[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 10/27/2006
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Oct 27 13:31:20 CDT 2006
DISCCRS News
10/27/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
The 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories were
approved by the IPCC session in April 2006 and have now been
published and are now available at:
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/
"Energy Switch" new book on Germany's success with renewables
http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3919
The Wildlife Conservation Society - Request for Proposals (RFP) for
grants under its newly created Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund.
http://www.wcs.org/wildlifeopportunity
(see RESOURCES 1- GRANT OPPORTUNITY below)
Solicitation Announcement A.24: "International Polar Year Education
and Public Outreach" Research Opportunities in Space and Earth
Sciences (ROSES) 2006 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA)
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/
solicitations.do?method=init&stack=push (Click on "Open
Solicitations" and then next to ROSES 2006 click on "NNH06ZDA001N")
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Revamps Climate Change Web
Site
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/
admpress.nsf/68b5f2d54f3eefd28525701500517fbf/
42c8e3cd877cfab18525720c004cc133!OpenDocument
(see RESOURCES 3 below)
SCIENCE NEWS
NASA Looks at Sea Level Rise, Hurricane Risks to New York City
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2006/
sealevel_nyc.html
Greenland Ice Sheet On A Downward Slide
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061019162746.htm
Appalachian Mountains, Carbon Dioxide Caused Long-Ago Global Cooling
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/wethring.htm
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Calls For New Climate Compact To Combat
Global Warming.
http://unfccc.int
(see NEWS 1 below)
Global Ecosystems 'Face Collapse'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6077798.stm Or:
http://tinyurl.com/t2cot
(see NEWS 2 below)
Scientists: World's Coral Reefs in Danger – “That global Bunsen
Burner is cranking up"
http://www.examiner.com/
a-361305~Scientists__World_s_Coral_Reefs_in_Danger.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/ycdret
(see NEWS 3 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
New and Re-emerging Diseases, Populations and Climate -15th,16th and
17th November 2006 – CosmoCaixa Science Museum, Barcelona, (Spain)
(see WORKSHOP 1 below)
JOBS
Scientist in the field of water - Ecologic Institute for
International and European Environmental Policy - Berlin (Germany)
http://www.ecologic.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1845
Lecturer - Environmental Governance - School of Environment and
Development - Geography Discipline - Manchester (UK) http://
www.manchester.ac.uk/sed
(see JOB 1 below)
Post-doc - Effects of climate change on regional air quality over
eastern North America - Environment Canada/Ouranos Climate Change
Consortium - Victoria, Montreal and/or Toronto(Canada)
(see JOB 2 below)
Post-doc - Climate Variability And Predictability Issues In Tropical
Regions And/Or Mid-Latitudes - Lab de Recerca del Clima (Climate
Research Laboratory, LRC-PCB) - Parc Cientific de Barcelona
(University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia) (Spain)
(see JOB 3 below)
Asst. or Assoc. Prof tenure-track – Atmospheric Science, School of
Environmental and
Biological Sciences - Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ (USA)
(see JOB 4 below)
Post-doc - Climate and Global Dynamics Division (modeling) - The
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Boulder, Colorado
(USA)
(see JOB 5 below)
Post-docs - Earth Sciences, Department of Geology and Geophysics -
Yale University, New Haven, CT (USA)
(see JOB 6 below)
Asst. Prof. tenure-track - Climate Dynamics - Johns Hopkins Univ,
Baltimore, MD (USA)
(see JOB 7 below)
Research Fellowship - Climate Modeling - Meteo France/CNRM/GMGEC
Toulouse, (France) http://www.ensembles-eu.org/
(see JOB 8 below)
Asst. Prof. tenure-track - Environmental Geography & GIScience -
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
(see JOB 9 below)
Research - Environmental and Climate Policy - The Fraunhofer
Institute for Systems and Innovation Research - Karlsruhe (Germany)
(requires fluency in German)
http://www.isi.fhg.de/homeisi.htm
(see JOB 10 below)
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Resources
(RESOURCES 1 - GRANT OPPORTUNITY) The Wildlife Conservation Society -
Request for Proposals (RFP) for grants under its newly created
Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund.
http://www.wcs.org/wildlifeopportunity
The Wildlife Conservation Society is pleased to announce a
Request for Proposals (RFP) for grants under its newly created
Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund. Made possible through the
generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Wildlife
Action Opportunities Fund will distribute $2 million over the next
two years to support 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations working to
implement State Wildlife Action Plans in any of the 50 states or six
U.S. territories. A second RFP for year two of the program will be
announced in 2007.
