louisiana after
Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 28.
The top image shows the state's southeastern region on Aug. 9.
The bottom image was made on Sept. 4, after storm clouds cleared. The
images, their colors artificially adjusted, show vegetated areas in
bright green; flooded areas are darker.
It remains to be seen how Louisiana's wetlands will survive the
storm. Scientists are only beginning to discern damage inflicted on
them from high winds and waves, and from the presence of so much
floodwater for so many days. http://tinyurl.com/akzuo
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Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting web site
The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting has
launched a redeveloped web site with up-to-date news on climate
change, details of the Centre’s research findings, and links to
online calculators, decision-support tools and models for natural
resource management and agriculture.
The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting is a
collaboration of scientists across Australia leading research in:
• measuring, forecasting and accounting for carbon pools in soil,
biomass, and wood products
• plant interactions with elevated concentrations of carbon
dioxide, climate change, nutrient availability, and stress
• risks to the carbon cycle posed by climate variability and change
• ecological and hydrological impacts of climate change
• systems and practices to minimise greenhouse gas emissions in
agriculture
The new website, at http://www.greenhouse.crc.org.au/, has
sections on counting carbon in soils, forests and trees, rangelands,
wood products, and at continental scale; the impact of climate change
on plant growth, woody thickening, and changes to the water cycle;
greenhouse in agriculture, including in the dairy, grains and cotton
industries, and with research into methane and nitrous oxide as well
as carbon dioxide; reducing greenhouse through carbon sinks and best
management practices; and online tools.
It also carries up-to-date news on climate change, and includes a
link to the Centre’s free monthly emailed newsletter, eCarbon News, a
digest of climate change, policy, energy, and emissions trading news
from around the world.
Please take a look, make use of the resource, and pass any
suggestions or comments to me.
Bruce Wright bruce.wright at greenhouse.crc.org.au
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Levees Failed Nature Refuge Just As They Did Humans
Sigma Xi Science in the News from The New York Times (Registration
Required)
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9 - Of all the uneasy compromises New Orleans
has presented nature, none was more generous than the Bayou Sauvage
National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest urban wildernesses in
the United States.
But though this land east of the city was set aside in the 1980's
as a 23,000-acre preserve, an offering to the wild in a place that
also defied it, the marsh was enclosed by the same levees that
guarded New Orleans, and so it was also vulnerable when they failed.
Its ecosystem thrives on fresh water from rainfall, not on the
brackish water of Lake Pontchartrain, which came pouring in.
"It'll take years to recover," Dan Parker of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service said sadly on Friday, as he surveyed marsh
grasses burned brown by salt. The green palmettos and other plants
were doomed, he said. The water, the color of root beer, smelled of
sewage and petroleum. http://tinyurl.com/9r6ry
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Aquarium Becomes Watery Grave For Sea Life
Sigma Xi Science in the News from The Los Angeles Times
NEW ORLEANS - Mr. Bill, a 13-foot-long, 43-year-old sawfish with
a chain saw-like snout, was floating dead in his tank.
So were more than half a dozen sand tiger sharks — sleek gray
creatures measuring 9 feet long — like so many neglected goldfish.
The macaws in the Amazon rain-forest exhibit, where temperatures
rose to 140 degrees in the absence of air conditioning, were clinging
to life.
When a small group of workers finally returned to the blacked-out
aquarium a few days ago, the smell of dead fish was nauseating.
http://tinyurl.com/8ysyw
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Jobs
Postdocs At Suny Stony Brook
Two postdoctoral positions as well as graduate assistantships are
available to work in a newly funded project involving the
identification, characterization and inventory of novel freshwater
cyanotoxins. Research at SUNY College of Environmental Science
and Forestry in Syracuse NY will involve the analysis of toxin
production using enzyme assays or LCMS, HPLC, etc. and well as the
preparation of novel antibody-based assays. Research in the
Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville will include the molecular characterization of
cyanobacterial isolates, identification of the toxin pathways in
uncultured strains, and the meta-analysis of environmental conditions
associated with toxic blooms. Both projects are highly interactive
and we seek motivated candidates with an interest in the ecology,
biochemistry and molecular biology of toxigenic cyanobacteria.
Interested applications should apply electronically to Dr. Greg
Boyer (SUNY-ESF, glboyer at esf.edu)or Dr. Steven Wilhelm (Tennessee,
wilhelm at utk.edu). PDF Positions will be available as early as
November 2005. GA positions are available January 2006.
