[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 02/17/2006
Susan Bennett
bennetsk at whitman.edu
Fri Feb 17 16:12:50 CST 2006
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
02/17/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCIENCE NEWS
Protecting the Pacific Island Countries from Cyclones
(see below)
New [U.S.] Grant System Excludes Mac Users
(see below)
Declining Snowpack Cools Off Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Winter Soils
(see below)
Major new Dutch climate progamme and Campagn
(see below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism
(see below)
JOBS
Tenure-track-JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Department of Biology
(see below)
Ireland - Climate Modeller: Community Climate Change Consortium for
Ireland (C4I)
(see below)
Princeton, New Jersey - UCAR Visiting Scientist Program at the
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
(see below)
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Science News
Protecting the Pacific Island Countries from Cyclones
World Bank news Pacific Island countries rank among the most
vulnerable in the world to natural disasters. In the 1990s alone,
reported natural disasters cost the Pacific Islands region US$2.8
billion. A new report says there's no doubt disasters in the region
are becoming more intense and calls for urgent action to reduce the
risks facing the island countries. Full article: http://tinyurl.com/
97ymg
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New [U.S.] Grant System Excludes Mac Users
from the Washington Post (Registration Required)
What if the federal government were about to give away more than
$400 billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on
Microsoft software could apply?
That is the predicament that many scientists, scholars and others
say they are in as the government enters the final phase of its five-
year effort to streamline its grant-application process.
The new "Grants.gov" system, under development at a cost of tens
of billions of dollars, aims to replace paper applications with
electronic forms. It is being phased in at the National Institutes of
Health, Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal
agencies. All 26 grant-giving agencies are supposed to have their
application processes fully online by 2007. http://tinyurl.com/96bdg
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Declining Snowpack Cools Off Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Winter Soils
A recent decrease in Rocky Mountain snowpack has slowed the
release of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gases from forest soils into
the atmosphere during the dead of winter, according to a new
University of Colorado at Boulder study. http://www.sciencedaily.com/
releases/2006/02/060210092330.htm
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Major new Dutch climate progamme and Campagn
We’re very pleased to announce that after one year of
preparations more than 40 Dutch Nature Conservation, Environment,
Development and Humanitarian NGOs have joined together to start a
huge joint climate change program and a related public campaign. The
campaign started this week. The coalition includes Oxfam, Red Cross
Netherlands, Unicef, PLAN, WWF and many other national and
international NGOs.
The total budget of the programme and the campaign is € 16.3 million
for the period 2006 – 2007.
The objectives are (1) to reduce the risks of climate change by
integrating responses to climate change and climate variability into
disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction and sustainable
development efforts (2) to raise the sense of urgency by using the
climate risk reduction projects within the programme as climate
‘witnesses’ and (3) to reduce emissions by convincing at least one
million consumers to take action.
Although the public campaign has no policy objectives in itself,
we consider the public campaign as essential to strengthen the
ongoing activities to influence government policies and the climate
policy of major Dutch companies.
The communications concept is shown here. ‘Hier’ means ‘here’.
This concept can help to show that climate change is not an abstract,
long term environmental problem, but that it is happening here and
here and here. It also helps to show that each person and
organisation can be part of the solution, here, here and here. To
cite Bill Clinton from his speech during the last CoP: "Here's what
I am going to do!"
The concept can be used by the participating NGOs, other NGOs and
participating organisations, like local authorities. It can also be
used by the business sector, in offering a well-defined package of
products like efficient light bulbs, the most efficient (Top Ten)
appliances, green electricity and climate-neutral products.
The name of our campaign website is www.hier.nu (hier.nu means
here.now)
The Program is intended to be internationally relevant as well:
The chosen approach to include humanitarian an development NGOs
to raise the sense of urgency is innovative and will hopefully
contribute to their involvement in other countries.
More than half of the projects will take place in developing
countries, especially the projects of development and humanitarian
NGOs. They offer new opportunities for climate impact stories and
climate ‘witnesses’;
The communications approach is meant to be easily be copied in
other countries;
The Dutch Top Ten project for the most efficient products is part
of an innovative international project to introduce Top Ten websites
in ten European countries (see www.topten.info) and to create buyer’s
groups like local authorities and banks. This international approach
can create enough volume to transform markets;
At least half of the compensation of climate neutral products
will come from ‘gold standard’ CDM projects.
On our site www.klimaatbureau.nl you can find an overview of our
programme, including a short description of the different projects
(page in English) and a short film on the first phase of our public
campaign (unfortunately in Dutch, but the basic ideas can easily be
understood).
I hope you enjoy it. We do!
Sible Schöne
Klimaatbureau
sible at klimaatbureau.nl
31(0)302393064
31(0)655328722
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism
The group-training course on Capacity Building for Project Staff
Regarding Kyoto Mechanism
This is the information for those who intend to apply to the
training
course in Japan.
This training course for overseas participants will
systematically introduce measures to reduce emission of greenhouse
gases and give participants better understanding of Kyoto Mechanism
and role of the developing countries in CDM projects.
