[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 01/27/2006
Susan Bennett
bennetsk at whitman.edu
Fri Jan 27 15:54:00 CST 2006
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
01/27/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
US Office of Naval Research Planning Letters
(see below)
NSF Launches New Web Portal for the International Polar Year (IPY)
2007-2008
http://www.us-ipy.gov (see below)
SCIENCE NEWS
Sea-Level Rise is Quickening Pace - from Nature News
(see below)
Green Measures Key to Earth's Future - from the Los Angeles Times
(Registration Required)
(see below)
2005 Warmest Year on Record, Data Indicates from MSNBC
(see below)
FORUM
Oceans in Peril - Washington Post, Monday, January 23, 2006; A14
(see below)
Is It Warm in Here? We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our
History
(see below)
Wrote your U.S. Congressperson about the Endangered Species Act From
Stuart Pimm vai Tina Treude
(see below)
JOBS
AGU Congressional Science Fellowship Application Deadline 1 Feb 2006
(see below)
POST DOC – Coastal and Estuarine Nutrient Dynamics, Environmental
Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FLorida
(see below)
Carbon Management Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA
(see below)
Assistant Professor, The University of Vermont Atmospheric Sciences
(see below)
Program Manager, Northwest Climate Change Resource Center. The
Resource Innovation Group
(see below)
Associate Director, WCS Institute - Wildlife Conservation Society
(see below)
US EPA Post-Doctoral Position, Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands
INdicator Development, Newport, Oregon
(see below)
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Science Policy position with with Sigma Xi,
the Scientific Research Society.
(see below)
Tenure-Track, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies
(see below)
New positions: Scottish Association for Marine Science
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has recently been
awarded a multi-million pounds package of funding that will see the
appointment of 10 academic and 14 support staff over the coming
months. For further information please see: http://www.sams.ac.uk
Assistant/Associate/ Program Director Biological Oceanography
AD-1360-02/03/04 GEO/OCE (Closes: 03/17/2006)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=e20060046
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Resources
NSF Launches New Web Portal for the International Polar Year (IPY)
2007-2008
http://www.us-ipy.gov
The National Science Foundation has launched a portal website to
provide the general public and members of the news media with easy
access to news releases, classroom resources, listings of museum and
gallery exhibits, and catalogs of video and still images and other
materials produced or supported by the federal government as part of
the U.S. contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008.
The site, at http://www.us-ipy.gov, includes information on the
IPY for a general audience as well as basic information for
scientists interested in obtaining IPY funding from the U.S.
government. New content will be continually added to the
comprehensive site.
The IPY will take place exactly 50 years after the International
Geophysical Year (IGY), a similar global scientific research endeavor
during which scientists first spent the long Antarctic winter at the
South Pole, among other accomplishments. The polar "year" will
include two calendar years to permit a full 12 months of observations
in regions where six months of extreme cold and darkness can hamper
fieldwork.
In the spring of 2007, scientists from more than 100 countries
will embark on an intensive, coordinated campaign of multi-
disciplinary scientific observations, research, and analysis as part
of the IPY. The research is expected to dramatically expand our
understanding of the Arctic and Antarctic regions--including their
relationship to the global ecosystem--and to provide unprecedented
insight into how societies in high northern latitudes are coping with
environmental change.
In the United States and in other countries, planning already is
underway for extended IPY scientific field campaigns as well as for
education and outreach programs for the general public.
The White House has designated NSF, which manages the U.S.
Antarctic Program and chairs the Interagency Arctic Research Policy
Committee (IARPC), to be the lead federal agency for the IPY.
Numerous other agencies, their scientists and grantees will also be
involved in supporting IPY research, fielding research teams, and
producing curricula and other materials for the general public about
the IPY.
