[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 4/6/2007
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Mon Apr 9 12:08:19 CDT 2007
DISCCRS News
4/6/2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Special Announcement: DISCCRS III Symposium
Are you interested in climate change/climate impacts?
Did you receive your PhD between April 1, 2004 and March 31, 2007?
Would a fully paid (airfare, room & board) trip to Hawaii this
September fit into your schedule?
If you can answer yes to all of these questions, check out
www.disccrs.org for details and information on how to apply for one
of 36 positions for candidates from around the world!
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
APECS: The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
http://www.kent.edu/Polar
(see RESOURCES 1 below)
New mailing lists for the atmospheric and oceanic dynamics community
http://www.atmosocean.org/mailing_lists/
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07555
SCIENCE NEWS
Comparison of Proposed USA Climate Bills in the 110th Congress
http://www.wri.org/climate/topic_content.cfm?cid=4265
IPCC Working Group II – Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and
Vulnerability – Summary for Policy Makers is out:
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM6avr07.pdf
Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/science/earth/01climate.html?
ref=science Or: http://tinyurl.com/23eodc
(see NEWS 1 below)
NASA Nobel Prize Recipient to lead chief scientist office
(see NEWS 2 below)
Reports From Four Fronts in the War on Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03clim.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin Or: http://tinyurl.com/2x6udy
(see NEWS 3 below)
Supreme Court, 5-4, Rules Against Administration in Warming Case
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
(see NEWS 4 below)
Raw Data: Beacon Bird of Climate Change
http://tinyurl.com/yvuayb
(see NEWS 5 below)
U.N. Draft Cites Humans in Recent Climate Shifts
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/science/earth/05climate.html?
ref=3Dscience Or: http://tinyurl.com/22cvs9 (see NEWS 6 below)
Scientists Issue Bleak Forecast for Warming World
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/
0,,2051770,00.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/ysfohv
(see NEWS 7 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology 1st International Summer School
- MPI-M Earth System Modeling Framework – September 3-7, 2007 –
Hamburg (Germany)
http://issmes.enes.org
Summer Courses - Cryosphere and Quaternary Research – Geology
Department – University Centre – Svalbard (Norway)
http://www.unis.no/studies/GEOLOGY/general.htm
(see OPPORTUNITIES 1 below)
JOBS
RCUK Academic Fellowship - Climate Dynamics and Physical Processes -
School of Environmental Sciences - University of East Anglia –
Norwich (UK)
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow Ref: RA376
(see JOB 1 below)
Climate Scientist - Rossby Centre - Swedish Meteorological and
Hydrological Institute (SMHI) – Norrköping (Sweden)
http://www.smhi.se/sgmain/om_smhi/personal/pdf/Rossby470.pdf
(see JOB 2 below)
Post-Docs - Laboratori de Recerca del Clima (Climate Research
Laboratory, LRC-PCB) - Parc Cientific de Barcelona (University of
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?
fuseaction=UserSite.FP7OpenCallsPage
(see JOBS 3 below)
Post-doc Research Fellow - Earth system modeller - Department of
Earth Sciences - Faculty of Science – The Open University - Milton
Keynes (UK)
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/jobs-external.asp
(see JOB 4 below)
Asst Prof - tenure track – Climate Change/Paleoclimatology -
Department of Geography – College of Geosciences – Texas A&M
University – College Station TX (USA)
(see JOB 5 below)
Air Resources Engineer - California Air Resources Board - Emission
Inventory Analysis Section, Planning & Technical Support Division -
Sacramento, CA (USA)
http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/more_info.cfm?recno=305506 or
visit the CARB link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/as/personnel/jobs/
examvac.htm
(see JOB 6 below)
Lecturer & Post-Doc (Two Positions) – Physics, measurements and
modelling and analysis of ozone trends - National University of
Ireland – Galway (Ireland)
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1321 (lecturer)
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1336 (post-doc)
(see JOBS 7 below)
Climate Policy Analysts, Associates & Research Assistants - The
Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) - Washington, D.C. (USA)
www.ccap.org
(see JOBS 8 below)
Post-Doc – Biogeochemistry/terrestrial carbon cycle - Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (EEB/AOS) -
Princeton University – Princeton NJ (USA)
(see JOB 9 below)
Executive Director - International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) –
Stockholm (Sweden)
(see JOB 10 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) APECS: The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
http://www.kent.edu/Polar
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) aims to
bring together young researchers and early career scientists and
engineers with an interest in Polar Regions and the Cryosphere from
around the world. Polar research is inherently interdisciplinary and
international. Many early career scientists, although sometimes well
connected within their own specialization, often do not have strong
contacts with other polar experts. This network will provide a forum
for polar scientists to begin international and interdisciplinary
collaborations early in their careers, fostering international
science which is naturally important to polar research to improve our
understanding of these systems on a global level. Visit http://
www.kent.edu/Polar to become a member, share news, connect with other
polar researchers, and find jobs and events that might be of
interest. APECS is an endorsed International Polar Year project and
the official early career association recognized. Please email
APECS at kent.edu for more information or contact Dr. Jenny Baeseman,
Director: jbaesema at kent.edu.
