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Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Mon Jun 18 14:28:37 CDT 2007
> DISCCRS News
> 6/15/2007
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> TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
> RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
> On Mentoring: Nature journal's Guide for Mentors
> We here at DISCCRS encourage everyone to read this article and pass
> it on to their advisors or Department Chairs:
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7146/full/447791a.html
> (see RESOURCES 1 below)
> New Climate Group report available online - In the Black: The
> Growth of the Low Carbon Economy
> http://theclimategroup.org/index.php/resources/
> The report describes the upward global trends across the board
> in the take-up of solutions for a low carbon economy, e.g.,
> renewables, hybrid cars, the carbon markets. It also demonstrates
> the value creation and jobs growth in all these areas.
> Invitation to Join New Research and Media Network
> http://researchandmedia.ning.com/ for fast, free registration
> The Research and Media Network is an online social network for
> journalists, scientists, press officers and others who communicate
> about research - whether on health, environment, water,
> biodiversity, energy, agriculture, forestry, sustainable
> development or communications. The aim is to create a space for
> people to share information, contacts, news and resources.
> resources
>
> FORUM
> Yale Conference on Americans and Climate Change
> http://environment.yale.edu/climate/
> americans_and_climate_change.pdf
> (see FORUM 1 below)
> NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments
> http://tinyurl.com/35u2aw (NY Times - Registration required) or
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/science/09griffin.html?
> _r=1&ref=environment&oref=slogin
> (see FORUM 2 below)
>
> SCIENCE NEWS
> Podcast of President Bush's May 31 speech on energy policy
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=GoeDEV8H7L8
> Climate change brings toxic moth to England
> http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1387952020070613
> (see NEWS 1 below)
> Coal use rise looks bad for climate aims
> http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/
> idUSL1281872620070612
> (see NEWS 2 below)
> Nitrogen pollution drives trees to soak up more CO2
> http://tinyurl.com/39mhkb or http://environment.newscientist.com/
> article/dn12058-nitrogen-pollution-drives-trees-to-soak-up-more-
> cosub2sub.html
> (see NEWS 3 below)
> Global warming is speeding up ocean waves
> http://tinyurl.com/3eyjrz or http://
> environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19426075.400-global-warming-
> is-speeding-up-ocean-waves.html
> (see NEWS 4 below)
> Senate takes up energy bill, push for increase auto fuel economy
> http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate061207.html
> (see NEWS 5 below)
> Carbon storage deep down under
> http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0706/full/climate.2007.2.html
> (see NEWS 6 below)
> Averting disaster: at what cost?
> http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0706/full/climate.2007.3.html
> (see NEWS 7 below)
> Dangerous summer heat to increase as Mediterranean region warms
> American Geophysical Union Press Release 07-13
> (see NEWS 8 below)
> Many Arctic Plants Have Adjusted to Big Climate Changes, Study Finds
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/15/science/15arctic.html Or:
> http://tinyurl.com/ynjej6
> (see NEWS 9 below)
>
> JOBS
> Reviewer - Tebtebba Foundation
> (see JOB 1 below)
> Post-doc Oceanographer - Project Engineer, Scientific Planning
> Postdoctoral Oceanographer for Science Planning, Consortium for
> Ocean Leadership – Washington DC (USA)
> (see JOB 2 below)
> Project Engineer - Ocean Observatories – Consortium for Ocean
> Leadership – Washington DC (USA)
> (see JOB 3 below)
> Postdoc or Senior Research Fellowship - Coral Reef Biodiversity -
> ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies - James Cook
> University, Townsville (Australia)
> (see JOB 4 below)
>
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> Resources and Funding Opportunities
> (RESOURCES 1) On Mentoring: Nature journal's Guide for Mentors
> We here at DISCCRS encourage everyone to read this article and pass
> it on to their advisors or Department Chairs:
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7146/full/447791a.html
> Having a good mentor early in your career can mean the
> difference between success and failure in any field. Adrian Lee,
> Carina Dennis and Philip Campbell look at what makes a good mentor.
