[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News 06/02/2006
Susan Bennett
bennetsk at whitman.edu
Fri Jun 2 14:47:44 CDT 2006
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
06/02/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
DB's Water for All Policy — From Paper to Practice
(see below)
SCIENCE NEWS
2 Studies Link Global Warming to Greater Power of Hurricanes
(see below)
Study Finds Global Warming Boosts Poison Ivy
(see below)
Powerful hurricane season looms in Atlantic
(see below)
Arctic Once Felt Like Florida, Studies Say
(see below)
JOBS
Postdoctoral Position in Zooplankton Ecology
(see below)
Post-Doctoral Zooplankton Specialist
(see below)
2 Post Docs 1 yr. appts. - 1) Public Opinion & Survey Research, and
2) Policy Analysis, Public Policy & Decision Processes at The
Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP), at Texas
A&M University in College Station
(see below)
Post-doc at Ctr for Ocean-Land-Atmos Studies (USA)
(see below)
Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity: Modeling Climate-Fire-Vegetation-
Carbon Cycle Interactions In Africa
(see below)
Postdoctoral Position - Physical Oceanography - Norwegian Polar
Institute
(see below)
Ph.D. Position Available - Arctic Marine Ecology - University of Tromso
(see below)
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Resources
DB's Water for All Policy — From Paper to Practice
Online Version - http://www.adb.org/Documents/Periodicals/Water/
2006/issue23-may06.asp
Text-only version - http://www.adb.org/Documents/Periodicals/
Water/2006/issue23-may06-text.asp
After an unprecedented year-long consultative process, the review
of ADB’s water policy implementation came to a close in May 2006. The
independent panel tasked to lead the process submitted its report to
ADB and has been dissolved. This issue looks at the recommendations
of the panel to increase ADB’s investments and ability to secure
Water For All in the Asia-Pacific region. It also covers experiences
in translating the policy into specific actions on the ground, and
presents projects that have incorporated the Water for All policy.
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Science News
2 Studies Link Global Warming to Greater Power of Hurricanes
Climate researchers at Purdue University and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology separately reported new evidence yesterday
supporting the idea that global warming is causing stronger
hurricanes. In one new paper, to appear in a coming issue of
Geophysical Research Letters, Matthew Huber of the Purdue department
of earth and atmospheric sciences and Ryan L. Sriver, a graduate
student there, calculate the total damage that could be caused by
storms worldwide, using data normally applied to reconciling weather
forecast models with observed weather events.
The Purdue scientists found that their results matched earlier
work by Kerry A. Emanuel, a hurricane expert at M.I.T. Dr. Emanuel
has argued that global warming, specifically the warming of the
tropical oceans, is already increasing the power expended by hurricanes.
The approach used by the Purdue researchers, concentrating on
what is called reanalysis data, has never been tried for this purpose
before, Dr. Huber said in an interview, adding, "We were surprised
that it did as well as it did."
In a statement accompanying the release of the study, Dr. Huber
said the results were important because the overall measure of
cyclone activity, whether through more intense storms or more
frequent storms, had doubled with a one-quarter-degree increase in
average global temperature.
In the other new study, Dr. Emanuel and Michael E. Mann, a
meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University, compared records of
global sea surface temperatures with those of the tropical Atlantic
and said the recent strengthening of hurricanes was attributable
largely to the rise in ocean surface temperature.
Some researchers say long-term cycles unrelated to global warming
are the major cause of hurricane strengthening in recent decades. But
Dr. Emanuel and Dr. Mann, whose work is to be published in Eos, a
publication of the American Geophysical Union, maintained that the
cycles, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, had little if any effect.
In fact, they reported that the most recent cooling cycle could
just as well be attributed to the presence of particle pollutants in
the atmosphere that block sunlight and, they said, could have
temporarily counteracted some of the influence of warming from
accumulating greenhouse gases. Dr. Mann said the new findings also
suggested that as efforts to cut pollution by particles and aerosols
continued to intensify, their cooling effects would diminish while
the heating effects of greenhouse gases would remain unconstrained.
As a result, he said, "we could be in for much larger increases
in Atlantic sea surface temperatures, and tropical cyclone
activities, in the decades ahead." He joked that some might urge an
increase in pollution, but called it "a Faustian bargain."
Stanley B. Goldenberg, a meteorologist with the Hurricane
Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration who has expressed skepticism about any connection
between global warming and hurricane intensity, said he had not seen
the new papers but had read nothing in other recent research to
change his view.