State Wildlife Action Plans were created when Congress charged
each state and territory with developing a comprehensive wildlife
plan as a condition of receiving federal funding. Also known as
Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies, these proactive plans
will help conserve wildlife and vital natural habitats before they
become too rare and costly to protect. For more detailed information,
links to State Wildlife Action Plans and progress on implementation
in your state visit the Teaming with Wildlife website: http://
www.teaming.com/
Awards through the Wildlife Action opportunities Fund will be
made in the range of $20,000 to $200,000. These grants will support
projects that advance the implementation of State Wildlife Action
Plans such as: projects that integrate State Wildlife Action Plan
priorities with other land use planning efforts at the local,
regional or national level; promote agency incentive programs that
are focused on State Wildlife Action Plan priorities; implement
policy changes that advance conservation priorities; involve pilot or
demonstration landscape-scale habitat restoration or stewardship
projects; publicize and raise the profile of State Wildlife Action
Plans to the general public and decision makers; improve the existing
Plans so as to better facilitate implementation (e.g., developing
maps of focal conservation areas); help direct mitigation funds or
environmental damage awards toward State Wildlife Action Plan
priorities; or engage citizens in science projects that are linked to
State Wildlife Action Plan priorities. Funding priority will be
placed on projects that are feasible and practical in 1-2 year time
periods, are closely aligned with goals of State Wildlife Action
Plans, involve multiple organizations, and may serve as models for
conservation that can be replicated elsewhere. Please note that these
funds cannot be used to support land acquisition or conservation
easements, political lobbying and advocacy, or capacity building of
organizations.
A full outline of the RFP process and the grant making priorities
of the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund is available at the
program’s web site http://www.wcs.org/wildlifeopportunity. A copy of
the RFP is attached to this message as an MS Word document, as well.
The deadline for pre-proposals is November 17, 2006 at 5:00 PM
Mountain Standard Time.
All questions regarding this program or the RFP process should be
directed to Wildlife Conservation Society Grants Program Officer
Darren Long (dlong at wcs.org) at 406-522-9333 x103 or Craig Groves
(cgroves at wcs.org) at 406-522-9333 x109.
Darren Long
Wildlife Conservation Society
2023 Stadium Drive, Suite 1-A
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 522-9333 x103
(406) 522-9377 fax
(404) 274-1703 cell
dlong at wcs.org
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(RESOURCES 2) Solicitation Announcement A.24: "International Polar
Year Education and Public Outreach" Research Opportunities in Space
and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2006 National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/
solicitations.do?method=init&stack=push (Click on "Open
Solicitations" and then next to ROSES 2006 click on "NNH06ZDA001N")
A NASA Research Announcement (NRA), entitled Research
Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2006, solicits
basic and applied research in support of the NASA Science Mission
Directorate (SMD; http://science.hq.nasa.gov/). This NRA covers all
aspects of basic and applied supporting research and technology in
space and Earth sciences.
One of the program elements within this NRA is for International
Polar Year projects in education and public outreach (Solicitation A.
24). The primary objective of program element A.24 is to engage,
inform, and inspire diverse public audiences by sharing knowledge
about polar science and its global connections during IPY and by
communicating NASA's unique contributions from space to recent
advances in Arctic and Antarctic research and climate science. A
secondary objective is to extend the spirit of polar exploration and
discovery to the poles of the Moon, Mars, and other planets of our
solar system and to help attract and educate the next generation of
scientists and engineers.
The due date for proposals is Monday, 8 January 2007.
For further information, please contact: Dr. Ming-Ying Wei,
Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Headquarters. Phone: 202-358-0771 E-mail: Ming-Ying.Wei-1 at nasa.gov
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(RESOURCE 3) U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Revamps
Climate Change Web Site
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/
admpress.nsf/68b5f2d54f3eefd28525701500517fbf/
42c8e3cd877cfab18525720c004cc133!OpenDocument
To provide the public with the most up-to-date information on
climate change, EPA is updating its climate change Web site. The site
provides the latest scientific information and highlights a wide
range of U.S. government programs that are actively addressing
climate change at the local, state, national and international
levels. The updated Web site still contains all information that was
on EPA's global warming Web site but organizes it for easier access
and adds new information.