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(RESOURCES 2) New mailing lists for the atmospheric and oceanic
dynamics community
http://www.atmosocean.org/mailing_lists/
As a service to the atmospheric and oceanic dynamics community,
three mailing lists have been set up that you may use. The mailing
lists are archived and searchable, so you can look up old messages.
Further, unlike some mail lists, we allow attachments, currently up
to 1 MB.
The mailing lists are:
1. For announcements, such as meeting announcements, workshops,
funding opportunities, etc . Most messages sent to this list will not
need a reply (announce at atmosocean.org).
2. For discussions, on any research or historical topic in
atmospheric or oceanic dynamics, planetary dynamics, etc
(discuss at atmosocean.org).
3. For any discussions of a pedagogical nature. Students may also
use this list to exchange ideas or discuss problems
(discuss at vallisbook.org).
To send and receive messages to these you must sign up for each.
To do this go to either: http://www.atmosocean.org/mailing_lists/
or http://www.vallisbook.org/mailing_lists.php
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/science/earth/01climate.html?
ref=science Or: http://tinyurl.com/23eodc
New York Times (Registration Required) - The world's richest
countries, which have contributed by far the most to the atmospheric
changes linked to global warming, are already spending billions of
dollars to limit their own risks from its worst consequences, like
drought and rising seas.
But despite longstanding treaty commitments to help poor
countries deal with warming, these industrial powers are spending
just tens of millions of dollars on ways to limit climate and coastal
hazards in the world's most vulnerable regions - most of them close
to the equator and overwhelmingly poor.
Next Friday, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, a United Nations body that since 1990 has been
assessing global warming, will underline this growing climate divide,
according to scientists involved in writing it - with wealthy nations
far from the equator not only experiencing fewer effects but also
better able to withstand them.
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(NEWS 2) NASA Nobel Prize Recipient to lead chief scientist office
WASHINGTON - NASA's new Science Mission Directorate Associate
Administrator Alan Stern has appointed NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel
Prize recipient John Mather to lead the Office of the Chief Scientist
at Headquarters in Washington. Mather and his staff in the newly
created office will be chief advisors to Stern.
"John Mather is a scientist of legendary reputation, technical
ability and space science mission experience. His office will provide
independent scientific advice to me to guide decision making
regarding all aspects of the NASA science program," Stern said.
Office responsibilities will include assisting the associate
administrator in setting flight mission and research budget
priorities for all NASA science programs. The office will ensure
NASA's research programs are scientifically and technologically well
founded, are appropriate for their intended applications and achieve
a fair and optimal balance between the various scientific disciplines
in the directorate. In addition, the office will help develop and
enhance discussions with the national and international science
community.
In October 2006, Mather and George Smoot of the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif., received the Nobel Prize for
Physics for their collaborative work in understanding the Big Bang.
Mather joined NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.,
to head the Cosmic Background Explorer Mission as project scientist.
He has been a Goddard Fellow since 1994 and currently serves as
senior project scientist and chair of the Science Working Group of
the James Webb Space Telescope. He will continue this position while
taking on his new responsibilities in Washington.
Mather, a recipient of numerous awards, has a bachelor's degree
in physics from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., and a doctorate
in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.