> The Nature awards for creative mentoring in science were created
> on the premise that the mentorship of young researchers — although
> fully deserving of recognition — is perhaps the least remarked on
> of all the activities that take place in the lab. Indeed, there is
> no established definition of what constitutes good scientific
> mentoring. This article attempts to remedy that situation, drawing
> on the evidence from competitions for Nature's awards. These are
> held on a national or regional basis, with the most recent taking
> place last year, when the focus was on Australasia. Previous
> competitions have been held in the United Kingdom, and the next
> competition will be in South Africa (see http://www.nature.com/
> nature/mentoringawards/southafrica/index.html). (Continued.. with
> many interesting quotes such as:
> "First, her door is always open, even now in her retirement she
> can never say 'come back later'. I now greatly admire this skill
> for I find myself struggling with administration and feeling guilty
> in making appointments to see students. M always put scientific
> discussion first."
> "Going to M's office with your head down, armed with a plot or
> calculation showing that the project seemed to be going nowhere,
> you will leave believing that you've solved the mysteries of the
> Universe."
> "Those who are good mentors get incalculably more out of it than
> they put into it.")
>
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> Forum
> (FORUM 1) Yale Conference on Americans and Climate Change
> http://environment.yale.edu/climate/
> americans_and_climate_change.pdf
> The Yale report on the Yale Conference on Americans and Climate
> Change is worth reading, even if you are not a U.S. citizen. Read
> the report if you have time. If not, at least read the following
> preface to the report, which quotes the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
> King:
> "We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are
> confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding
> conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too
> late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves
> us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The
> ‘tide in the affairs of men’ does not remain at the flood; it ebbs.
> We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but
> time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones
> and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the
> pathetic words: ‘Too late. . . .’"
> — Reverend Dr.Martin Luther King
> ********************
> (FORUM 2) NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments
> http://tinyurl.com/35u2aw (NY Times - Registration required) or
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/science/09griffin.html?
> _r=1&ref=environment&oref=slogin
> NY Times (registration required) - NASA administrator Michael D.
> Griffin said Friday that he regretted having sparked a furor last
> week when, in an interview with National Public Radio, he said he
> was not sure climate change "is a proble m we must wrestle with."
> "To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of
> Earth's climate today is the optimal climate," he said during the
> NPR interview, stumbling into the rancorous debate over climate
> change.
> Among his own troops, James Hansen, who manages NASA's climate
> research as the head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in
> New York, and who has said that the Bush administration has told
> him to soften his comments about warming, said he was shocked by
> the comments.
> Dr. Griffin said that he regretted that the comments became a
> "distraction for NASA." Whatever his personal opinion about climate
> change, he said that it has no effect on NASA's role in providing
> the technical data on climate change. (continued...)
>
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> Science News
> (NEWS 1) Climate change brings toxic moth to England
> http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1387952020070613
> LONDON (Reuters) - A species of toxic moth which has been moving
> steadily north from the Mediterranean because of global warming has
> reached England, the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew said on Wednesday.
> Emergency measures have been put in place to protect trees in
> Kew Gardens in West London, where a number of Oak Processionary
> Moths (Thaumetopoea processionea) have been discovered, Kew Gardens
> said in a statement.
> "The Oak Processionary Moth's natural range is the Mediterranean
> regions of Europe. However, in recent years, its range has extended
> northwards, possibly as a result of climate change," it said.
> The moth was last reported to have reached Belgium, where its
> presence caused areas of forest to be closed to the public.
> The Oak Moth lays its eggs in oak trees, and the caterpillars eat
> the trees' foliage. The poisonous hairs on the caterpillars' back
> can cause itchy rashes, breathing difficulties and severe allergic
> reactions in humans.
> Kew said the moths found in England were believed to have
> entered the country as eggs laid on imported trees, so the
> immediate danger was limited.