"The Bush Administration is meeting unparalleled financial,
international and domestic commitments to the reduction of greenhouse
gas emissions," said EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock. "EPA's
updated climate change Web site outlines the agency's important role
in implementing President Bush's aggressive yet practical strategy to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while growing the American economy."
The climate change site was developed by EPA in collaboration
with other federal agencies. The scientific information it contains
reflects consensus findings from U.S. and international
organizations. The web site has five primary sections: Science, U.S.
Climate Policy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Effects, and
What You Can Do.
Visitors to the site will find educational tools and information
to help the public understand their personal impact on climate
change, including a list of 30 practical steps people can take to
reduce their emissions. Visitors will also find a calculator to help
them estimate their "carbon footprint" – the greenhouse gas
emissions produced in the course of everyday activities.
The United States is working aggressively to address climate
change through voluntary programs, but there are many cost-effective
ways for individuals and organizations to take action. For example,
you can reduce your greenhouse gas emissions through simple measures,
such as: (1) Using Energy Star labeled products such as light bulbs,
appliances, and heating-cooling systems: http://www.energystar.gov
(2) Sealing and insulating your home: http://www.energystar.gov/home
(3) Driving a fuel-efficient car or truck: http://www.fueleconomy.gov
(4) Purchasing green power: http://www.epa.gov/greenpower
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Science News
(NEWS 1) UNFCCC Executive Secretary Calls For New Climate Compact To
Combat Global Warming.
http://unfccc.int
Press release by United Nations FCCC (Amsterdam, 17 October 2006)
- According to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, the world
urgently needs a long-term legal framework to provide security for
carbon markets and investments necessary to combat climate change.
Speaking at the international conference "Make Markets Work for
Climate" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Mr. de Boer said that whilst
it was clear that globally there was strong commitment to address
energy security and to green energy, it was also clear that poverty
eradication and economic growth were the overriding concerns for
developing countries.
"At present, the financial resources provided to developing
countries do not suffice to meet the needs for mitigation and
adaptation as required under the United Nations Climate Change
Convention and its Kyoto Protocol," the UN's top climate official said.
Last month, Mr. de Boer pointed out that a 100 billion dollars
per year green investment flow to developing countries could be
created if industrialized countries agreed to a 60 to 80% emission
reduction by mid-century and used market-based mechanisms to help
meet these commitments. Referring to this, he added: "To date, none
of the sources of finance available to developing countries have a
potential of this scale."
Citing the need for a new global initiative to combat climate
change, Mr. de Boer said that a self-financing climate compact would
be the solution to generate financial flows between the North and
South required to effectively tackle climate change.
"This would ensure sustainable development for the future," he
said. "But it requires a long-term legal framework to be in place."
The Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism (CDM) for
example permits industrialized countries to invest in sustainable
development projects in developing countries, and thereby generate
tradable emission credits. The CDM already has over 1,200 projects
in the pipeline and an overall emission reduction potential of about
1.4 billion tonnes by 2012, amounting to the combined annual
emissions of Spain and the United Kingdom.
"Whilst the CDM has been gaining speed very rapidly, there would
be a significant risk for the value of carbon beyond 2012 without a
long term provision for the carbon market. To guarantee continuity
for investments, a post 2012 agreement is urgently needed," said Mr.
de Boer.
At this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Nairobi (6 to 17 November), governments will continue discussion of
the future action on climate change, including commitments for
industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.
The Parties will also look at measures to expand the CDM by
building capacity in developing countries and to make it more
accessible to the least developed countries, in particular in Africa.
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(NEWS 2) Global Ecosystems 'Face Collapse'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6077798.stm Or:
http://tinyurl.com/t2cot
BBC News Online - Current global consumption levels could result
in a large-scale ecosystem collapse by the middle of the century,
environmental group WWF has warned. The group's biannual Living
Planet Report said the natural world was being degraded "at a rate
unprecedented in human history."