In addition, Stern named Paul Hertz to direct the newly created
Science Policy, Process and Ethics Office. Hertz will ensure NASA's
science research programs are conducted with the highest standards
and effectiveness in accordance with NASA's principles of science
merit, open competition and peer review. He also will be responsible
for the solicitation, selection and award processes within the
directorate's research program.
"Paul is a talented, energetic, dedicated scientist and public
servant who is deally suited to this key position. I am pleased to
have him lead in this important role," Stern added.
Hertz joined the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, as a
senior scientist in 2000. He has held management positions for
numerous NASA science projects and programs. Hertz has a bachelor's
degree in physics and mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, and a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass. He was an astrophysicist at the U.S.
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, before joining NASA. He has
received numerous honors, including the Meritorious Presidential Rank
Award.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate conducts research and
scientific programs to observe the Earth, study space weather and
explore the solar system and the universe beyond. To achieve these
scientific goals, NASA conducts an assortment of grant-based research
programs and manages a diverse constellation of spacecraft that carry
out missions ranging from small, principal investigator-led missions
to large flagship missions.
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://
www.nasa.gov
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(NEWS 3) Reports From Four Fronts in the War on Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03clim.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin Or http://tinyurl.com/2x6udy
Over the last few decades, as scientists have intensified their
study of the human effects on climate and of the effects of climate
change on humans, a common theme has emerged: in both respects, the
world is a very unequal place.
In almost every instance, the people most at risk from climate
change live in countries that have contributed the least to the
atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
linked to the recent warming of the planet.
Those most vulnerable countries also tend to be the poorest. And
the countries that face the least harm and that are best equipped to
deal with the harm they do face tend to be the richest.
To advocates of unified action to curb greenhouse gases, this
growing realization is not welcome news.
“The original idea was that we were all in this together, and
that was an easier idea to sell,” said Robert O. Mendelsohn, an
economist at Yale. “But the research is not supporting that. We’re
not in it together.”
Many enjoy gifts like the thick, rich soil and generous growing
season of the American corn belt or the forgiving weather of France
and New Zealand.
But a bigger factor is their wealth wealth built at least partly
on a century or more of burning coal, oil and the other fossil fuels
that underlie their mobile, industrial, climate-controlled way of life.
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(NEWS 4) Supreme Court, 5-4, Rules Against Administration in Warming
Case
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
April 2, 2007 - WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ordered the
federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating
carbon dioxide emissions from cars, a rebuke to Bush administration
policy on global warming.
In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the
Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the
emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars.
Connecticut and 11 other states, along with 13 environmental
groups, sued
the EPA over the issue.
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(NEWS 5) Raw Data: Beacon Bird of Climate Change
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/raw-data-beacon-bird-of-
climate-change Or: http://tinyurl.com/yvuayb
For millions of years, Antarctica's ice sheet has advanced and
retreated as Earth has cooled and warmed. Covering nearly 5.5 million
square miles, the frozen mass exerts an enormous influence on the
global climate, reflecting sunlight back into space and cooling
Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
If the ice sheet were to melt, global temperatures would rise 8
to 10 degrees Celsius. Yet dating past expansions and contractions of
the Antarctic ice shelf has proved difficult. Geologists can infer
its changing size by dating marine sediments, but this method is not
always accurate.
Now Steve Emslie, a marine ornithologist at the University of
North Carolina Wilmington, has developed an ingenious method of
tracking climate change in the Antarctic: He has excavated and carbon-
dated 45,000 years' worth of Adelie penguin poop, skin, bones,
feathers, and eggshells from colonies preserved in Antarctica's
frigid climate.
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(NEWS 6) U.N. Draft Cites Humans in Recent Climate Shifts
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/science/earth/05climate.html?
ref=3Dscience
Or: http://tinyurl.com/22cvs9
New York Times (registration required) - The latest United
Nations assessment of the role of humans in global warming has found
with "high confidence" that greenhouse gas emissions are at least
partly responsible for a host of changes already under way, including
longer growing seasons and shrinking glaciers.