"There's going to be an endless series of articles from this
circle that is embracing this new theology built on very flimsy
interpretation" of hurricane data, Mr. Goldenberg said. "If global
warming is having an effect on hurricanes, I certainly wouldn't base
it on the articles I've seen."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/science/31climate.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin
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Study Finds Global Warming Boosts Poison Ivy
Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier
poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon
dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report.
And a CO2-driven vine also produces more of its rash-causing
chemical, urushiol, conclude experiments conducted in a forest at
Duke University where scientists increased carbon-dioxide levels to
those expected in 2050. (May 31, 2006 — Associated Press) http://
www.enn.com/today.html?id=10575
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Powerful hurricane season looms in Atlantic
By Patrick Moser
MIAMI (AFP) - Storm-weary residents along the US Atlantic coast
this week begin six months of hurricane watching and forecasters say
there is every chance they will see new devastation. The season
officially starts Thursday and US experts say as many as 10
hurricanes could form in the Atlantic and four could slam ashore in
the southern United States....And authorities admit they have not
finished strengthening the levees that broke after Hurricane Katrina
slammed into the US Gulf coast on August 29, 2005, flooding large
parts of New Orleans.
"We now have a much larger vulnerable population going into this
hurricane season and it will not take a category three or four
hurricane to devastate that citizenship," said Robert Latham, who
heads the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Katrina ranked as category three when it slammed ashore near New
Orleans, causing the deaths of more than 1,500 people.
In all, 2005 saw a record 15 hurricanes, among an unprecedented
28 named storms that formed in the Atlantic. For the first time on
record, seven of the hurricanes were considered major, meaning they
hit category three or higher. It was also the costliest hurricane
season, with damage estimated at more than 100 billion dollars.
In Florida, concern rose as engineers recently suggested a major
storm could smash an aging levee that rings the 1,800-square-
kilometer (700-square-mile) Lake Okeechobee, in the center of the
state. Officials said they were readying for a worst-case scenario,
in which residents from areas around the lake would have to be
evacuated at the same time as people living along Florida's Gulf and
Atlantic coast flee from a looming hurricane.
But a recent poll indicated that 13 percent of the 34.6 million
people in harm's way would not evacuate if ordered to do so and 56
percent do not feel vulnerable to a hurricane.
That, says National Hurricane Center chief Max Mayfield, could
spell disaster. "It takes just one hurricane over your house to make
it a bad year."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/31052006/323/powerful-hurricane-season-
looms-atlantic.html
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Arctic Once Felt Like Florida, Studies Say
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The New York Times
The first detailed analysis of an extraordinary climatic and
biological record from the seabed near the North Pole shows that 55
million years ago the Arctic was much warmer than anyone had thought.
The findings, in three separate papers in the issue of the
journal Nature that comes out on Thursday, show how much remains to
be learned about climate change, both natural and human-caused. But
experts say that if anything, the papers suggest that scientists have
greatly underestimated the power of greenhouse gases to warm the planet.
Computer simulations done without the benefit of the seabed
sampling do not reproduce an ancient Arctic nearly that warm, the
authors said, and thus must be missing elements that lead to greater
warming.
"Something extra happens when you push the world into a warmer
world, and we just don't understand what it is," said one lead
author, Henk Brinkhuis, an expert on ancient Arctic ecology at the
University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
At the same time, he said, the new work reveals no tendency in
the polar climate system to turn things around, from warming to
cooling. Some scientists have suggested that warming may be a self-
limiting process."There is nothing pointing in the other direction,"
Dr. Brinkhuis said.
The studies draw on the work of a pioneering 2004 expedition that
defied the Arctic Ocean ice and pulled the first significant samples
from the ancient layered seabed just 150 miles from the North Pole:
1,400 feet of slender shafts of muck, ancient organisms and rock
representing a climate history that dates back 56 million years.
While there is ample fossil evidence around the edges of the
Arctic Ocean showing great past swings in climate, the ocean itself
has been a glaring blank spot in scientists' understanding of climate
history. .
The new analysis confirms that the Arctic Ocean warmed to a
remarkable degree 55 million years ago and that the warming was
driven at least in part by an explosive buildup of heat-trapping
greenhouse gases ‹ one far greater than the current human-caused rise.