Terrestrial species had declined by 31 percent between 1970-2003,
the findings showed. It warned that if demand continued at the
current rate, two planets would be needed to meet global demand by 2050.
The biodiversity loss was a result of resources being consumed
faster than the planet could replace them, the authors said.
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(NEWS 3) Scientists: World's Coral Reefs in Danger – “That global
Bunsen Burner is cranking up"
http://www.examiner.com/
a-361305~Scientists__World_s_Coral_Reefs_in_Danger.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/ycdret
San Francisco Examiner - Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands -
Researchers fear more than half the world's coral reefs could die in
less than 25 years and say global warming may at least partly to blame.
Sea temperatures are rising, weakening the reefs' resistance to
increased pollutants, such as runoff from construction sites and
toxins from boat paints. The fragile reefs are hosts to countless
marine plants and animals.
"Think of it as a high school chemistry class," said Billy
Causey, the Caribbean and Gulf Mexico director of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "You mix some chemicals
together and nothing happens. You crank up the Bunsen burner and all
of a sudden things start bubbling around. That's what's happening.
That global Bunsen burner is cranking up."
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(WORKSHOP 1) New and Re-emerging Diseases, Populations and Climate
-15th,16th and 17th November 2006 – CosmoCaixa Science Museum,
Barcelona, (Spain)
Meeting description: Knowledge of the interactions between
climate and health date back to the time of Thucidides, but our
understanding on how they operate is still far from complete. In
parallel, our ability to predict climate has greatly improved in the
recent years. With more accurate climate predictions and the growing
understanding of the interplay between climate and infectious
diseases, the development of models to predict incidences of climate-
driven epidemic-prone diseases considerably evolved. Such models are
designed to provide early warning of future epidemics which, if
accurate, would be invaluable for preparedness and prevention. There
are however, new and old diseases that are emerging or exacerbating,
and not only in less-favored countries. What factors can we blame on
as the main culprits? Globalization, climate change, global change
and public policies appear among the main candidates, but a clear
response is not yet at hand. This cycle of lectures is aimed at
providing cutting-edge knowledge to address most of these unknowns,
in a time when the fear for global pandemics seems to threaten our
everyday lives.
Meeting Program:
Wednesday November 15th: 9:30 Opening and introduction. Jorge
Wagensberg (Director of the Area of Science and Enviroment of "la
Caixa" Foundation) and Xavier Rodo (ICREA Research Professor, Climate
Research laboratory LRC-PCB, Scientific Director of the meeting)
10:00 Marburg and Ebola, the deadly new viraemia. Lisa
Hensley (The United State Army Medical Research Institute for
Infectious diseases, Fort Detrick USAMRIID, USA)
10:45 Pandemic influenza: learning from the past and
preparing for the future. Neil M. Ferguson (Division of Epidemiology,
Public Health and Primary Care, Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK)
12:00 Malaria epidemiology: Do rising global temperatures
really matter? Menno Bouma (LSHTM, London School of Hygiene and
tropical Medicine, University of London, London, UK)
15:00 The global burden of malaria for the present
century. Pedro Alonso (Centro de Salut Internacional del Hospital
Cl=EDnico de Barcelona, CSI, Barcelona, Spain).
15:45 Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on the
spatiotemporal dynamics of acute viral infections. Bryan Grenfell
(Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State
University, Pennsylvania, USA)
17:00 Infectious Diseases and Biodiversity: Interactions
between pathogens and climate in multi-host systems. Andrew P. Dobson
(Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Princeton
University, Princeton, USA)
17:45 Disease models for cholera=92s past and future:
does climate variability matter? Mercedes Pascual (Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA)
Thursday November 16: 10:00 Environmental influences on
bluetongue virus and other arboviral infections. Philip Mellor
(Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Surrey, UK)
10:45 Climate change and disease dynamics in wildlife.
Peter Hudson (Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics Pennsylvaina
State University, USA)
12:00 Climate change and plague epidemics. Nils Ch.