...the working draft of the report, to be released Friday in
Brussels,...is a detailed follow-up to a February report by the
United Nations group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
which was the fourth assessment since 1990 of the basic science that
points to a human hand on the planet's thermostat.
That report said there was at least a 90 percent chance that most
warming since 1950 had resulted from a continuing buildup of heat-
trapping emissions in the atmosphere. The new report describes the =
specific effects of climate changes on people and ecology; identifies
those species and regions at greatest risk; and describes options for
limiting risks.
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(NEWS 7) Scientists Issue Bleak Forecast for Warming World
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/
0,,2051770,00.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/ysfohv
the Guardian (UK) - The world's scientists today issued a grim
forecast for life on earth when they published their latest
assessment of the impacts of climate change.
A warming world will place hundreds of millions of extra people
at greater risk of food and water shortages and threaten the survival
of thousands of species of plants and animals, the scientists said.
Floods, heat waves, famines, storms and droughts are all expected
to increase, with people in poorer countries suffering the worst
effects.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(OPPORTUNITIES 1) Summer Courses - Cryosphere and Quaternary Research
– Geology Department – University Centre – Svalbard (Norway)
http://www.unis.no/studies/GEOLOGY/general.htm
The Geology Department at The University Centre in Svalbard
(UNIS) celebrates the International Polar Year (IPY) by offering four
summer courses at the Masters and PhD level in cryosphere and
Quaternary research. Course activities are linked to several IPY
projects in Svalbard and each course offers European Credit Transfer
and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits.
The application deadline for all courses is Sunday, 15 April
2007. For complete course descriptions and application instructions,
see: http://www.unis.no/studies/GEOLOGY/general.htm or contact: Eva
Therese Jenssen, Executive Information Officer, The University Center
in Svalbard, E-mail: eva.therese.jenssen at unis.no
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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'
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(JOB 1) RCUK Academic Fellowship - Climate Dynamics and Physical
Processes - School of Environmental Sciences - University of East
Anglia – Norwich (UK)
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow Ref: RA376
The 5** School of Environmental Sciences at the University of
East Anglia invites applications for a prestigious Academic
Fellowship in the area of climate dynamics and physical processes. We
seek someone with expertise in any climate-related area of
geophysical fluid dynamics, including the atmosphere, ocean or
cryosphere, complementing and collaborating with the existing
strengths in climate physics within the School. The Fellowship and
the School provide an excellent environment in which to develop your
research, leading to a permanent Faculty position at the end of the
initial five year contract. We are therefore looking for an
individual with a high quality research record and a strong desire to
build that existing foundation into an international research and
teaching career. You must have a PhD or be of postdoctoral standing.
You should have high quality publications (to be submitted to the UK
RAE 2008) and a strong plan for further development of your research
over the five year period.
For further details of the vibrant and growing UEA research group
in meteorology, oceanography and climate dynamics see http://
envam1.env.uea.ac.uk/met_ocean_climate.html .
Closing date: 11 April 2007. Interviews are expected to be held
on 1st May.
Further particulars and an application form can be obtained from
the University's web page at: http://www.uea.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ or by e-
mail at: hr at uea.ac.uk or by calling the answerphone on 01603 593493
or by mail to the Human Resources Division, University of East
Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ.
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(JOB 2) Climate Scientist - Rossby Centre - Swedish Meteorological
and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) – Norrköping (Sweden)
http://www.smhi.se/sgmain/om_smhi/personal/pdf/Rossby470.pdf
Are you interested in global climate issues? Would you like to
work with supporting the decision-making process within both the
private and public sectors when it comes to the effects of climate
change? We are looking for an associate to the Rossby Centre at SMHI,
the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.
You will be working with advanced analysis and evaluation of
climate model simulations and observation data. Your assigned tasks
will include evaluation of model simulations using different
observational datasets, contributing towards development of tools and
methods for analyzing future climate scenarios; and presenting the
results in scientific journals, at conferences, and for the public
sector. The job includes working independently as well as with others.
Applicants should have a PhD in either meteorology, hydrology,
oceanography, or a closely related subject and have worked with
climate change issues.
Furthermore, you should have experience with analysing large
datasets from numerical models. Experience with regional and global
climate models is a plus. Additional merits are programming in
Matlab, Linux/Unix, Fortran, C, and knowledge about GRIB, NetCDF, as
well as GIS.