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US Office of Naval Research Planning Letters
The ONR Ocean Optics and Biology Program has begun planning for
research investments to be made in the 2007 fiscal year (1 October
2006 through 30 September 2007). To simplify the workload,
researchers seeking funding for topics of potential Navy interest in
the areas of optical or biological oceanography, including
observations, modeling, or sensor design, are urged to submit
planning letters that briefly outline the expected scope of work,
including the time frame in which the work would be conducted and
estimated annual costs. Planning letters should be submitted through
the Ocean Optics and Biology portion of the ONR OA&S web site: http://
www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/ocean/322_processes/prog_ob.asp
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Science News
Sea-Level Rise is Quickening Pace - from Nature News
The rate of global sea-level rise has sped up during the
twentieth century, Australian researchers have confirmed.
This disturbing acceleration is predicted by climate models, but
has been difficult to spot in real data; natural variations in sea
level have masked long-term trends.
Now researchers have managed to tease out the acceleration from
tide-gauge data, by cleaning up the information using satellite
measurements. http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060116/full/060116-11.html
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Green Measures Key to Earth's Future - from the Los Angeles Times
(Registration Required)
By 2050, the planet's population will increase to 9 billion, with
most people migrating to massive cities. Better vaccines will lessen
the epidemic of HIV and offset flu pandemics. The global economy will
quadruple. Demand for food, fresh water and raw materials for
construction and heat will stretch natural resources to their limits,
according to an analysis released Thursday.
If major changes are not made in the way humans consume natural
resources, there will be widespread famine, severe shortages of clean
water and huge impacts from natural disasters such as hurricanes.
Cities will be beset by vast amounts of wastewater and sewage. Sea
levels will rise, fisheries will collapse, emerging disease epidemics
will sweep across the globe and coral reefs will die off, said
authors of the new report, "The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment."
Commissioned by the United Nations, the work is a four-year effort by
1,300 scientists from 95 countries.
This grim scenario, however, can be avoided through policy
decisions that emphasize environmental technology, poverty reduction
and investments in education and health, the report's authors said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-fg-future20jan20,0,1203827.story
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2005 Warmest Year on Record, Data Indicates from MSNBC
A surprising Arctic warm spell is responsible for a 2005 that was
likely the warmest year since instrument recordings began in the late
1800s, a leading researcher said Tuesday in describing a new federal
analysis.
James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space
Studies, said the analysis had to estimate temperatures in the Arctic
from nearby weather stations because no direct data were available.
As a result, he said, "we couldn’t say with 100 percent
certainty that it’s the warmest year, but I’m reasonably confident
that it was." http://tinyurl.com/7d5q8
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Forum
Oceans in Peril - Washington Post, Monday, January 23, 2006; A14
THE BUSH administration remains in denial about climate change
and sometimes treats environmental protection as an inconvenience.
Yet there was reason to hope, when the U.S. Commission on Ocean
Policy issued its report more than a year ago, that President Bush
would seize the issue of the dire threat to this country's coastal
waters. The commission was the second major task force in recent
years to detail the rapidly deteriorating ecology of America's
oceans. All serious looks at the issue have reached similar
conclusions: that current human use of oceans is unsustainable and
that without dramatic changes in the ways the waters are exploited
and enjoyed, the seas will die out. The magnitude of the crisis
offers an opportunity for the president to lead on a preeminent
environmental issue.
So far, it is an opportunity Mr. Bush has largely passed up. To
be sure, there have been some constructive changes. Senate Commerce
Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is pushing legislation to
improve fisheries management. Regional fisheries managers have acted
to protect deep sea corals. And, explains James L. Connaughton,
chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Policy, the
president has moved to improve coordination on ocean-related policy
by the many agencies of government that have jurisdiction over
aspects of the problem, a key commission concern. The administration
is developing a long-term research plan and is planning to protect a
large area around some Hawaiian islands as a marine sanctuary. All of
this is promising -- though a big test will come when the
administration has to propose funding for oceans research in its
coming budget.
Still, there is little sense of urgency about a problem the
oceans commission described in stark terms: Americans, the report
warns, are "starting to love our oceans to death." If that is to be
averted, "reform needs to start now, while it is still possible to
reverse distressing declines." Mr. Connaughton says Mr. Bush is
deeply committed to the problem. Yet the president himself does not
talk about it.