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CALFED Lead Scientist Recruitment
The California Bay-Delta Authority (CBDA) is seeking an
established, experienced research scientist to direct the efforts of
the Science Program as the CALFED Lead Scientist. As part of our
extensive search, we would like to ask for your assistance in
circulating the attached advertisement to any interested parties.
Additional information regarding the recruitment can also be found at
http://www.cps.ca.gov/ExecutiveSearch/Recruitments/science/ls_cbdp.asp.
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2006 Jefferson Science Fellowships
Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions
of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science
Fellows. Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of
State in Washington D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S.
foreign embassies and/or missions. During this time, Fellows work on
technical issues that support decision-making on U.S. foreign policy.
Following the fellowship year, the Jefferson Science Fellow will
return to his/her academic career, but will remain available to the
U.S. government as an experienced consultant for short-term projects.
Stipends are $50,000 to offset travel and temporary housing in
Washington D.C. The nomination/application deadline is December 1, 2005.
More information is available at: http://
www.nationalacademies.org/jsf
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Ecosystem Modeling at UMCES/HPL, CICS/UMD, and CRC
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, the
Cooperative Institute of Climate Studies at UMD, and the Chesapeake
Research Consortium have begun a collaborative, interdisciplinary
hydrodynamic and ecosystem modeling program of the Chesapeake Bay.
This program will fund multiple postdoctoral positions. We seek
applicants to work with us on the development of a harmful algal
bloom nowcast/forecast system based on a comprehensive hydrodynamic
and biogeochemical simulation of Chesapeake Bay combined with
empirical habitat modeling approaches. Candidates must be motivated
by cross-disciplinary research and have either physical and/or
biogeochemical oceanographic background with a demonstrated
experience in numerical modeling. The project will require
proficiency in UNIX, Fortran and matlab. Previous experience with
ROMS, networking and GIS web applications would be advantageous.
Please send C.V., names and addresses of three references, and a
statement of research interests to Dr. Raleigh Hood, UMCES HPL, P.O.
Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613. Email: rhood at hpl.umces.edu.
Applications must be received by Sept. 30, 2005 to receive
consideration. For more information visit our web page at http://
www.ccmp.chesapeake.org.
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2006-2007 AIP State Department Science Fellowship- Opportunity for
Earth and Space Scientists
The U.S. Department of State needs scientific and technological
expertise as it addresses complex issues ranging from energy policy
to homeland security. Through its State Department Science
Fellowship program, the American Institute of Physics offers an
opportunity for scientists to make a unique and substantial
contribution to the foreign policy process.
AIP is now seeking applicants for its 2006-2007 State Department
Fellowship. Qualified members of any of the 10 AIP Member Societies
are eligible to apply; see www.aip.org/gov/sdf.html for details on
the program or contact Audrey Leath (aleath at aip.org, 301-209-3094) if
you have questions or need additional information. Applications for
the AIP Fellowship are due by 1 November 2005 for the Fellowship
selection in early 2006.
The AIP State Department Fellowship enables scientists to spend a
year working in a bureau or office of the U.S. Department of State.
The Fellows become actively involved in the foreign policy process
while contributing their scientific and technical expertise and
analytical capabilities to the Department. AIP's Fellowship program
was established in 2001 in response to concerns within the scientific
community that the State Department's scientific and technical
capabilities were in decline.
Current and former AIP State Department Science Fellows have
worked in the Bureaus of Intelligence and Research, European and
Eurasian Affairs, Political-Military Affairs, Economic and Business
Affairs, Information Resource Management, and OES. Their portfolios
have included topics as varied as emerging S&T issues, European and
Russian science policy, the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
critical infrastructure protection, export controls, use of remote
sensing imagery, biotechnology and the safety of agricultural
products. AIP's first State Department Science Fellow, George
Atkinson, is now serving as Science and Technology Adviser to
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
AIP's 2005-2006 State Department Fellow, Tegan Blaine, will start
her Fellowship after completing a Ph.D. in Oceanography at the
University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She
will serve in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
and Scientific Affairs (OES), working on sustainable development,
particularly as it pertains to water issues.