Applicants should preferably be fluent in Swedish and English as
well as having a good command of the written languages. However, non-
Swedish speaking applicants will also be considered.
The position is for one year and is stationed in Norrköping.
Subject to continued funding and personal qualifications there might
be an opportunity for extension.
If you are interested please contact Lars Bärring acting head of
Rossby Centre, email: Lars.Barring at smhi.se or phone +46-11-495 8604.
You may also contact Christina Agardh, Human Resources department, e-
mail: Christina.Agardh at smhi.se or phone: +46-11-495 8123.
Application marked with reference number 470 should be send to:
SMHI SE-601 76 Norrköping, Sweden
Application for this position must reach SMHI not later than the
16th of April 2007.
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(JOBS 3) Post-Docs - Laboratori de Recerca del Clima (Climate
Research Laboratory, LRC-PCB) - Parc Cientific de Barcelona
(University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?
fuseaction=UserSite.FP7OpenCallsPage
ERG (European Reintegration Grants) for EU nationals that enjoyed
a Marie Curie grant during 18 months during the 5th or the 6th FWPs.
Deadline for this call is April 25th
IRG (International Reintegration Grants) for EU nationals having
at least three years of research experience in a third country (not
possible if it was within the EU nor in associated countries).
Deadline for this call is April 25th
IEF (Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development) for EU
nationals that have not spent more than 12 months in the host
institution's country in the last three years. Deadline for this call
is August 14th
IIF (International Incoming Fellowships). For third country
nationals that have not spent more than 12 months in the host
institution's country in the last three years. Deadline for this call
is August 14th. At present, LRC-PCB, in accordance with international
programs, works towards the accomplishment of the following goals:
(1) to increase understanding of the past and present climate,
including variability and change, (2) to improve the quantification
of the forces causing climate change and variability, (3) to reduce
uncertainty in predictions about future climate and related changes,
(4) to understand ecosystem responses to climate change. Currently we
have three main research areas:
1) Climate variability and climate dynamics, with special focus
on the mechanisms driving the Mediterranean climate as well as on
tropical dynamics.
2) Modelling of climate impacts, with special focus on the
climate-infectious diseases interactions and the prospects for
prediction of future disease incidence
3) Monitoring of GHG gases and the interactions between climate
and the carbon cycle
Applicants interested please send an updated short CV and an
expression of interest in order to evaluate the degree of agreement
between your career plans and our research activities. In case of
good agreement, LRC-PCB will back the applicant as a host institution
in that EU-call that suits most his/her professional profile.
Expressions of interest will be considered until 10 days before
the call's deadline. Please submit them to Miquel Angel Rodriguez-
Arias (project manager and human resources): marodriguez at pcb.ub.es
(on behalf of Prof. Xavier Rodo, LRC-PCB)
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(JOB 4) Post-doc Research Fellow - Earth system modeller - Department
of Earth Sciences - Faculty of Science – The Open University - Milton
Keynes (UK)
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/jobs-external.asp
closing date : 30/04/2007
We invite applications for an Earth system modeller to work on
the NERC CNRS, UK / French consortium project "Dynamics of the Earth
System and the Ice-Core Record" (DESIRE). The OU work will focus on
transient simulations of interglacials and transitions with
intermediate-complexity models. We are seeking someone to set up,
design and analyse experiments using GENIE-1.
You should have a PhD or equivalent qualification in climate
dynamics, mathematical modelling, earth sciences or a related
discipline and experience of numerical modelling of physical systems.
You will need to have good organisational skills, be able to
communicate effectively and to work as part of a large collaborative
research group. Familiarity with any of the following would also be
advantageous: Earth system processes and modelling techniques;
complex numerical models, computing environments and graphical
packages; experimental design and data assimilation; observational or
paleoclimatic data analysis.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Neil Edwards
(n.r.edwards at open.ac.uk).
An application form and further particulars are available from the links
located above.
Hard copies and access details for disabled applicants are
available from calling the Earth Science Recruitment Co-ordinator on
01908 653012 or by email earth-sciences-recruitment at open.ac.uk.