Tackling this meaningfully is going to require regulatory
initiatives across a range of areas: pollution, runoff, development,
environmentally harmful farming practices and others, requiring
substantial sums. None of this is possible without sustained and
vocal presidential leadership. Ecosystems are at a tipping point,
verging on a collapse from which they won't recover. The stakes are
as immense as the oceans, which will not wait for the White House to
gear up to save them.
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Is It Warm in Here? We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our
History
By David Ignatius
Wednesday, January 18, 2006; A17
One of the puzzles if you're in the news business is figuring out
what's "news." The fate of your local football team certainly fits
the definition. So does a plane crash or a brutal murder. But how
about changes in the migratory patterns of butterflies?
Scientists believe that new habitats for butterflies are early
effects of global climate change -- but that isn't news, by most
people's measure. Neither is declining rainfall in the Amazon, or
thinner ice in the Arctic. We can't see these changes in our personal
lives, and in that sense, they are abstractions. So they don't grab
us the way a plane crash would -- even though they may be harbingers
of a catastrophe that could, quite literally, alter the fundamentals
of life on the planet. And because they're not "news," the
environmental changes don't prompt action, at least not in the United
States.
What got me thinking about the recondite life rhythms of the
planet, and not the 24-hour news cycle, was a recent conversation
with a scientist named Thomas E. Lovejoy, who heads the H. John Heinz
III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. When I first
met Lovejoy nearly 20 years ago, he was trying to get journalists
like me to pay attention to the changes in the climate and biological
diversity of the Amazon. He is still trying, but he's beginning to
wonder if it's too late.
Lovejoy fears that changes in the Amazon's ecosystem may be
irreversible. Scientists reported last month that there is an
Amazonian drought apparently caused by new patterns in Atlantic
currents that, in turn, are similar to projected climate change. With
less rainfall, the tropical forests are beginning to dry out. They
burn more easily, and, in the continuous feedback loops of their
ecosystem, these drier forests return less moisture to the
atmosphere, which means even less rain. When the forest trees are
deprived of rain, their mortality can increase by a factor of six,
and similar devastation affects other species, too.
"When do you wreck it as a system?" Lovejoy wonders. "It's like
going up to the edge of a cliff, not really knowing where it is.
Common sense says you shouldn't discover where the edge is by passing
over it, but that's what we're doing with deforestation and climate
change."
Lovejoy first went to the Amazon 40 years ago as a young
scientist of 23. It was a boundless wilderness, the size of the
continental United States, but at that time it had just 2 million
people and one main road. He has returned more than a hundred times,
assembling over the years a mental time-lapse photograph of how this
forest primeval has been affected by man. The population has
increased tenfold, and the wilderness is now laced with roads, new
settlements and economic progress. The forest itself, impossibly rich
and lush when Lovejoy first saw it, is changing.
For Lovejoy, who co-edited a pioneering 1992 book, "Global
Warming and Biological Diversity," there is a deep sense of
frustration. A crisis he and other scientists first sensed more than
two decades ago is drifting toward us in what seems like slow motion,
but fast enough that it may be impossible to mitigate the damage.
The best reporting of the non-news of climate change has come
from Elizabeth Kolbert in the New Yorker. Her three-part series last
spring lucidly explained the harbingers of potential disaster: a
shrinking of Arctic sea ice by 250 million acres since 1979; a
thawing of the permafrost for what appears to be the first time in
120,000 years; a steady warming of Earth's surface temperature;
changes in rainfall patterns that could presage severe droughts of
the sort that destroyed ancient civilizations. This month she
published a new piece, "Butterfly Lessons," that looked at how these
delicate creatures are moving into new habitats as the planet warms.
Her real point was that all life, from microorganisms to human
beings, will have to adapt, and in ways that could be dangerous and
destabilizing.