Stenseth (Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway)
15:00 Global and regional climate change scenarios for
the XXIst century. Curt Covey (Program for Climate Model Diagnosis
and Intercomparison Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA)
15:45 Regional climate change: understanding modeling and
uncertainties towards the study of climate impacts on health. Filippo
Giorgi (The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, Italy)
17:00 Monsoons in a changing climate: recent variability
and prospects for the early 21st century. James l. Kinter III
(Director of COLA. Institute of Global Environment and Society, IGES-
COLA, USA)
Friday November 17: 10:00 Probabilistic prediction of climate-
sensitive diseases using multi-model seasonal forecasts. Francisco
Doblas (European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting, ECMWF, Reading,
UK)
10:45 End-to-end detection and attribution of the
influence of climate change on disease incidence. Daithi Stone
(Departments of Physics (AOPP) and Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
12:15 Extensive summer heat waves and drought in current
and future climates. Alexander Gershunov (Climate Research Division,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. USA)
Scientific Director: Xavier Rodo (ICREA Research Professor, Climate
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Jobs
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(JOB 1) Lecturer - Environmental Governance - School of Environment
and Development - Geography Discipline - Manchester (UK)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sed
We are seeking a lecturer with expertise in environmental
regulation, governance and/or management. The person should be
familiar with contemporary theories of society-nature relations and
also have expertise in environmental politics and/or policy. It is
also desirable that the person be expert in one or more specialisms
(e.g. pollution, fisheries, forestry). We welcome applicants with
backgrounds in human geography and cognate fields (e.g. environmental
planning, environmental sociology, ecological economics, science
studies, development studies). The lectureship is linked to the
creation of a new MSc in Environmental Governance in the School. The
person appointed will lead in the syllabus design for this programme
and programme recognition at Manchester, as well as directing it and
teaching on it. This is not a teaching-only post and the lecturer
will have the opportunity to undertake their own research. They will
be part of the Geography discipline and work closely with Erik
Swyngedouw, Gavin Bridge and Noel Castree and members of the Society-
Environment Research Group in SED. For further information on SED see
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sed. Applicants are invited to contact
Professor Noel Castree (noel.castree at man.ac.uk)
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(JOB 2) Post-doc - Effects of climate change on regional air quality
over eastern North America - Environment Canada/Ouranos Climate
Change Consortium - Victoria, Montreal and/or Toronto(Canada)
Analysis of general circulation model (GCM) simulations of
projected climate change have suggested that the frequency, intensity
and duration of heatwaves could increase in the future. Summertime
regional or local episodes with elevated concentrations of ground-
level ozone and particulate matter are associated with these periods
of limited precipitation and higher than average temperatures. It is
thus a compelling research and policy need to assess the extent to
which air quality problems may be affected by projected climate change.
Funding is foreseen to support a post-doctoral fellowship for one
year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, to perform a
research project in this area. Our target starting date is January
2007, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The research involves the use of the Canadian Regional Climate
Model (CRCM) to drive an off-line chemical transport model (A Unified
Regional Air-quality Modelling System ? AURAMS) to produce multi-
year, summer-season simulations of air quality (ozone and particulate
matter) over Eastern North America for both present-climate and
future-climate conditions. In addition, an assessment of the
modelling results under present-day climate conditions and an
analysis of future-climate projections of air quality would be
undertaken.
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must be eligible for the 'Visiting
Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories' program administered
by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (see
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca and follow the 'For Students and Fellows' link
on the left of the
welcome page). Preferably, candidates should have extensive
knowledge and research experience in one or more of the following
areas: (1) modelling gas-phase atmospheric chemistry (2) modelling
atmospheric particulate matter (3) the development, use and
evaluation of large three-dimensional meteorological or air quality
models. A solid ability to work with FORTRAN is essential, while
knowledge of the particular challenges of climate modelling would be
an asset.
LOCATION The project is being undertaken as a collaborative
effort of the Air Quality Research and Climate Research Divisions of
Environment Canada and the Ouranos Climate Change Consortium. The
AURAMS development team, within the Air Quality Research Division, is
comprised of nine Ph.D. research scientists and additional support
staff in Toronto, while the Climate Research Division houses
extensive expertise in the development and analysis of global climate
models at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis in
Victoria, British Columbia. The Ouranos Climate Change Consortium
brings together over 100 researchers in regional climate modelling,
climate change impacts and adaptation in Montreal. Additional
interactions with the Air Quality Modelling and Application Division
of Environment Canada in Montreal, who have extensive experience
using the AURAMS model, are possible.
