[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 03/23/2006
Susan Bennett
bennetsk at whitman.edu
Thu Mar 23 15:41:42 CST 2006
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
03/23/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
New Data: Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide NOAA ESRL Global
Monitoring Division
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
SCIENCE NEWS
Storm Intensity Tied to Warming of Sea Surfaces
(see below)
Ship Endures Record-Breaking Waves
(see below)
Treading on thin ice. The warmest Canadian winter since records began
officially ends this week...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/
0,,1735203,00.html
Aid workers: Climate change hurts poor nations
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/20/water.forum.ap/
Australia bears onslaught of huge cyclone
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8869-australia-bears-
onslaught-of-huge-cyclone.html
Reining In Carbon Dioxide Levels Imperative But Possible Report from
The Earth Institute at Columbia
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060308213229.htm
NASA Finds Stronger Storms Change Heat And Rainfall Worldwide
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060312211757.htm
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
Summer 2006 - Climate & Health Colloquium - ISSE - NCAR - Boulder, CO*
(see below)
4th Biennial CALFED Bay-Delta Program Science Conference 2006
(see below)
JOBS
Program Coordinator - Global Roundtable on Climate Change
(see below)
Spain - Positions at Parc Científic de Barcelona
(see below)
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Resources
Guiding National Ocean Research Investment: Public Workshop on the
Ocean Research Priorities Plan
The U.S. National Science and Technology Council Joint
Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) is hosting a
workshop to solicit public input on the Ocean Research Priorities
Plan. This important plan will guide ocean science and technology for
the next 5 to 10 years.
The workshop will be held April 18-20, 2006 in Denver, Colorado
and is open to any interested individuals. Registration fees are $100
before April 7, 2006 ($150 if after April 7).
In addition to the workshop, there will be an opportunity for
public comment on the Ocean Research Priorities Plan, scheduled to
begin soon (the dates have not yet been announced).
The workshop and subsequent public comment session will be key
venues for setting the national ocean research agenda. Please
consider attending the workshop and/or submitting comments on the
Ocean Research Priorities Plan.
For more information on the workshop: http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/
jsost_workshop/welcome.html
For more information on the Ocean Research Priorities Plan:
http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_prioritiesplan.html
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Science News
Storm Intensity Tied to Warming of Sea Surfaces
from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)
Rising ocean temperatures have stoked the growing fury of
hurricanes, according to a study made public Thursday that
intensifies a debate over the link between global warming and the
ferocity of storms.
Of all the factors that drive a major storm - such as humidity,
wind shear or broad air circulation patterns - only the steady
increase in sea surface temperatures over the last 35 years can
account for the rising strength of tempests in six oceans around the
world, including the North Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans,
scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology reported. http://
tinyurl.com/nwrgm
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Ship Endures Record-Breaking Waves
from Nature News
On the dark and stormy night of 8 February 2000, you wouldn't
want to have been on board the Discovery, a British oceanographic
research ship.
Out in the North Atlantic, 250 km west of Scotland and close to
the tiny island of Rockall, the ship was forced to sit through what
researchers think are the biggest waves ever directly recorded in the
open ocean. The two largest measured just over 29 metres from peak to
trough - about the height of a ten-storey building.
The tempest, which hit its peak close to midnight, was terrifying
for the scientists on board. "It was pretty horrendous," says
oceanographer Naomi Holliday of the University of Southampton in
England, who was on the Discovery. "Nobody got any sleep - we were
literally thrown out of our bunks." But the ordeal may have an
important scientific payoff in showing that such extreme ocean
conditions could be more common in this area than previously
recognized, say Holliday and colleagues in a paper in Geophysical
Research Letters. http://tinyurl.com/p9hcp
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Tweaking the Climate Nightmare
from Wired News
A distributed-computing project that rocked the science world
with dire predictions about global warming a year ago is enlisting
thousands of new volunteers to test various climate models and fine-
tune researchers' forecast of possible climate catastrophe.
ClimatePrediction.net, a climate-modeling project operated by
Oxford University scientists, uses donated computer-processing power
to run simulations of climactic change under a wide range of
different scenarios.
Participants from around the world can download unique climate
models that will run automatically when their computers aren't being
used. The models will simulate Earth's climate from 1920, the
earliest period for which reliable records are available, to 2080.
http://tinyurl.com/fdvoh
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
Summer 2006 - Climate & Health Colloquium - ISSE - NCAR - Boulder, CO*
The Institute for the Study of Society & Environment (ISSE)
http://www.isse.ucar.edu is pleased to announce its Summer 2006 –
Climate & Health Colloquium, July 16- July 22, 2006. This colloquium
exposes graduate and post-graduate students to methods for
integrating climate change, climate variability and public health
research. It will include presentations, opportunities for students
to discuss integrated work with leaders in their respective fields,
and gain hands-on experience with analytic tools. Please apply online
- http://www.isse.ucar.edu/climatehealth/ or contact Veronica Wynne
vwynne at ucar.edu, (303)497-8117.
DEADLINE CHANGE!
*The application http://www.isse.ucar.edu/climatehealth/
apply.html period for the Summer '06 Climate & Health Colloquium
begins on February 6 – with an /extended deadline/ of April 7, 2006.
ALSO, the date by which we will make acceptance notifications has
been moved to April 28, 2006.*
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4th Biennial CALFED Bay-Delta Program Science Conference 2006
Making Sense of Complexity: Science for a Changing Environment
The conference program will feature both poster and oral
presentations that describe scientific advances in ecosystem
restoration and improving levee system integrity, water quality, and
water supply reliability. The primary goal of the conference is to
make new information (i.e. results, models, syntheses, analyses)
available to the broad community of scientists, engineers, managers,
and stakeholders working on Bay-Delta program-related issues.