The samples also chronicle the subsequent cooling, with many ups
and downs, that the researchers say began about 45 million years ago
and led to the cycles of ice ages and brief warm spells of the last
several million years. Experts not connected with the studies say
they also support the idea that it is greenhouse gases ‹ not slight
variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun ‹ that largely
determine the extent of warming or cooling. "In my opinion, the new
research provides additional important evidence that greenhouse-gas
changes controlled much of climate history, which strengthens the
argument that greenhouse-gas changes are likely to control much of
the climate future," said one such expert, Richard B. Alley, a
geoscientist at Penn State.
The $12.5 million Arctic Coring Expedition, run by a consortium
called the International Ocean Drilling Program, was the first to
drill deep into the layers of sediment deposited over millions of
years in the ice-cloaked Arctic.
The samples were gathered late in the summer of 2004 as two
icebreakers shattered huge drifting floes so a third ship could hold
its position and bore into the bottom for nine days.
Estimates of the prevailing temperatures in the different eras
represented by the sedimentary layers were made in part by tracking
the comings and goings of certain dinoflagellates, a kind of algae
that typically indicate subtropical or tropical conditions.
Because the samples lacked remains of shell-bearing plankton that
are usually relied on to provide temperature records, the researchers
used a newer method for approximating past temperatures: gauging
changes in the chemical composition of the remains of a primitive
phylum of microbes called Crenarchaeota.
Some scientists familiar with the research said that while there
were still questions about the precision of this method at
temperatures like those in the ancient Arctic Ocean, over all it was
clear that the area was extraordinarily warm.
Another significant discovery came in layers from 49 million
years ago, where conditions suddenly fostered the summertime growth
of vast mats of an ancient cousin of the Azolla duckweed that now
cloaks suburban ponds. The researchers propose that this occurred
when straits closed between the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans.
The flow of water from precipitation and rivers created a great
pool of fresh water, but about 800,000 years after the blossoming of
duckweed began, it ended with a sudden warming of a few additional
degrees. The researchers suggest that this signaled when shifting
land formations reconnected the Arctic with the Atlantic, allowing
salty warmer water to flow in, killing off the weed.
The researchers said the sediments held hints that earth's long
slide to colder conditions and the recent cycle of ice ages and brief
thaws began quite soon after the hothouse days 50 million years ago.
A centerpiece of their argument is a single pebble, about the
size of a chickpea, found in a layer created 45 million years ago.
The stone could have been deposited on the raised undersea ridge
only if it had been carried overhead in ice, said Kathryn Moran, a
chief scientist on the drilling project, who teaches at the
University of Rhode Island.
The stone was most likely embedded in an iceberg or perhaps a
plate of sea ice that tore free from a gravelly shore. It then sank
as the ice melted or broke apart, Dr. Moran proposed. Such
"dropstones" have long been used to date when an oceanic region has
been ice covered or ice free.
The amount of ice-carried debris in the sediment layers started
increasing about 14 million years ago, the scientists said.
That is also about when the great ice sheet that now weighs down
eastern Antarctica originated, Dr. Moran noted. In general, the
results from the Arctic drilling project suggest that the cooling and
ice buildup at both poles happened in relative lock step.
This simultaneity tends to support the idea that the cooling was
caused by a drop in concentrations of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases, which mix uniformly in the atmosphere around the
world, said Dr. Moran and other members of the team.
Julie Brigham-Grette of the University of Massachusetts, an
expert in past Arctic climates who was not connected with the new
studies, cautioned against putting too much significance in the
single sample, and particularly the single stone from 45 million
years ago.
She said it was vital to try to mesh the new core results with
existing data gathered around Arctic coasts, where there is plenty of
evidence for warm conditions in at least some places at some times as
recently as 2.4 million years ago.
Despite the questions, she said the project was a stunning
achievement. "It's all very, very exciting to me, because now we can
start to rewrite the history of the Arctic," Dr. Brigham-Grette said.
"It's like working a giant landscape puzzle of 500 pieces. For a
while we only had 100 pieces. Now we have 100 more, and the picture
is getting clearer."
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8 New Species Found in a Cave
from the Boston Globe (Registration Required)
JERUSALEM -- A chance discovery by a teenage spelunker has
revealed the existence of eight new animal species in an underground
cave in Israel, including the first terrestrial animal with no known
relative found only in a cave, scientists announced yesterday.
The new life-forms were discovered in a huge limestone cavern
more than 300 feet below ground that experts said had probably been
undisturbed for millions of years.