So many of the things that pass for news don't matter in any
ultimate sense. But if people such as Lovejoy and Kolbert are right,
we are all but ignoring the biggest story in the history of
humankind. Kolbert concluded her series last year with this
shattering thought: "It may seem impossible to imagine that a
technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy
itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing." She's
right. The failure of the United States to get serious about climate
change is unforgivable, a human folly beyond imagining.
davidignatius at washpost.com
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Wrote your U.S. Congressperson about the Endangered Species Act From
Stuart Pimm vai Tina Treude
Two weeks ago, you heard from the Union of Concerned Scientists
regarding legislation that is making its way through Congress that
would fundamentally and negatively alter the way science informs
critical Endangered Species Act (ESA) decisions. The House has
already passed a bill that strips the scientific underpinnings of the
ESA; it is now time for the Senate to decide if and how it wants to act.
In response to this situation, I have joined with Jane Lubchenco,
Gordon Orions, and Peter Raven in signing an open letter to the U.S.
Senate addressing the appropriate use of science in the ESA. To date,
more than 3500 of your colleagues have signed on - and today, I urge
you to do the same. Please read and sign the statement by Tuesday,
January 31: http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/restoring/
biologists-letter-on.html
The ESA has provided protection for our most threatened and
endangered animals and their habitats for over thirty years. A
strong, unified statement from biological experts will help protect
the science behind the ESA - legislation that serves as a cornerstone
of environmental protection in the United States.
The statement is open to anyone with or working toward an
advanced degree in biological sciences. Please act today to read and
sign the letter: http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/restoring/
biologists-letter-on.html
Leaders in this effort include David Bain, Ron Carroll, Paul
Ehrlich, Melissa Grigione, Lynn Maquire, Jane Lubchenco, Dennis
Murphy, Gordon Orians, Barry Noon, Peter Raven, and John Terborgh.
For full background information about this issue, including links to
detailed analyses of the legislative threat, visit: http://
www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/restoring/science-in-the-
endangered.html
Thank you for your support of independent science.
Regards, Stuart Pimm
Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology
Nicholas School for the Environment
Duke University
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AGU Congressional Science Fellowship Application Deadline 1 Feb 2006
AGU is accepting applications until 1 February 2006 for the
2006-2007 Congressional Science Fellowship. The Fellowship provides
an opportunity for a scientist to play an active part in the U.S.
policy process by spending a year (September through August) on the
staff of a congressional committee or in the personal office of a
House or Senate member, advising on a wide range of scientific issues.
Applicants should have a broad background in science and have an
aptitude for working with and communicating technical information
clearly to people from diverse professional backgrounds. Prior
experience in public policy is not necessary, although such
experience and/or demonstrable interest in applying science to the
solution of public policy problems is desired.
The Fellowship carries a stipend of up to $49,000, health
insurance, plus travel allowance. For further details and
application instructions, visit the AGU Web site: http://www.agu.org/
sci_soc/policy/congress_fellows.html or contact Catherine O'Riordan
at +1-202-777-7509 or e-mail coriordan at agu.org.
AGU's 2004-2005 Congressional Science Fellow, Jana Davis, spent
her fellowship in the office of Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). "I
believe that the legislative process, and therefore the quality of
our laws, greatly benefits from direct access of policy-makers to
scientific information. It is imperative that policy-makers take
advantage of this information as it becomes available in order to
best manage our nation's resources," she reported after her
experience on Capitol Hill.
AGU members are also eligible to apply for Congressional Science
Fellowships sponsored by the American Geological Institute http://
www.agiweb.org/gap/csf/index.html andthe American Institute of
Physics ( http://www.aip.org/gov/cf.html ). The American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) also sponsors Fellows, and AAAS
serves as the umbrella support network for all of the Congressional
Science Fellows.
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US EPA Post-Doctoral Position, Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands
INdicator Development, Newport, Oregon
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s, Office of Research
and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research
Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division in Gulf Breeze, Florida, is seeking
a highly motivated individual with expertise in estuarine and coastal
ecosystem processes to join our research team. The successful
applicant is expected to augment our ongoing research project in the
northern Gulf of Mexico investigating relationships between nutrients
and hypoxia in nearshore coastal waters. The goal of this project is
to develop predictive models of large scale ecosystem responses to
changes in nutrient loading from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya river
complex. Examples of appropriate research areas include the following:
1) Ecosystem modeling, including development or application of
planktonic and benthic process models, hydrodynamic models, and
coupled physical-biological-chemical models
2) Sediment biogeochemistry and diagenetic modeling
3) Remote sensing applications and modeling, especially in spectrally
resolving phytoplankton, suspended sediments and colored dissolved
organic matter.