This course is organized by Chubu International Center, JICA
(Japan International Cooperation Agency), and implemented by ICETT
(International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer) under
the ODA program.
This course is already allocated to the following contries;
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Kenya,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Phillippines, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet
Nam Those who intend to apply to this training course should contact
with JICA office in their countries.
1.COURSE TITLE: Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding
Kyoto Mechanism
2.DURATION: June 12, 2006 to July 30, 2006
3.APPLICATION DUE & REQUIRED ITEMS: April 12, 2006 (for
acceptance in the JICA office or Embassy of Japan), Nomination Form,
Country Report and Summary of Job Report
4.NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 10
5.LANGUAGE: English
6.PARTICIPANTS ? OCCUPATION:
1)Administrative officers or researchers of national government
who are in charge of making and/or implementing the policies and/or
projects concerning Kyoto Mechanism.
2)Experts who specialize in CDM, working in the field of energy
sectors.
*Applicants would rather belong to Designated National
Authorities (DNA) or other corresponding organizations like National
Focal Points (NFP) and CDM offices.
7.COURSE OBJECT
Upon successful completion of the course, the participants are
expected to gain capacity building in order to develop sound
projecting skills and also to deepen their understanding of:
1)Kyoto Protocol and the Rule of Kyoto Mechanism
2)Scientific Aspect of Global Warming;
3) Role of the developing countries for the facilitation of CDM
projects;
4) Measures to limit and/or reduce emissions of Green House
Gasses (GHGs).
3690-1,Sakura-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie 512-1211, Japan
INTERNATIONAL CENTER for ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ( ICETT )
Koichi Kikuchi Associate Director / Training Division
TEL +81-593-29-3500 FAX +81-593-29-8115
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Tenure-track-JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Department of Biology
Jackson State University, located in metropolitan Jackson, is the
4th largest state supported institution in Mississippi with an
enrollment of approximately 8,500 students. The College of Science,
Engineering, and Technology consists of two academic schools: The
school of Engineering with four departments (Civil and Environmental
Engineering; Communication Engineering; Computer Engineering; and
Computer Sciences), and the School of Science and Technology with
five departments (Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Physics,
Atmospheric and General Science; and Technology); the Multi-
disciplinary Environmental Science Ph.D. Program; and the Department
of Aerospace Studies. Over 2,000 students are enrolled in the
undergraduate and graduate programs, and 100 full-time faculty
members are involved in teaching, research and service.
The Department of Biology, Jackson State University at Jackson,
Mississippi invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track position
in marine science / coastal environmental science. The start date
for this position is August 14, 2006. The candidate selected will be
required to teach aquatic/marine science and environmental science
courses, develop courses in his/her area of expertise, and direct our
undergraduate and graduate degree concentrations in marine science.
Preferred areas of research experience include, but are not limited
to: fisheries biology, fish population dynamics and stock assessment,
coastal/marine ecology, coastal/marine science, coastal/marine
ecosystem assessment and management, and/or coastal/marine resources
management. The successful candidate is expected to develop active,
externally funded research programs; provide effective teaching and
services to the university community; and develop/establish
collaborations with scientists from the MS Department of Marine
Resources, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, USM-Gulf
Coast Research Laboratory, NASA Stennis Space Center, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other institutions, to
strengthen the marine science program. The candidate must have proven
research and successful grantsmanship records. He/She must hold a
Ph.D. degree or equivalent in coastal/marine science, fisheries
biology or a closely related area. Preference will be given to
applicants with at least a post-doctoral experience in aquatic and
fishery sciences.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. Review of
applications will begin March 15, 2006, and will continue until the
position is filled.
For additional information please contact:
Willis Baker, Willis F. Baker & Associates
Executive Search Consultants
(513) 651-3535 - willis.baker at fuse.net
Jackson State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative
action employer.
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Ireland - Climate Modeller: Community Climate Change Consortium for
Ireland (C4I)
Applications are invited for the position of Computer Climate
Modeller to work as part of a climate research team. The Community
Climate Change Consortium for Ireland (C4I) has been established,
with University College Dublin (UCD) and Met Éireann (the Irish
National Meteorological Service) as partners. Preliminary climate
simulations have been carried out and are available at www.C4I.ie .
Major ensemble climate modelling experiments are planned.
Purpose of Position
The purpose is to carry out large-scale computational experiments
to simulate the future climate of Ireland using a Regional Climate
Model (RCM). The overall goal of the C4I Project is to enhance our
knowledge and understanding to future climate of Ireland, and the
likely impacts of climate change.
Location
The modeller will be based in the Meteorology & Climate Centre,
School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD, but will collaborate closely
with the climate modeling team at Met Éireann in Glasnevin
(www.met.ie). The modeller will work under the direct supervision of
the Director of the Meteorology & Climate Centre, Prof Peter Lynch.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
The Computer Climate Modeller will be involved in developing and
implementing climate simulations using regional and global climate
models on parallel high performance computing platforms. Ensembles of
climate simulations will be executed using lateral boundary data from
ensembles of global runs. The Modeller will be expected to
participate in the overall design of these experiments, and in their
execution. There will also be limited opportunities for independent
research studies provided that these serve the overall goals of the
C4I Project.