Computational resources for this project include locally
available HP and SGI workstations and access to Environment Canada’s
IBM P4 and P5 supercomputers in Montreal. Possibilities exist to
perform the research in either Montreal or Toronto, while maintaining
stong links with groups in both cities.
FURTHER INFORMATION Interested applicants are invited to forward
a copy of their curriculum vitae and contact information for three
references to either david.plummer at ec.gc.ca or paul.makar at ec.gc.ca.
As the process is administered by NSERC, applicants are additionally
requested to obtain and complete a copy of the form 'Application for
an NSERC Scholarship or Fellowship (Form 200)' available at http://
www.nserc.gc.ca/forms/formtable_e.htm. Under 'Proposed Locations of
Tenure' please specify both ?Environment Canada, Toronto Laboratory,
4905 Dufferin Street' and 'Environment Canada, Dorval, Qu?bec, 2121
Trans-Canada Highway'. To avoid unnecessary delays (processing of
applications by NSERC can take up to three months) applicants are
advised to complete and return the NSERC Form 200 as soon as possible.
Please feel free to contact either either paul.makar at ec.gc.ca or
david.plummer at ec.gc.ca if you would like further information.
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(JOB 3) Post-doc - Climate Variability And Predictability Issues In
Tropical Regions And/Or Mid-Latitudes - Lab de Recerca del Clima
(Climate Research Laboratory, LRC-PCB) - Parc Cientific de Barcelona
(University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia) (Spain)
The Laboratori de Recerca del Clima of the invites applications
to the following position: One post-doctoral contract to work on
climate variability and predictability issues in tropical regions and/
or mid-latitudes.
Skills and experience: Experience in climate modeling is a must
as well as a proven capacity to work with large datasets. Knowledge
of computer programs will be valued (FORTRAN90, UNIX, C++, Matlab, S-
plus..). Skill in climate diagnostics is encouraged as well as a
proven capacity to work with interactive diagnostic packages for the
analysis of gridded datasets.
Conditions: The contract is offered for three years, with an
initial gross salary of 24K. The duration of the contract is for 3yr
initiating either on December 1st, January 15th or February 1st, with
a possibility of extension for a second period of two years subject
to positive evaluation at completion. Applications will be considered
until November 15th, 2006.
Please submit your application by November 15th 2006 to the e-
mail address below, together with a complete vitae, the name, address
and telephone number of three references, and a tentative work-
program (max. two pages) for the next three years to the attention
of: Miquel Angel Rodriguez-Arias (project manager and human
resources): marodriguez at pcb.ub.es
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(JOB 4) Asst. or Assoc. Prof tenure-track – Atmospheric Science,
School of Environmental and
Biological Sciences - Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ (USA)
The Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental
and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, invites applicants for a
tenure-track faculty position in atmospheric science at the level of
Assistant or Associate Professor. Expertise in cloud physics,
atmospheric radiation and/or remote sensing of the atmosphere is
required. Applicants should demonstrate a potential for high-quality
teaching as well as for developing a well-funded and nationally
recognized research program. The successful candidate will
participate in the research programs of the Department of
Environmental Sciences (http://envsci.rutgers.edu), the Center for
Environmental Prediction (http://cep.rutgers.edu) and the Institute
for Marine and Coastal Sciences (http://marine.rutgers.edu) and teach
in the undergraduate Meteorology Program (http://
meteorology.rutgers.edu) and the Atmospheric Science Graduate Program
(http://atmos.rutgers.edu). Candidates at a higher academic rank
will have the opportunity to assume leadership roles in these
expanding academic programs. A completed Ph.D. in meteorology,
atmospheric science, physics, or equivalent is required and a minimum
of three years of experience at the level of Assistant Professor (or
equivalent) is highly desirable. Qualified applicants should submit
a statement of research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae,
and the names of three references with address, telephone and email
to Prof. Anthony Broccoli, Chair of the Atmospheric Science Search
Committee, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, 14 College Farm Road,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Electronic submission
to search at envsci.rutgers.edu is preferred. Review of applications
will begin November 15, 2006, and continue until the position is
filled. The position is contingent on final budget approval.