Investigations may include field data collection, field and
laboratory experiments, data synthesis, statistical analysis, and
ecological modeling. Opportunities exist to participate in ongoing
field research in the Gulf hypoxia zone. Successful applicants should
be interested in integrating their work within a collaborative,
multidisciplinary research environment to address environmental
management-driven research objectives.
Full details may be found at http://www.epa.gov/nheerl/postdocs/
(Position # GED-01-03-06-146). Open application period: January 3,
2006 to February 28, 2006.
The U.S. EPA is an equal opportunity employer.
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Carbon Management Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA
Job Type: Full Time
This position will support the Laboratory's research in the area
of geologic carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS; also known as
carbon sequestration) and will offer the candidate the opportunity to
collaborate with world-class researchers, to contribute to an
impressive publication record that is helping move this field of
research forward, and to contribute to analyses provided to public
and private sector decision makers who are actively studying carbon
management issues and options.
Research conducted in this area will focus on the deployment of
CCS systems in the industrial and electric power generation sectors,
both within the US and internationally, and this position will
require integration across a variety of technical disciplines
including geology, geophysics, petroleum engineering, electric power
generation, industrial processes, and economic analysis.
Duties will include synthesis and analysis of complex datasets,
methodology development, documentation, and publication of original
research.
Job Qualifications:
*The successful candidate will have a broad educational
background, including college-level coursework in chemistry, physics
and geology.
*Proficiency and strong analytical experience utilizing
geographic information systems (GIS) software, particularly ESRI
ArcView 9.x, is required. This experience can be demonstrated through
the use of GIS software in thesis or project work, and/or through
undergraduate- or graduate-level coursework.
*Experience working with complex datasets and databases is also
preferred, along with a high level of proficiency in Excel.
*Experience with statistical software packages (e.g., Maple) and/
or Monte Carlo simulation (e.g., CrystalBall) is desirable, as is
experience with VB or VBA programming languages.
*This position requires strong skills communicating technical
information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
*An interdisciplinary background that includes formal policy/
economic and scientific/engineering training or experience is desired.
Minimum Job Requirements:
Carbon Management Scientist - Level I: A minimum of a BS or MS in
geoscience, engineering, policy or economics, and 0-1 years of
related experience.
Carbon Management Scientist - Level II: A minimum of a BS in
geoscience, engineering, policy or economics, and 2-3 years of
related experience; or a MS degree and 0-2 years of related
experience; or a PhD degree.
To Apply:
Please visit our website at www.jobs.pnl.gov, reference
requisition #110660, or contact Kristi Ross at kristi.ross at pnl.gov.
When you apply for this position,
Please say you saw this job on Green Dream Jobs!!
Contact Information:
Kristi Ross
kristi.ross at pnl.gov
http://www.jobs.pnl.gov
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Assistant Professor, The University of Vermont Atmospheric Sciences
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
(RSENR) at the University of Vermont (UVM) seeks applicants for a
tenure-track, academic year position in atmospheric sciences
beginning fall semester, 2006. We seek an energetic, creative
individual to focus on the relationship between atmospheric
processes, air quality, and ecosystems, with an emphasis on regional
issues (e.g. transport, deposition and impact of air-borne
pollutants; biogeochemical cycling; and the impacts of climate change
on northeastern ecosystems).
The candidate will develop an undergraduate course in atmospheric
sciences and air quality within the Environmental Sciences (ENSC)
major and a graduate course related to climate change and participate
in two additional ENSC courses: Pollution Ecology and Fate and
Transport of Pollutants. Additional duties include advising ENSC
undergraduates and graduate students in their discipline and outreach
to the state on air quality and climate change issues.
Candidates should have their doctoral degree in atmospheric
sciences or a related field, be enthused about cross-disciplinary
research with RSENR ecologists, modelers, and social scientists, and
be committed to UVM's pursuit of ethnic and gender diversity and equity.