Scientists at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem said at a press
conference four aquatic species and four terrestrial species were
found in the cave and that they were probably unique to the
undisturbed ecosystem. Seven of the species were thought to be
related to other known species, they said.
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/
2006/06/01/8_new_species_found_in_a_cave/
http://tinyurl.com/mavc3
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Studies Portray Tropical Arctic in Distant Past
from the New York Times (Registration Required)
The first detailed analysis of an extraordinary climatic and
biological record from the seabed near the North Pole shows that 55
million years ago the Arctic Ocean was much warmer than scientists
imagined - a Floridian year-round average of 74 degrees.
The findings, published today in three papers in the journal
Nature, fill in a blank spot in scientists' understanding of climate
history. And while they show that much remains to be learned about
climate change, they suggest that scientists have greatly
underestimated the power of heat-trapping gases to warm the Arctic.
Previous computer simulations, done without the benefit of seabed
sampling, did not suggest an ancient Arctic that was nearly so warm,
the authors said. So the simulations must have missed elements that
lead to greater warming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/science/earth/01climate.html?
hp&ex=1149220800&en=e4cbc61c106cff3d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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Jobs
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Postdoctoral Position in Zooplankton Ecology
Washington State University Vancouver seeks an individual to
contribute to a growing and dynamic program in environmental
sciences. The successful candidate will work on one or more of the
following topics: 1) zooplankton responses to coastal upwelling (see
http://ccs.ucsd.edu/coop/west/); 2) predation effects and
macrozooplankton/micronekton dynamics on Georges Bank (see http://
globec.whoi.edu/); and/or 3) any topic of mutual interest (see http://
www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/aquatic-eco/home.htm).
Qualifications: PhD degree in biological oceanography, marine or
estuarine ecology, or related field. Starting salary range $38,000-
$42,000 per year, plus benefits. Appointment renewable annually,
depending on availability of funds. Washington State University
Vancouver is a rapidly expanding institution located within the
greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, near the Columbia
River, Cascade Mountains and coastal ocean, and as such offers an
exceptional quality of life.
Send statement of research interests, curriculum vitae, and names
and contact information of 3 persons willing to serve as a reference to:
Dr. Stephen M. Bollens
Director of Sciences
Washington State University Vancouver,
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686-9600
bollens at vancouver.wsu.edu
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Post-Doctoral Zooplankton Specialist
The Prince William Sound Science Center, a non-profit research
and education institution located on the shores of Prince William
Sound (www.pwssc.org) in Cordova, Alaska (www.cordovachamber.com
and www.cityofcordova.net), is seeking a highly motivated and
enthusiastic person for a post-doctoral research position focused on
high-latitude zooplankton population dynamics. This individual will
join a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team working on the
ecosystem dynamics of Prince William Sound.
Qualifications: Applicants are required to have oceanographic
research experience and know high-latitude zooplankton taxonomy. The
ideal candidate will be familiar with the operation of electronically
controlled multiple-net zooplankton sampling devices. The Post-Doc
will work both at sea and in the laboratory. The successful applicant
will be expected to work independently, but in collaboration with
other researchers, be able to publish the research findings in peer-
reviewed scientific journals as well as write proposals, reports, and
other publications. The ideal applicant will be organized, self
motivated, independent, pro-active, have a proven ability to produce
tangible results from significant or difficult tasks, have strong
communication skills, be able to work as part of a research team, and
complement the research interests of existing personnel. Some travel
within the region will be required. This position is for 15 months
commencing in 2006 with extension contingent on funding. Applicant
must be U.S. or Canadian citizen or have U.S. Permanent Residence
status. Salary range $50,000-52,000 annually with excellent benefit
package.
Application Process: Please send electronically your curriculum
vitae, a statement of research interests, how you think you would fit
into our organization, your professional experiences (be sure to
provide documentation of at-sea and sampling device experience), and
the names of three references with their contact information to:
Dr. Tom Kline, Prince William Sound Science Center, P.O. Box 705,
Cordova, AK 99574 tkline at pwssc.gen.ak.us.
Review of applications will begin on June 19, 2006. Position is
open until filled.
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2 Post Docs 1 yr. appts. - 1) Public Opinion & Survey Research, and
2) Policy Analysis, Public Policy & Decision Processes at The
Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP), at Texas
A&M University in College Station
Public Opinion and Survey Research
Policy Analysis, Public Policy and Decision Processes
These are one-year (with a possible extension to two years), 12-
month salaried positions with an approximate salary of $42,000 per
year, depending on qualifications and experience. The Institute is a
nonpartisan, interdisciplinary public policy research organization in
the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas. Institute personnel collaborate
with natural and bench scientists on projects that combine findings
from those sciences with social and policy sciences. Institute
projects that will fund this position involve decision-making, policy
development, and the use of science-based information on climate change.