> ********************
> (NEWS 2) Coal use rise looks bad for climate aims
> http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/
> idUSL1281872620070612
> LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Ambitious goals to fight climate
> change look less achievable as coal use continued to soar last year
> in China and India, data compiled by BP Plc showed on Tuesday.
> The data confirmed that China was on track to overtake the
> United States as the world's number one carbon emitter this year,
> one analyst said.
> "I would still say 2007, this is the year," said Gregg Marland,
> senior scientist at Austria's International Institute for Applied
> Systems Analysis, and the U.S. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis
> Center (CDIAC).
> China's CO2 emissions in 2006 were over 5.7 billion tonnes
> versus nearly 5.9 billion tonnes in the United States, with China
> up 8.5 percent and the United States falling slightly, Marland
> estimated on Tuesday, using the new BP data.
> Coal releases more of the planet-warming greenhouse gas carbon
> dioxide (CO2) than any other fossil fuel. But coal was the fastest
> growing fuel globally worldwide last year, BP's annual Statistical
> Review of World Energy showed, rising at a rate that was slightly
> down on last year but well above the average for the last decade.
> A U.N. panel of climate scientists last month said that global
> CO2 emissions should peak by 2015, to keep atmospheric
> concentration at levels which the European Union says will avoid
> the worst effects of climate change.
> ********************
> (NEWS 3) Nitrogen pollution drives trees to soak up more CO2
> http://tinyurl.com/39mhkb or http://environment.newscientist.com/
> article/dn12058-nitrogen-pollution-drives-trees-to-soak-up-more-
> cosub2sub.html
> Nitrogen pumped into the environment by human activities such as
> driving cars and farming is fertilising tree growth and boosting
> the amount of carbon being stored in forests outside the tropics,
> say researchers.
> Their study provides a surprising example of how one type of
> human pollution is helping to counter another. But the researchers
> caution that they do not yet know what proportion of carbon dioxide
> emissions are being offset by the anthropogenic release of nitrogen.
> Nitrogen is an important plant nutrient, widely used as an
> agricultural fertiliser, and two studies in 2006 suggested that its
> availability in nature will ultimately limit the capacity of
> forests to soak up human CO2 (Nature, p 440, vol 922 and
> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.
> 0509038103). But until now, no one had quantified the effect that
> human deposits of nitrogen were having on forests.
> Federico Magnani of the University of Bologna in Italy and his
> colleagues have now done just that for temperate and sub-Arctic
> (boreal) forests. They looked at 20 clusters of forests, from
> Alaska to Italy, and Siberia to New Zealand, to see how much carbon
> they are storing and what is driving the growth. (continued...)
> ********************
> (NEWS 4) Global warming is speeding up ocean waves
> http://tinyurl.com/3eyjrz or http://
> environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19426075.400-global-warming-
> is-speeding-up-ocean-waves.html
> Gigantic ocean waves, spanning hundreds of kilometres from crest
> to crest, have been speeding up thanks to global warming, a new
> model suggests.
> Geophysicists predict that as the ocean surface warms, these so-
> called planetary waves should speed up. To test this idea, John
> Fyfe and Oleg Saenko at the University of Victoria in British
> Columbia, Canada, modelled the changes to ocean wave patterns over
> the 20th and 21st centuries.
> "We were really surprised at how quickly the ocean responded to
> temperature change," Fyfe says. According to the model, global
> warming has already increased the speed of the waves, but no one
> noticed because satellites have not been monitoring their speeds
> for long enough, he says. The model also shows that by the end of
> the 21st century, the waves will be a further 20 to 40 per cent
> faster compared with pre-industrial speeds (Geophysical Research
> Letters, vol 34, p L10706).
> "We knew we'd see an effect, but we didn't think it would be
> significant for at least another two centuries," Fyfe says. The
> faster planetary waves will have an effect on global weather, he adds.