Application screening begins 15 March 2006. Applicants should
submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and contact information
for three references to www.uvm.jobs.com. UVM is an AA/EO employer.
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Program Manager, Northwest Climate Change Resource Center. The
Resource Innovation Group
The Resource Innovation Group, a non-profit affiliated with the
Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon,
seeks a program manager for its new Northwest Climate Change Resource
Center (CCRC). The CCRC will assist state and local governments and
private companies to understand the socio-economic consequences of
climate change, quantify greenhouse gas emissions, and develop
climate protection plans.
Primary Duties: Work with the director and associate director of
Resource Innovations to manage all aspects of the CCRC including
marketing, client services, research, report preparation, technical
assistance, and fundraising.
Specific Responsibilities
Organize and present educational briefings and seminars to
business and civic leaders on the scientific and socio-economic
aspects of global warming.
Establish and manage a website with scientific and socio-economic
information on climate change.
Coordinate the development, implementation, and monitoring of
climate protection action plans, including socio-economic impact
assessments, greenhouse gas quantifications, and mitigation and
adaptation policy development.
Supervise and provide service-learning opportunities for
University of Oregon graduate student to complete much of the
research described above.
Manage fundraising for the program including marketing, contracts
and grants from local governments and private companies as well as
other sources of funds. This is a grant-funded program. Continued
employment after a two-year start-up period will depend on the
ability of the manager to raise funds.
Qualifications: Background in economics, science, or policy
fields associated with global warming, demonstrated exemplary
research and report writing skills, excellent verbal skills and
ability to work cooperatively with diverse people, ability and desire
to work with university students. Graduate degree preferred.
Location: The position will be located in Eugene, Oregon. Travel
throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere required.
Salary: $40,000-$50,000 depending on experience, plus excellent
benefits.
Closing Date: January 27, 2006
Apply To: Administrative Director, Resource Innovation Group,
P.O. Box 51182, Eugene, Oregon 97405
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Associate Director, WCS Institute - Wildlife Conservation Society
The WCS Institute helps the Wildlife Conservation Society save
wildlife and wild lands by synthesizing and disseminating lessons
learned from the field and from our living collections, strengthening
existing conservation efforts, and applying WCS's experience and
values to advance the action agenda for conservation. The Institute
seeks to fill the position of Associate Director. The primary
responsibilities of the position are to provide support for
preparation of the biennial publication State of the Wild; coordinate
annual meetings on topics of importance to WCS; work to document and
publicize 'lessons learned' from across WCS; help develop broad
initiatives of interest to the Institution; and engage in general
administration of the Institute, including developing funding
proposals. Applicants must have: an earned doctorate or equivalent
experience in a field related to the conservation of biological
diversity; a strong background (5-10 years) in cross-disciplinary
work experience in one or more of the social sciences preferred;
demonstrated experience in analysis, writing and editing with
emphasis on work addressing synthetic, interdisciplinary treatments;
and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The position
reports to the Director of the Institute and is based at WCS
headquarters in the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Salary level is
commensurate with experience. To apply, please send cover letter and
C.V. to: Dr. Kent Redford, WCS Institute, Wildlife Conservation
Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460, USA. Email:
kredford at wcs.org. Closing date: March 31, 2006.
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US EPA POST-DOCTORAL POSITION, Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands
INdicator Development, Newport, Oregon
For application and general information go to URL: http://
cfpub.epa.gov/nheerl/index.cfm?fuseaction=postdocs.main
Division: Western Ecology Division (WED)
Branch: Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch (PCEB)
Location: Newport Oregon
Project: Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands Indicator Development
Description of Research Project:
The position will support movement of research programs in both
the coastal and freshwater components of the Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment Program (EMAP) at WED into a new resource type,
coastal (tidal) and freshwater wetlands. Coastal wetlands are broadly
defined to include salt marshes, shallow vegetated and unvegetated
tidal habitats, tidal freshwater wetlands, and restored or altered
systems among these habitats. The position would support the
development and validation of a range of wetland condition
indicators involving measurements at multiple spatial scales.