All participants who wish to make a presentation (poster or oral)
at the Science Conference will be required to submit an abstract.
Abstracts are due June 2, 2006. Proposals for special oral sessions
and special poster sessions will be accepted at the same time as
presentation abstracts with the same deadline. The on-line abstract
and special session submission forms will be available at the
conference web site the first week of April. More information can be
found in the attached Call for Abstracts or at the conference web
site (http://science.calwater.ca.gov/conferences/conferences.shtml).
Anke Mueller-Solger, Department of Water Resources
(916) 227-2194 amueller at water.ca.gov
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Jobs
Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs
To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:
planktonnet-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Or, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/ and click on
'Join this group'
Program Coordinator - Global Roundtable on Climate Change
The Global Roundtable on Climate Change is hiring a Program
Coordinator. The Global Roundtable on Climate Change is the Earth
Institute¹s effort to assist global consensus and catalyze effective
cross-sectoral action on climate change. The Roundtable brings
together high level stakeholders from business, civil society and
government to discuss responses to climate change and attempt to
reach consensus on some basic elements of an international strategy
to mitigate and adapt to climate change. See www.grocc.org for more
information.
The Program Coordinator conducts background research on climate
related business and policy developments, helps to draft and edit
documents and communications, co-authoring conference papers and
other publications, assists with the bi-monthly newsletter, handles
communication with participant companies, keeps a database of
participants, scheduling meetings, supports all aspects of the
operation of GROCC, and supervises two student work study employees.
This is a great opportunity for people interested in climate
change, environmental policy issues, business and the environment. It
is also a good networking opportunity, with lots of interaction with
corporate environmental representatives and ngo¹s working on the issue.
This is a Columbia University grade 10 position, with salary in
the 40s and full benefits.
Resumes and cover letters should be submitted to:
Kate Brash, Program Manager
Global Roundtable on Climate Change
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
tel. 212-854-6067 fax: 212-854-6309 kbrash at ei.columbia.edu
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Spain - Positions at Parc Científic de Barcelona
The Laboratori de Recerca del Clima (Climate Research Laboratory
of the Parc Científic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona,
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) invites applications to the following
positions:
1. One research scientist contract (broad post-doctoral
experience required) in coupled ocean-atmosphere modelling. Proved
capacity in leading a research group/initiative is required. An
academic qualification comparable in the field of meteorology,
physics, chemistry, or a related discipline is required. Experience
in programming (FORTRAN90, UNIX, C++, Matlab) is a plus. The selected
candidate is expected to contribute to the current research programme
on natural climate variability and predictability (seasonal-to-
interannual) in the Mediterranean region, using either a CGCM, a
regional model or a simplified atmospheric general circulation model
(AGCM) either forced by historical or prescribed sea surface
temperatures. For this reason he/she must be capable of developing a
research programme for the next five years, which will be submitted
together with the application. A good basis on climate diagnostics is
encouraged as well as a proven capability to work with interactive
diagnostic packages for the analysis of gridded data-sets.
Important notice:
The application must be directly filled via the website of the
Spanish Ministry of Education http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/
plantilla.jsp?area=cajal_eng&id=11 by 3th April 2006.
The contract is offered for five years, if successful after
external evaluation with payment according to a Ramon y Cajal
contract. Extension to tenure is possible for very successful
candidates, after strict evaluation at completion of the five year
contract.
Please submit a complete cv separate from the direct application
to the attention of:
Núria Rosés (project manager)
nroses at pcb.ub.es
On behalf of Prof. Xavier Rodó
ICREA and Climate Research Laboratory
If you consider you are not in time for this call, send also the
info because we will open new positions in the forthcoming months.
2. One post-doctoral contract (3yr duration) to work on mesoscale
models and in the development and implementation of regional
atmospheric models of the transport, chemical transformation and fate
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of the Mediterranean region
towards the accurate characterization of regional budgets for
specific atmospheric species. Knowledge of MESO-NH is highly valued
though lack of it will not result in a negative assessment.
Applicants with previous experience in regional atmospheric
modelling in any region of the world will be given preference.
The contract is offered for three years, if successful after
external evaluation with payment according to a Juan de la Cierva
contract: http://www.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?
area=delacierva_eng&id=14
Please submit your application by 27 March 2006, together with a
complete cv, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three
references and a tentative workprogramme (max. two pages) for the
next three years to the attention of:
Núria Rosés (project manager)
nroses at pcb.ub.es
On behalf of Prof. Xavier Rodó
ICREA and Climate Research Laboratory
If you consider you are not in time for this call, send also the
info because we will open new positions in the forthcoming months.
3. One post-doctoral contract (3yr renewable subject to
evaluation) to work on climate variability and predictability issues
in tropical regions and/or midlatitudes. Experience in climate
modelling will be positively valued and programming (FORTRAN90, UNIX,
C++, Matlab) is a plus. Skill in climate diagnostics is encouraged as
well as a proven capability to work with interactive diagnostic
packages for the analysis of gridded data-sets.
The contract is offered for three years, if successful after
external evaluation with payment according to a Juan de la Cierva
contract http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?
area=delacierva&id=21.
Please submit your application by 27 March 2006, together with a
complete cv, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three
references and a tentative workprogramme (max. two pages) for the
next three years to the attention of:
Núria Rosés (project manager)
nroses at pcb.ub.es
On behalf of Prof. Xavier Rodó
ICREA and Climate Research Laboratory
If you consider you are not in time for this call, send also the
info because we will open new positions in the forthcoming months.
Núria Rosés
Laboratori de Recerca del Clima
Parc Científic de Barcelona (Torre D)
Baldiri i Reixach 4-6, 4t pis
08028 BCN
+34 93 403 45 24
nroses at pcb.ub.es
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