> From issue 2607 of New Scientist magazine, 12 June 2007, page 23
> ********************
> (NEWS 5) Senate takes up energy bill, push for increase auto fuel
> economy
> http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate061207.html
> WASHINGTON (AP) — As motorists face near record gasoline prices,
> the Senate took up an energy bill Tuesday that would raise auto
> fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and
> make oil industry price gouging a federal crime.
> Democratic leaders in both the Senate and House said they want
> broad energy legislation passed before the Fourth of July
> congressional recess, hoping to dampen growing voter anger over
> paying well above $3 a gallon at gasoline pumps across the country.
> The Senate bill urges automakers to boost their fuel economy to
> a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, about a 40 percent
> increase over what new cars and the less fuel efficient SUVs and
> pickup trucks are required to attain today. The auto standard of
> 27.5 mpg was last increased 18 years ago. SUVS and small trucks
> must achieve a fleet average of 22.2 mpg.
> Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday the bill would
> help reduce the country's reliance on oil — an addiction that
> consumes more than 21 million barrels a day, nearly two-thirds of
> it imported.
> The White House issued a statement opposing many of the bill's
> most critical parts, including the mandatory increase in automobile
> fuel economy. It also said President Bush would be urged to veto
> the legislation if it contained the price gouging language.
> ********************
> (NEWS 6) Carbon storage deep down under
> http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0706/full/climate.2007.2.html
> As the world's largest trial carbon storage project gets
> underway, some are questioning its necessity. Hannah Hoag reports
> from Australia.
> Perched on the southern edge of Australia, the Otway Basin
> spreads offshore from Cape Jaffa in South Australia, through
> Victoria, to the northwest coast of Tasmania. For nearly 100 years,
> gas wells have been drilled into the onshore portion of the basin
> that was formed when Antarctica broke free of Australia. Now
> researchers are probing the basin for its capacity to store carbon
> dioxide generated from Australia's coal-burning power plants. But
> some are asking if the world needs another demonstration project.
> The Otway Basin Pilot Project, Australia's first carbon
> sequestration demonstration project — and perhaps the most
> intensely monitored — kicked off in February when the drilling of a
> 2,100-metre well began near the small town of Warrnambool, about
> 250 kilometres from Melbourne. Peter Cook, head of the Canberra-
> based Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
> (CO2CRC) that runs the project, says they plan to begin injecting
> gas into the new well in July. By the end of the year, up to
> 100,000 tonnes of supercritical carbon dioxide will have been
> injected into the natural reservoir. (continued...)
> ********************
> (NEWS 7) Averting disaster: at what cost?
> http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0706/full/climate.2007.3.html
> Avoiding dangerous climate change will require considerable
> global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A daunting
> challenge, but one that is practically and economically achievable,
> argues Jeffrey D. Sachs.
> The basic economics of climate change have been explained
> clearly in the Stern Review1. The global business-as-usual (BAU)
> path, in which fossil fuel use continues unabated without reducing
> carbon emissions or capturing and sequestering them, will raise
> atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases during the coming
> decades to dangerous levels. The higher the greenhouse gas
> concentrations the greater the societal costs will be, in terms of
> more frequent and extreme droughts and storms, loss of
> biodiversity, declining crop yields, rising sea levels and much
> more2. Emissions can be averted, and thereby greenhouse gas
> concentrations can be reduced below the BAU path, at an extra cost
> to society. As long as the resulting social benefits exceed this
> abatement cost, then it should be adopted. The optimum pace and
> intensity of emissions reduction are found by balancing the
> additional costs of aggressive greenhouse gas stabilization against
> the incremental benefits of reduced climate change.
> The bargaining game: So far, so good. But the translation of
> these ideas into practice is extremely challenging, both
> conceptually and practically. The costs of reducing emissions are
> unknown, because their control will depend on a myriad of
> technologies that are potentially effective but not yet proved. The
> societal costs of climate change are known with even less
> precision. Moreover, both societal and abatement costs will vary
> widely across geographical space and across generations. At a
> conceptual level, there is an enormous bargaining game, marked by
> potential winners and losers, high uncertainty, potential side
> payments, tendencies towards free riding, and future generations
> who are not even at the bargaining table. The current generation
> plays its own hand, as well as that of future generations. Some
> might say the game is rigged. (continued...)