Potential indicators range from marsh sediment nutrient
concentrations (N, P) measured at core scale, to plant (native and
nonindigenous) diversity at transect or plot scale, to patch scale
measures of habitat continuity and patch connectivity, to landscape
scale measures of upland development and land use. Indicators that
have application for both freshwater and coastal wetland types would
have highest priority. The research will be expected to utilize
existing data sets where possible, such as EMAP data, the extensive
aerial photography data set compiled at PCEB, and on the indicator
development work done at the west coast EAGLe center at UC Davis.
Appointment: 3 years
Educational requirements: Ph.D. in ecology, environmental
science, biology or a closely related field.
Specialized training and/or experience preferred: Experience
with tidal wetlands systems is preferred. The candidate should have
experience in wetland ecosystem ecology, plant community ecology, or
other disciplinary areas with emphasis on the biological function,
sustainability, or restoration of coastal wetlands.
Contact*: Walt Nelson email: nelson.walt at epa.gov
* This person may be contacted for additional scientific
information about this project. This person is not authorized to
accept applications, make job offers, set salaries, establish start
dates or discuss benefits. See general announcement for details on
how to apply.
Cheryl A. Brown, Ph.D., Oceanographer
U.S. EPA, Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch
2111 SE Marine Science Center Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Tel: 541-867-4042
Fax: 541-867-4049
Email: brown.cheryl at epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/staff/brown.htm
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Postdoctoral Fellowship: Science Policy position with with Sigma Xi,
the Scientific Research Society.
Sigma Xi seeks a fellow who will work with the office of an
independent oversight and policy Board of an independent federal
agency in the Washington, DC area. This office funds a significant
portion of all federally supported basic research conducted by
America's colleges and universities. The successful candidate will be
supporting international science and engineering partnerships and a
proposed Commission for 21st Century Education in Science,
Mathematics and Technology (the Commission). If you are interested
in learning more, please visit: http://www.sigmaxi.org/fellow.shtml
This is an 18-month appointment beginning immediately upon hire.
The application deadline is Monday, February 6, 2006. To be
considered, please submit a cover letter and résumé to:
Yolanda Thorpe-Harris, Director of Human Resources
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
PO Box 13975
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3975
hrdept at sigmaxi.org
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Tenure-Track, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies
Sharpe Endowed Chair in Environmental Studies The Center for
Environmental Studies (CES) at Brown University seeks a faculty
member for an endowed chair at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level with
broad interests in environmental sciences as well as public policies
related to environmental issues. This appointment will be tenure
track and entail a joint appointment between CES and one of the
following academic units: Community Health, Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, the Division of Engineering, Geological Sciences, Political
Science, or Sociology, depending on the background and research
record of the candidate. We seek candidates who can integrate basic
and applied environmental sciences and work at different scales from
local to regional and global. Requirements include a PhD in an
environmentally-related discipline, a strong record of research and
outreach, commitment to excellence in graduate and undergraduate
teaching, and potential for interdisciplinary collaboration. The
mission of the Center for Environmental Studies is to carry out
interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach on a variety of
topics related to the environment. CES interests encompass the
natural sciences, social sciences, and public health. For more
information about the CES visit <http://envstudies.brown.edu/env/
index.php>http://envstudies.brown.edu/env/index.php. To apply, please
send a letter describing research, teaching, and outreach interests
and the fit of the candidate with the CES, a current CV, and 3
letters of reference to: Professor Osvaldo Sala, Director, Center for
Environmental Studies, Box 1943, 135 Angell Street, Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912. For further inquiries, please contact
Osvaldo_Sala at Brown.edu. Applications will be reviewed starting on
February 28, 2006 and accepted until the position is filled. Brown
University is an EEO/AA employer.
Phil Brown, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Environmental
Studies Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912. office phone
401-863-2633 department phone 401-863-2367 fax 401-863-3213 email:
phil_brown at brown.edu
Sociology website http://www.brown.edu/sociology Environmental Studies
website http://envstudies.brown.edu/Dept/
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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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