Computational facilities includes access to the Cosmogrid cluster
in UCD and the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) (see
http://www.ichec.ie/)
Selection Criteria
The applicant must have
* A strong background in computing and computational science.
* A Ph.D. in atmospheric or earth sciences, physics, mathematics
or related disciplines, or in computer science.
* Knowledge of and experience in using the Unix operating system.
The applicant should have at least some of the following:
* Experience in working with regional climate models
* Knowledge of FORTRAN and facility in programming in this language
* Facility in working with large and complex data-bases
* Experience using advanced visualization tools.
Remuneration
The salary will be in the range €34,000 - 48,000, the level being
commensurate with experience.
FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please see http://
www.ucd.ie/meteorology
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Princeton, New Jersey - UCAR Visiting Scientist Program at the
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is
recruiting postdoctoral scientists and short-term senior visitors to
work in Princeton, New Jersey at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory (GFDL) as part of the Climate Change Research Initiative
(CCRI).
GFDL conducts fundamental and applied oceanic and atmospheric
research on a variety of problems of importance to society and
central to NOAA's mission. These problems include global climate
change; hurricane prediction; modeling and prediction of El Nino and
its influence on the global atmosphere; atmospheric radiation,
aerosol and cloud physics, atmospheric chemistry; the carbon cycle
in the oceans and on land; and problems in fundamental oceanic and
atmospheric fluid dynamics that have the potential to impact future
applications.
For the past three decades, GFDL has been a world leader in
global change research, specializing in the computer modeling of the
climate system. In the past several years GFDL has reorganized to
develop a new generation of climate and Earth system models to
support its research for the coming decade. Teams of scientists from
the Laboratory and Princeton University have been developing a new
software infrastructure and new atmospheric, oceanic, land,
atmospheric chemistry, and oceanic biogeochemistry models which are
currently being enhanced and integrated into an interactive system
for studies of variability and change.
GFDL has recently received additional funding from the CCRI to
enhance its core research capability so as to enable policy related
research and product generation. GFDL expects some of these new
postdoctoral positions to evolve into permanent civil service hires
as it expands its staff in the next several years. Placement into
permanent civil service positions may require additional competition.
These positions are intended to expedite the development of this new
generation of climate models as well as the climate change research
conducted with them.
The following are specific areas that have been identified as
priorities for post-doctoral positions:
-- collaborative studies with GFDL models and the UCAR's
Community Climate System Model (CCSM) to better understand
differences in equilibrium and transient responses to changes in
radiative forcing, including predictions of regional climate change
-- studies of radiative forcing of climate, both natural and
anthropogenic; aerosol direct and indirect effects; modeling of
aerosol distributions and aerosol and cloud microphysical processes
relevant for climate change
-- detection of climate change and the attribution of these
changes to human and natural causes, including extreme events and
regional climate change; retrospective analysis and simulations of
observed climate changes to evaluate model sensitivity and feedbacks;
-- the sensitivity of midlatitude stormtracks and tropical storms
to global warming; analyses of simulated natural variability on
interannual and decadal time scales and its predictability
-- modeling of regional climate change with high resolution
global atmospheric models and/or limited area atmospheric models
-- modeling issues relevant to climate change in the Arctic,
including sea ice and Arctic ocean circulation
-- atmospheric subgrid parameterizations and model development:
planetary boundary layer, moist convection, and middle atmospheric
gravity waves; stratospheric processes affecting climate variations
and change
-- large-scale ocean dynamics and ocean circulation, and its effect
on the climate system and climate variability
-- studies of the ocean's role in climate and climate change;
ocean model development; ocean initialization for climate change
simulations
-- modeling of land hydrology and biogeochemical cycles in the
land and ocean; the effect of climate change on the carbon, nitrogen,
iron, and silica cycles.
In addition to junior post-doctoral applicants, GFDL is looking
for senior visitors interested in the areas listed above, with a
particular emphasis on visitors from other climate change modeling
centers interested in model intercomparisons.
How to apply:
There is no application form. Send the following materials to
the UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs:
--Cover letter identifying this program
--Curriculum vitae with a list of publications in refereed journals
--Names and addresses of three references. It is the applicant's
responsibility to contact the references and request that they submit
letters in support of your application to VSP.
--PhD thesis abstract
--Proposed project description, including a statement of
relevance to the CCRI. Proposal must be titled and not exceed three
pages.
Application deadline is April 15, 2006. Applications are
reviewed twice yearly by a steering committee and will not be
reviewed unless they are complete, including letters of reference.
Send applications and letters of reference to:
Meg Austin, Director
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA
For further information, please call 303-497-8649, send e-mail
to: vsp at ucar.edu or visit the VSP website at: www.vsp.ucar.edu
UCAR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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