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Numark Associates, Inc.,
A Washington, DC-based energy and environmental consulting firm,
is seeking an experienced, talented, creative and energetic
individual to contribute to the firm’s climate change practice as
well as other areas. The individual will be responsible for
contributing to projects in both our Research Services and Management
Services areas as well as supporting our work on behalf of the
Sustainable Energy Institute. Possible Numark projects the
individual will manage and/or support include:
• Researching/reporting on Latin American countries’ climate
change policies, implementation of Kyoto Protocol mechanisms and
participation in the carbon market;
• Managing and coordinating CDM project team in Washington and
Latin America; and
• Conducting research and preparing reports on other topics,
ranging from U.S. industry sectors’ approaches to GHG emissions
reductions, and U.S. policy developments concerning emissions of GHGs
and other air pollutants, to other topics related to nuclear energy
as well as sustainable energy policy.
The position will entail attending various government and client
meetings and conferences to collect information and prepare reports;
participating in Numark activities on behalf of the Sustainable
Energy Institute, including the Sustainable Energy Roundtable Series
(SERS) and the International Sustainable Energy Leaders (ISEL)
report; and assisting in the preparation of occasional speeches and
articles for publication.
Qualifications that will be strongly considered:
• Minimum 3 years experience in the energy, environment and/or
sustainable development fields
• Good understanding of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, the
international and Latin American carbon market, and emissions trading
systems
• Scientific, engineering or other technical/analytical
background a plus
• Familiarity with U.S. domestic energy policies
• Project management skills and/or experience
• Presentation skills and/or experience
• Event planning skills and/experience
• Excellent communication and team leadership skills
• Experience in cross-cultural working environment,
specifically with Latin America
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish
• Familiarity with non-profit management a plus
• HTML skills a plus
Background about the Company
Numark Associates, Inc. is a Washington, DC-based energy and
environmental consulting firm specializing in domestic and
international climate change policy and emissions trading systems;
nuclear energy matters; regulatory and government affairs; energy
policy and politics; and a wide range of issues affecting the
electric power industry. Since its founding in 1991, Numark
Associates has provided research services in both the technical and
policy arenas to government and private sector clients in the United
States and abroad, as well as management services to overseas
corporations conducting business in the United States. The firm aims
to assist government and industry in protecting public health and
safety and the environment; in providing reliable and affordable
energy supplies and utilization technologies; and in securely
disposing of the dangerous legacy materials from Cold War-era nuclear
weapons programs. Numark’s services range from detailed technical,
political, and market analysis to strategic planning, marketing,
support to business transactions, conference management and various
forms of logistical support. The firm also conducts independent
projects and presents its analyses and commentaries in various
journals, newspapers and conferences.
General information about Numark Associates may be accessed at
www.numarkassoc.com.
To apply please send a full CV/resume, a cover letter,
references, and English and Spanish writing samples to Marcus King,
Senior Manager at Numark Associates, mking at numarkassoc.com. Deadline
for applications is September 30.
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Marine Ecosystem Modeler, VIMS
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine
Science of the College of William and Mary (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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Research Assistant Professor: Applied Restoration Science
Estuarine Research Center
Morgan State University
LOCATION: St Leonard, MD
Morgan State University (MSU) in cooperation with the Academy of
Natural Sciences is accepting applications for the Ruth Patrick
Research Assistant Professor. The position is a tenure track
position at the MSU Estuarine Research Center. The Estuarine Research
Center (ERC) focuses on marine, costal ecosystem and bioenvironmental
sciences with the goal of addressing the mounting environmental
problems that threaten the health, safety, well-being that are
adverse to urban communities, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries,
the state, and the nation as a whole. Further ERC enhances and
builds both our undergraduate programs in Biology and Chemistry and
our graduate programs in Bioenvironmental Sciences and
Bioinformatics. ERC is building strong interactions with the School
of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences as well the schools of
Business and Engineering as we transfer the revelations of scientific
discovery into mainstream society.
The successful candidate will have an expertise in Applied
Environmental Restoration and they will be expected to develop active
collaborations with other faculty from Morgan State University and
researchers at the Academy of Natural Sciences. The faculty member
will be expected to generate significant external support for their
research program, teach courses at ERC or the Baltimore campus and
supervise graduate students.
The position requires a Ph.D. and post-doctoral experience in a
related field. Position will remain open until filled
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Submit letter of application, curriculum
vitae, statement of research interests, names of three references,
and other supporting materials to: Dr. Kelton Clark, Director,
Estuarine Research Center, 10545 Mackall Road St. Leonard, Maryland
20685. Electronic submissions are preferred.
Inquiries can be directed to Dr. Kelton Clark, E-Mail:
kclark at moac.morgan.edu.
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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
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