> ********************
> (NEWS 8) Dangerous summer heat to increase as Mediterranean region
> warms
> American Geophysical Union Press Release 07-13
> WASHINGTON - The number of dangerously hot days in the
> Mediterranean region could increase by 200 percent to 500 percent
> in this century, if current rates of greenhouse gas emissions
> continue, a new analysis finds. Of nations covered by the study,
> France would undergo the greatest upswing in high-temperature
> extremes. Mitigating these grim projections, reductions of
> greenhouse gas emissions may lessen the intensification of
> dangerously hot days by as much as 50 percent, the study shows.
> In France in 2003, 15,000 people died in an extraordinary heat
> wave. In Italy, the high temperatures resulted in almost 3,000
> deaths. The researchers find that global warming causes summer
> temperatures to dramatically exceed the range that correlated with
> the increased number of deaths.
> "Rare events today, like the 2003 heat wave in Europe, become
> much more common as greenhouse gas concentrations increase," says
> Noah S. Diffenbaugh, of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.,
> who led the study. Indeed, they "become the norm and the extreme
> events of the future are unprecedented in their severity," he says.
> The analysis indicates that daily temperatures currently found
> in the hottest two weeks of the summer instead will be found in the
> coldest two weeks of the summer. In Paris, for example,
> temperatures that occurred there during the heat wave in 2003 are
> exceeded a couple dozen times every year in the simulated future.
> Fueling the new projections is an intensified impact of global
> warming at the high end of the Mediterranean's summer temperature
> range. The researchers find that warming and reduced precipitation
> in the region contribute to preferential warming of the hottest
> days. The most scorching summer days "warm more than the typical
> summer days warm," Diffenbaugh explains. "One might expect that an
> average warming of four degrees would equate to each day warming by
> four degrees, but in fact the hottest days warm quite a bit more,"
> he says.
> This is due, in large part, to a surface moisture feedback, the
> scientists propose. The surface gets dryer as it gets hotter and
> the dry soil leads to less moisture in the area and less
> evaporative cooling. The locations of intensified warming on
> hottest days of the year match the locations where surface drying
> occurs, Diffenbaugh says.
> In addition to threatening people's lives, soaring temperatures
> could harm the Mediterranean region's economy, notes study co-
> author Jeremy S. Pal of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,
> Calif. The region extends into 21 European, African, and Asian
> countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. Its metropolitan areas
> include Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Algiers, Cairo, Istanbul, and Tel
> Aviv. Negative consequences in the area could affect human health,
> water resources, agriculture, and energy demand, Pal adds.
> The ultimate severity of the damage depends on what steps are
> taken today. "Technological and behavioral changes that are made
> now will have a big influence on what actually happens in the
> future," says Diffenbaugh. "Decreases in greenhouse gas emissions
> greatly reduce the impact."
> Still, "we see negative effects even with reduced emissions," he
> notes.
> In the new work, Diffenbaugh, Pal, and colleagues in Italy and
> China, analyze climate simulations covering two time periods: 1961
> to 1989 and 2071 to 2099. They report their results in the June 15
> Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American
> Geophysical Union.
> The simulations assume emissions scenarios as proposed in 2000
> by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
> (IPCC), a leading scientific organization that evaluates climate-
> change-related science. One scenario anticipates that greenhouse
> gas emissions will continue to increase exponentially. The other,
> reduced-emissions scenario incorporates diminished population
> growth and greater environmental concern.
> Although newer emissions scenarios have been generated since
> 2000, a recent assessment by IPCC found that those scenarios differ
> little in their emissions ranges from the older ones, Diffenbaugh
> says.
> The Mediterranean region study also uses the National Weather
> Service Heat Index in the analysis of the heat stress response to
> increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.