Both positions require a Ph.D. (by August 31, 2006) in political
science, sociology, or related social science discipline, a thorough
knowledge of social science research and data collection methods
(qualitative and quantitative), and strong skills in database
management and statistical analysis. Both positions may focus on a
diverse set of substantive policy areas, including: climate change
and variability issues, environmental policy, health policy,
transportation policy, and homeland security issues. A background in
environmental policy is desired. Both positions also include, but are
not limited to, collecting data as a member of a research team,
analyzing data, writing (co-author or single author) scholarly
publications and research reports based on results, and maintaining
research records and databases. The successful candidate should be a
team player and be able to work in a collaborative and
multidisciplinary environment.
Candidates should send a letter of application, statement of
research and career interests, curriculum vitae, writing sample and
three letters of recommendation to Dr. Robert R. Shandley (r-
shandley at tamu.edu), Institute for Science, Technology and Public
Policy, George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas
A&M University, 4350 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-4350.
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Post-doc at Ctr for Ocean-Land-Atmos Studies (USA)
Postdoctoral Position - Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
(COLA) invites applications for a post-doctoral position to develop a
new method for reducing systematic errors in operational weather and
climate models. The method is to develop stochastic models of
initial tendency errors that will subtract forecast errors at every
time step, and perturb the forecast model in a manner consistent with
the errors. The candidate will run the NCEP Global Forecast System
(GFS) and Climate Forecast System (CFS), and perform statistical
analyses of the results. Good computational skills and a Ph.D. in
atmospheric science or related field are required. The work will be
done at COLA under the supervision of Dr. Timothy DelSole of George
Mason University, and Dr. Hua-Lu Pan of the Environmental Modeling
Center at NOAA. The position is available 1 June 2006 and renewable
for up to three years. To apply, send a CV, brief statement of
research interest, and three references to tdelsole at gmu.edu
<mailto:tdelsole at gmu.edu>, or to:
Dr. Timothy DelSole,
4041 Powder Mill Rd., Suite 302,
Calverton, MD 20705-3106. USA
The position will remain open until filled. COLA is an equal
opportunity employer; women and minority candidates are especially
encouraged to apply.
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Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity: Modeling Climate-Fire-Vegetation-
Carbon Cycle Interactions In Africa
We seek a post-doctoral research fellow to model the dynamic
interactions of fire, vegetation, climate and human population in
African ecosystems, and to analyse the effects on regional and
continental carbon cycle.
The researcher will be responsible for implementing and testing a
revised version of the fire module of the dynamic global vegetation
model framework LPJ-GUESS, and for the adaptation of the models'
plant functional types for key African ecosystems. Model output will
be evaluated against a range of observations (e.g., vegetation
parameters, ecosystem carbon fluxes, remote-sensing fire information,
etc). Further information about the project can be obtained from
Almut Arneth (almut.arneth at nateko.lu.se).
Requirements:
Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in a quantitative environmental
sciences discipline, for instance meteorology, Environmental physics,
-biology, or -engineering. Applications from candidates who are close
to completion of their PhD degree will also be considered
Expertise with process-based mathematical modelling of ecological
processes
Excellent programming skills (e.g., C++, Fortran)
Expertise with the interpretation of field observations,
satellite remote sensing products and with processing of information
from data bases
Willingness to communicate research results and to contribute to
training courses
We welcome candidates with enthusiasm for collaboration within a
multidisciplinary environment, as well as an aptness to pose and
solve problems individually. The work involves extensive
international collaboration and the candidate must be willing to
travel. The project is part of the EU-funded project 'CarboAfrica',
and the position will be available from c. September 2006 (subject to
final approval by the Commission), for a period of c. 24 months
(depending on the entry level of the candidate). Lund is a pleasant
university town in southern Sweden with excellent connections to
Copenhagen International airport. Salaries will include full access
to the Swedish social security system.