Please quote reference 3472
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(JOB 5) Asst Prof - tenure track – Climate Change/Paleoclimatology -
Department of Geography – College of Geosciences – Texas A&M
University – College Station TX (USA)
The Department of Geography (http://geog.tamu.edu) and the
College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University (http://
geosciences.tamu.edu) invite applications for a tenure-track position
specializing in Climate Change or Paleoclimatology to begin in
September 2007 or January 2008. It is anticipated that this
appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor. This
position is part of eleven planned hires in the Ocean Drilling and
Sustainable Earth Science (ODASES) program (http://odases.tamu.edu),
which is an interdisciplinary, multi-college research and education
program designed to maximize participation in the Integrated Ocean
Drilling Program (IODP) (http://www.iodp.org). The successful
candidate will have a track record of research, or will be able to
develop research, with ODP/IODP. Outstanding opportunities exist for
collaboration with other departments, research units, and
interdisciplinary initiatives within the College of Geosciences
(e.g., the departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography, and
Geology and Geophysics, the Sustainable Coastal Margins Program).
The ODASES
positions will complement the Vision 2020 Faculty Investment Plan to
hire 20 tenure-track faculty in the College of Geosciences by 2008 in
three target areas: (i) climate change; (ii) oceans, atmospheres and
human health; and (iii) environmental and hydrological geosciences.
Texas A&M University offers a highly interactive research
environment, a strong modern infrastructure, and competitive startup
packages.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, and names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three
referees to Dr. Steven Quiring (squiring at geog.tamu.edu). Review of
applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the
position is filled.
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(JOBS 6) Air Resources Engineer - California Air Resources Board -
Emission Inventory Analysis Section, Planning & Technical Support
Division - Sacramento, CA (USA)
http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/more_info.cfm?recno=305506 or
visit the CARB link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/as/personnel/jobs/
examvac.htm
The California Air Resources Board has posted a new recruitment
announcement for an Air Resources Engineer to fill a position within
the Emission Inventory Analysis Section, Planning & Technical Support
Division. Because of recent state legislation mandating reductions
in greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change, job
responsibilities include developing components of the states'
inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. The work can include
application of tools such a biogeochemical process models, GIS/remote
sensing, and other approaches.
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(JOBS 7) Lecturer & Post-Doc (Two Positions) – Physics, measurements
and modelling and analysis of ozone trends - National University of
Ireland – Galway (Ireland)
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1321 (lecturer)
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1336 (post-doc)
(1) Lecturer in Atmospheric Physics at NUI Galway has recently
been posted.
The post will offer an exciting opportunity of participation in,
and further development of, the extensive atmospheric research
programme at NUIG. Research activities include aerosol formation and
transformation studies, aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, and air-
sea exchange processes using a combination of in-situ measurements,
process modelling, regional climate modelling and remote sensing.
More information including the application forms can be found on
the http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1321
Deadline for applications is May 4th, 2007.
(2) Post-doctoral research position in measurements and modelling
and analysis of ozone trends. Duration: 3 years. Location: National
University of Ireland, Galway. Salary: €44,510 per annum. Contact
Gerard.jennings at nuigalway.ie. Web link:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1336
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(JOBS 8) Climate Policy Analysts, Associates & Research Assistants -
The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) - Washington, D.C. (USA)
www.ccap.org
1. Climate Policy Analysts (Min 5-7 Years Experience)
2. Policy Associates (Min 3-4 Years Experience)
3. Research Assistants (Entry Level)
The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) is a non-profit
environmental think-tank based in Washington, DC. Founded in 1985,
the Center is the only organization focused exclusively on climate
and energy policy at the domestic and international levels. Our
teams of policy analysts work collaboratively with scientists,
industry and political leadership in every venue where we can
contribute our expertise toward effective policy making.
CCAP is expanding its capacity to contribute to climate policy
solutions over the coming years. We are currently is seeking new
staff members from the Research Assistant level through the Policy
Analyst level to play key roles in its domestic and international
policy programs. See our website at www.ccap.org for detailed
program information. Most positions will be based at CCAP HQ in
Washington DC.