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(JOB 5) Post-doc - Climate and Global Dynamics Division (modeling) -
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Boulder,
Colorado (USA)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder,
Colorado, seeks to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position in the
Climate and Global Dynamics Division to participate in a model
development and research program centered around northern high-
latitude terrestrial climate change feedbacks in the NCAR Community
Climate System Model (CCSM).
In recent decades, the Artic has witnessed startling
environmental change prompting concern that feedbacks in the Arctic
climate system could amplify global climate change. Perhaps of
greatest concern, at least from a global perspective, is the fate of
the carbon balance as the Arctic warms.
The selected postdoctoral fellow will participate in an
interdisciplinary project aimed at improving our ability to simulate,
understand, and predict high-latitude terrestrial climate feedbacks
in CCSM. The project's goal is to develop a version of CCSM that can
address the critical carbon issues in the Arctic tundra, including
the accumulation and loss of carbon in organic or peatland type soil
profiles, the partitioning of carbon emission between methane and
carbon dioxide, hydrologic cycle change related to permafrost
degradation and the interaction between temperature, nitrogen cycling
and the transition between herbaceous tundra and woody arctic
scrubland. This high-priority research and model development effort
will be conducted in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of
NCAR scientists and external university partners.
One-year term position with possibility of extension. Includes
shipping allowance but no paid relocation. View detailed job
description at www.ucar.edu. Initial consideration will be given to
applications received prior to 11/3/2006. Thereafter, applications
will be reviewed on an as-needed basis. Apply online or send a
scannable resume to 3065 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO 80301.
(Reference job #7002). We value diversity. Please feel free to
contact David Lawrence (dlawren at ucar.edu) if you would like further
information.
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(JOBS 6) Post-docs - Earth Sciences, Department of Geology and
Geophysics - Yale University, New Haven, CT (USA)
Bateman postdoctoral fellowships for study in geosciences The
Department of Geology and Geophysics announces an annual competition
for one or more Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowships. We welcome
applicants with research interests across the full range of
disciplines within the Earth Sciences, including studies of the solid
earth, oceans, atmosphere, climate dynamics, geochemistry,
paleoclimatology, and the evolution of life. (See http://
www.geology.yale.edu for more information about our Department.) This
fellowship is awarded for two years, and provides a stipend ($43,000/
yr) and research funds ($5,000/yr), plus health care benefits and
expenses for relocation. Applicants should submit a short (2-3 page)
statement of research interests and proposed research, a curriculum
vita, a list of publications, and reference letters from three
referees. Applicants should also contact a sponsor in the Department
to identify potential research projects. The deadline for all
application materials is January 2, 2007, and decisions will be
announced by February 28, 2007. Successful candidates are expected to
begin their program at Yale between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
Application materials and reference letters should be sent by
email to bateman.fellowship at geology.yale.edu, or by mail to: Bateman
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Geology and Geophysics, P.O.
Box 208109, 210 Whitney Avenue, Yale University, New Haven, CT
06520-8109.
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(JOB 7) Asst. Prof. tenure-track - Climate Dynamics - Johns Hopkins
Univ, Baltimore, MD (USA)
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins
University is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty
position in the area of climate dynamics. We anticipate hiring at
the Assistant Professor level, although candidates at a higher rank
may be considered under exceptional circumstances. The Department
encourages applications from candidates with fundamental expertise in
theory, modeling, and/or observations related to the study of the
modern climate system. Areas of particular interest include ocean and
atmosphere dynamics and energetics; numerical modeling of present and
past climate and/or its primary components; atmospheric chemistry;
physics of clouds and aerosols; carbon cycling; ocean
biogeochemistry; and cryospheric processes. Preference will be given
to candidates whose research and teaching interests complement the
current expertise of the Department and other programs at Johns
Hopkins (see www.jhu.edu/~eps/).
Applicants should submit a CV including publication list, a
statement of research and teaching interests, and the names,
addresses, and e mail addresses of at least three referees to Prof.
Darryn W. Waugh, Search Committee Chair, Dept. of Earth & Planetary
Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. Review of
applications will begin December 15, 2006, and continue until the
position is filled.