Deadline for application is 23 June 2006. Applications, in the
PDF format, should include a description of motivation and research
interests, detailed CV, publication list and names and contact
details of two referees. Incomplete applications, or applications in
a format other than PDF will not be considered. Please email your
documents to:
Almut Arneth, almut.arneth at nateko.lu.se
University of Lund, Sweden
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis
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Postdoctoral Position - Physical Oceanography - Norwegian Polar
Institute
Application Deadline: Friday, 30 June 2006
For further information, please contact:
Edmond Hansen
Phone: +47 77 75 05 36
E-mail: edmond.hansen at npolar.no
Ole Anders Nost
Phone: + 47 77 75 05 13
E-mail: ole at npolar.no
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) Polar Climate Program invites
applications for a three-year position as research scientist/postdoc
in physical oceanography.
The successful applicant will conduct research on the role of
fresh water in the dynamics of the Nordic Seas. The research will
mainly focus on observations of Fram Strait fresh water fluxes and
the effect of their variability. The position is part of DAMOCLES
(http://www.damocles-eu.org/), an EU funded Integrated Project. A
collaboration with partners in DAMOCLES and oceanographers in the
Polar Climate Program working on related topics is expected. The
candidate must be willing to participate on scientific cruises and
fieldwork in the Arctic.
NPI seeks candidates with good knowledge of the Nordic Seas
properties and role in the climate system. The applicant must hold a
Ph.D. or possess equivalent experience within physical oceanography.
Experience from cruises and/or oceanographic data analysis is an
asset. Female candidates are encouraged to apply for the position.
NPI is Norway's main institution for polar environmental research
and advisory services, environmental monitoring, mapping, and
expeditions to the polar regions. The Institute reports to Norway's
Ministry of the Environment and is a liaison and service body for
national and international polar research. Approximately 110 persons
are employed at the Institute in Tromso, Svalbard, and Dronning Maud
Land.
Further inquiries about the position may be directed to project
leader/researcher Edmond Hansen (+47 77 75 05 36, E-mail:
edmond.hansen at npolar.no) or researcher Ole Anders Nost (+ 47 77 75 05
13, E-mail: ole at npolar.no).
Applications should include a CV, name of referees, a list of
publications, and details of relevant qualifications and experience.
NPI prefers that an electronic application is submitted on http://
www.jobbnor.no. If this is not feasible paper copies may be sent to:
Norwegian Polar Institute
Polar Environmental Center
9296 Tromso
Norway
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Ph.D. Position Available - Arctic Marine Ecology - University of Tromso
Application Deadline: Monday, 19 June 2006
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Stig Falk-Petersen
Norwegian Polar Institute
Phone: +47 77 75 05 32
E-mail: Stig at npolar.no
A Ph.D. position in Arctic Marine Ecology is available at the
Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromso, in
collaboration with the Norwegian Polar Institute. The position is
linked to the Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Network (ARCTOS)
science trainee school (http://www.nfh.uit.no/arctos).
The candidate will conduct research on marine ecosystems in
fjords on Svalbard and in the Marginal Ice Zone, with special focus
on the daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculates) and its role in these
ecosystems. Lipid composition and its storage structures, stable
isotopes for trophic relationships, and energy transfer between lower
and higher trophic levels involving this species will be studied for
different life stages of this fish. This species have pelagic, lipid-
rich larvae and becomes a benthic dweller at soft bottoms during
older stages. The physiological changes with regard to lipids and
feeding modes during the different life stages will be studied both
in the field and the laboratory.
The successful candidate will become part of the ARCTOS
collaboration between the University of Tromso, Norwegian Polar
Institute, Akvaplan-niva, and the University Centre on Svalbard. The
field work will be conducted in Svalbard waters, and the laboratory
experiments at the Arctic Marine Laboratory in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.
Applicants should have a graduate degree in marine ecology/
fisheries biology or equivalent education with relevant course
combination. It is desirable that applicants have qualifications in
lipid chemistry, statistics, and experiments involving fish or other
marine organisms.
Academically, the position will be under the Norwegian College of
Fishery Science, University of Tromso. The candidate will be
supervised by experienced researchers at the University of Tromso and
at the Norwegian Polar Institute.
An application form is available at http://www.jobbnord.no.
Applicants need to submit a two-page, relevant project description
for a potential Ph.D. thesis on this topic as part of the
application. CV, certified transcripts and attests, named references,
as well as letter of interest need to be submitted in five copies,
and reprints of papers as three full sets.
Applications should be submitted to:
Norwegian Fishery College
University of Tromso
N-9037 Tromso
Norway
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Stig Falk-Petersen
Norwegian Polar Institute
Phone: +47 77 75 05 32
E-mail: Stig at npolar.no
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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
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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