At the more senior level (Policy Associates and Climate Policy
Analysts), ideal candidates will have strong analytical, outreach and
project management skills. Candidates must have a good understanding
of climate mitigation options, climate policy and emissions trading.
Core skills will include strong analytical, research, and
quantitative skills, writing ability, and the demonstrated initiative
to take on multiple policy, project management, and coordination
tasks in a fast paced team environment.
Ideal candidates will have a minimum of a BA/BS (Research
Assistants) and a Master’s degree (Policy Associates and Policy
Analysts) in public policy, economics, engineering or a related
field. Qualifications for the specific Research Assistant, Policy
Associate or Policy Analyst roles will depend on, among other
factors, the level of related experience and educational background.
Interested candidates should forward all of the following: (1) a
resume; (2) cover letter stating the position that interests you
along with your salary requirements; and (3) a short writing sample,
to: Email: recruitment at ccap.org NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Center for Clean Air Policy, 750 First Street, NE, Suite 940,
Washington, DC 20002
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(JOB 9) Post-Doc – Biogeochemistry/terrestrial carbon cycle - Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (EEB/
AOS) - Princeton University – Princeton NJ (USA)
The successful applicant will join the research team at Princeton
University in the lab groups of Steve Pacala and Jorge Sarmiento,
which seeks to constrain models of the carbon cycle with a wide
variety of measurements including trace gas samples, satellite
observations, eddy-correlation observations and forest inventories.
The goal is to identify and understand carbon sources and sinks and
to build diagnostic and prognostic models of them.
The team works in close collaboration with GFDL and has developed
a dynamic land model, that is now integrated into the fully coupled
GFDL Earth System Model. The successful applicant will take part
into the ongoing effort of building a data inversion capability for
our models of the carbon cycle.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in
biogeochemistry, atmospheric sciences or a related field. Experience
in ecosystem modeling and data processing will be advantageous but is
not mandatory. The postdoctoral position is for three years, pending
successful yearly reviews.
Interested applicants should send a resume, a letter of
motivation and
the name of three referees to Ranveig Jakobsen (ranveig at princeton.edu).
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(JOB 10) Executive Director - International Study of Arctic Change
(ISAC) – Stockholm (Sweden)
Application Deadline: Monday, 30 April 2007
For further information and a full position description, please
contact: International Arctic Science Committee Secretariat: E-mail:
iasc at iasc.se
Applications are invited for the position of Executive Director
at the International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) International
Program Office (IPO) in Stockholm, Sweden.
ISAC is a long-term, multidisciplinary program to study the
effects of environmental changes, including physical/chemical,
biological/ecological, and socioeconomic/cultural changes, on the
circumpolar arctic system and their feedback on the global system.
ISAC was formally established by the International Arctic Science
Committee (IASC) and the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB).
The ISAC IPO will be established to provide support for the
activities of ISAC and to serve its organizational needs and will be
based with the IASC Secretariat at the Swedish Polar Research
Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden.
Applicants for the position of Executive Director should
preferably have considerable knowledge of international arctic
research, experience in cooperative, international scientific
programs or activities, and relevant science management and
administrative experience. Excellent oral and written knowledge of
English is required. Applicants should be enterprising, open-minded,
and creative.
The Executive Director will initially serve on a two-year
contract with possible extensions. The position is subject to all
hiring and employment laws and regulations of the Swedish Polar
Research Secretariat. The salary will be set corresponding to the
successful applicant's qualifications and is expected to be SEK 550,000.
Applications must briefly list the candidate's qualifications
related to the above criteria and include the names of two referees.
Applications must be submitted by Monday, 30 April 2007, at: E-mail:
iasc at iasc.se or by regular mail to: IASC Secretariat, P.O. Box
50003 Stockholm, SE-104 05 Stockholm, SWEDEN
For further information and a full position description, please
contact the IASC Secretariat at: E-mail: iasc at iasc.se or contact:
Michael Tjernstrom, ISAC Co-chair, Phone: +46-8-163110 E-mail:
michaelt at misu.su.se or contact: Grete K. Hovelsrud, ISAC Co-chair,
Phone: +47-22-858769/50 E-mail: g.k.hovelsrud at cicero.uio.no
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