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(JOB 8) Research Fellowship - Climate Modeling - Meteo France/CNRM/
GMGEC Toulouse, (France) http://www.ensembles-eu.org/
18 months research scientist fellowship starting February 2007 in
the Climate Modelling Group of the Research Center of the French
National Meteorological Service in Toulouse, France, (METEO- FRANCE/
CNRM/GMGEC, http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/ ), to work on the following
subject: "Regional scenarios in the Mediterranean basin"
This position will contribute to the ENSEMBLES integrated project
(Ensemble-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts)
supported by the FP6 Framework programme of the European Union.
A description of the ENSEMBLES project can be found at: http://
www.ensembles-eu.org/
CNRM participates in this project by using its atmospheric
general circulation model ARPEGE-Climat with variable resolution
forcing a higher resolution limited area version of this model named
ALADIN.
Work description: The proposed work will consist in two main
tasks : 1) Participation to the validation of regional climate
simulations and to the analysis of the climate change scenarios on
the Mediterranean domain. A particular insight will be given into the
air-sea fluxes, including the other regional models involved in
ENSEMBLES. 2) Development of a specific version of ALADIN on the
Mediterranean basin (the ENSEMBLES domain includes the Mediterranean,
but extends to Iceland and Cape North) to investigate the potential
of a less costly version of the regional model ALADIN, better
designed for coupling with a Med. Sea model (NEMO-Med)
Required Qualifications: Ph.D in Atmospheric or Ocean sciences
(or related fields), and experience of scientific programming is
required. Applicants with a background in atmosphere, ocean or
climate modelling will be preferred. Required computing skills
include expertise in various programming languages (Fortran,
Unix, ...), use of supercomputers and of various graphic softwares
(GRADS, GMT, or equivalents...).
The successful applicant will be contracted by Meteo-France and
will be based at the Centre National de la Recherche Meteorologique
(Toulouse, France) within the climate research group. The initial
position will be for 18 months starting in February 2007. Net
salary will be 2400 or 2950 euros/month before income tax, depending
on qualifications and experience in the field.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae (including research
experience, publications and conferences, computing skills and
different language practise), a statement of reseach interests, and
names and contact information including telephone number of three
references to: michel.deque at meteo.fr Selection of candidates will
begin November 15, and continue until the position is filled.
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(JOB 9) Asst. Prof. tenure-track - Environmental Geography &
GIScience - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
The successful applicant will be expected to pursue research,
teach and secure external funding to support one of the following
environmental areas: environmental analysis/ modeling, natural
resource/ hazard management, biogeography/ landscape ecology,
geomorphology, hydrology; as well as geocomputation/
geovisualization. Willingness to participate in university-wide
interdisciplinary research cluster initiatives, and teach
introductory GIS are also expected. Salary and benefits are highly
competitive, and commensurate with qualifications and experience. A
Ph.D. degree in geography or in a related area is required. Begins
August 2007.
Send electronic letters of application by December 1, 2006 along
with curriculum vitae, samples of publications, and three letters of
reference to: Dr. Mark Horner, Search Committee Chair, Department of
Geography, 323 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email:
mhorner at fsu.edu
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(JOB 10) Research - Environmental and Climate Policy - The Fraunhofer
Institute for Systems and Innovation Research - Karlsruhe (Germany)
(requires fluency in German)
http://www.isi.fhg.de/homeisi.htm
The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, a
research think tank in Karlsruhe, Germany, is offering a job
opportunity in the field of environmental and climate policy,
particularly in designing and evaluating EU Emission Trading and the
flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. The position is open to
graduates with a Master's (or equivalent) degree in Economics or
Environmental Science, and to be filled asap. For details contact:
Karoline Rogge, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation
Research (ISI), Department of Sustainability and Infrastructures,
Breslauer Strasse 48 , 76139 Karlsruhe , Germany Phone: +49 -
721 - 68 09 126 Fax: +49 - 721 - 68 09 135 Email:
karoline.rogge at isi.fraunhofer.de Also: Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Group for Sustainability and
Technology, Internet: http://www.sustec.ethz.ch
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information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in
interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to
build an international sense of community among recent grads. It
provides an international forum for the exchange of information and
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Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
DISCCRS poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf
Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of
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Changing Global Environment
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