> The areas most likely to face substantial increases in dangerous
> heat index are concentrated largely in coastal areas, the
> researchers find. The team can discern such localized effects
> because the climate model used in the study has a resolution of 20
> kilometers (12 miles) -- perhaps the highest spatial resolution
> available for the Mediterranean region. Much as increased
> resolution in a photograph makes a clearer picture and allows one
> to zoom in without blurring the image, the powerful resolution of
> the climate model allows researchers to gather detailed information
> about particular areas. The researchers used a supercomputer in the
> National Climate Center in Beijing to run the climate model.
> "This is the first time this amplification signal over coastal
> areas could be seen and quantified," says co-author Filippo Giorgi
> of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste,
> Italy. "Coastal regions are particularly vulnerable because they
> will likely be affected by other important climate change related
> stresses, such as a rising sea level." Many large cities in the
> Mediterranean region are on the coast, Giorgi notes.
> The study was funded by the Italy-USA collaborative agreement on
> climate change research and the National Science Foundation.
> Publication-quality images of temperature projections are
> available from the Purdue University website at:
> http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/images/+2007/diffenbaugh-heat2.jpg
> http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS//images/+2007/diffenbaugh-heat.jpg
> ********************
> (NEWS 9) Many Arctic Plants Have Adjusted to Big Climate Changes,
> Study Finds
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/15/science/15arctic.html Or:
> http://tinyurl.com/ynjej6
> New York Times (Registration Required) Many Arctic plant species
> have readily adjusted to big climate changes, repeatedly
> recolonizing the rugged islands of the remote Svalbard archipelago
> off Norway's coast through 20,000 years of warm and cool spells
> since the frigid peak of the last ice age, researchers report in
> today's issue of the journal Science.
> Their finding implies that, in the Arctic at least, plants may
> be able to shift long distances to follow the climate conditions
> for which they are best adapted as those conditions move under the
> influence of human-caused global warming, the researchers and some
> independent experts said.
> Some experts on climate and biology who were not involved with
> the study, which was led by scientists from the University of Oslo,
> said it provided a glimmer of optimism in the face of generally
> bleak scientific assessments of the vulnerability of ecosystems to
> the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases.
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> (JOB 1) Reviewer - Tebtebba Foundation
> Tebtebba Foundation - a well known indigenous peoples-run
> research and policy organization based in the Philippines (for more
> information see: www.tebtebba.org ) - is launching an initiative
> that intends to use positive developments within the global system
> and other opportunities available to operationalise the human
> rights based approach in order to strengthen the protection and
> enhancement of biological and cultural diversity of indigenous peoples
> Amongst the various activities to be carried out under this
> initiative, it is envisaged to commission review papers on
> indigenous ecological management practices, including the adaptive
> ones in the face of globalisation and similar global trends, such
> as climate change, economic integration, instantaneous
> communication, urbanisation and others.
> In this regard, Tebtebba Founation is looking for a couple of
> young people, preferably doc and post doc students, preferably but
> not necessarily indigenous, who have worked on the topic, both in
> the South and the North, and are very knowledgeable about the
> existing literature, willing to prepare review papers on the topic.
> Could you suggest a few names as well as their contacts?
> If you have any suggestions, please send them to Vanda Altarelli
> - v_altarelli at yahoo.co.uk - who is assisting Tebtebba in her
> personal capacity.
> ********************
> (JOB 2) Post-doc Oceanographer - Project Engineer, Scientific Planning
> Postdoctoral Oceanographer for Science Planning, Consortium for
> Ocean Leadership – Washington DC (USA)
> The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, a new corporation resulting
> from the merger of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (JOI)
> and the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE),
> has an immediate opening in its Washington, D.C. office for a
> postdoctoral oceanographer to assist with science planning for the
> Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The OOI, which will be funded
> by the National Science Foundation, will construct an integrated
> observatory network to provide ocean, earth, and atmospheric
> scientists and educators with continuous, interactive access to the
> ocean.
> The postdoctoral oceanographer will analyze science
> requirements, provide liaison with the scientific community and the
> NSF, coordinate discussions with community experts and the
> project’s implementing organizations, develop presentations for
> design reviews, review, edit, and write documents, represent the
> corporation at scientific meetings and workshops, monitor progress
> against milestones, and perform related activities that require
> domain expertise in oceanography and basic understanding of current
> research areas.
> The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in physical,
> chemical, or biological oceanography with experience and/or
> knowledge in the acquisition of in situ oceanographic data.
> Experience with experimental ocean observation platforms is
> advantageous. Demonstrated planning, decision-making, and problem-
> solving capabilities, demonstrated initiative to work independently
> to prioritize work and complete projects with general direction,
> and excellent communication and editorial skills are also
> required. This position will be for 12 months, extendable to 24
> months, at a postdoctoral salary of $55,000 per year. The
> Consortium for Ocean Leadership provides an excellent benefit and
> retirement package. Review of applications will begin immediately
> and will continue until the position is filled. For consideration,
> please forward your letter of interest, complete resume/CV, the
> names of four references, and a representative writing sample to
> orion at joiscience.org.
> ********************
> (JOB 3) Project Engineer - Ocean Observatories – Consortium for
> Ocean Leadership – Washington DC (USA)
> The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, a new corporation resulting
> from the merger of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (JOI)
> and the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE),
> has an immediate opening in its Washington D.C. office for an
> experienced project engineer for the Ocean Observatories Initiative
> (OOI). The project engineer will lead development and technical
> management efforts required for planning for the purchase,
> installation and maintenance of a high reliability, long term
> science-driven ocean observatory network. This position will focus
> on the development of the Coastal and Global scale network
> subsystems with both buoyed and cabled ocean-observing components.
> Initial project tasks will include completion of user requirements,
> development of system requirements, architectural and engineering
> design of the system, preliminary cost estimates, development of a
> project execution plan and execution of formal requirements and
> design reviews in collaboration with research scientists and
> engineers. Funding for the Ocean Observatories Initiative is
> provided by the National Science Foundation. The ability to work
> constructively with research scientists and engineers to define a
> system that will meet the unique science and research needs of the
> academic ocean research community will be a key trait of the
> successful applicant.
> The successful candidate will possess excellent leadership and
> interpersonal skills critical for successful collaboration, a
> degree in engineering, a minimum of 5 years experience as a project
> engineer involved in large projects, and demonstrated success in
> the development of complex multi-sensor systems. A familiarity with
> scientific ocean observing activities or other complex submarine
> system development is desirable.
> The Consortium for Ocean Leadership provides an excellent
> benefit and retirement package. Review of applications for this
> position will begin immediately and will continue until the
> position is filled. For consideration, please forward your letter
> of interest, complete resume/CV, and the names of four references
> to orion at joiscience.org.
> ********************
> (JOB 4) Postdoc or Senior Research Fellowship - Coral Reef
> Biodiversity - ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies -
> James Cook University, Townsville (Australia)
> The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies seeks a
> postdoctoral or senior research fellow to work in any area of coral
> reef biodiversity (e.g., biogeography, phylogeography,
> paleobiology, evolution, mathematical modelling, biodiversity
> conservation, ecosystem function). Based at James Cook University
> in Townsville (Australia), the appointee will contribute to
> improving understanding of mechanisms and processes that maintain
> local and global biodiversity of coral reefs. The successful
> applicant will have substantial freedom to forge a research program
> that suits her or his interests and abilities.
> Selection criteria include: 1) PhD in a relevant discipline (PhD
> candidates who will complete their degrees before late 2007 are
> also encouraged to apply). 2) An excellent publication record for
> stage of career. 3) Capacity to bring fresh approaches to the
> study of coral reef biodiversity (either conceptual or technical,
> preferably both) that will complement and enhance, rather than
> duplicate, existing areas of strength in the Centre. 4) Prior
> knowledge of coral reefs is desirable, but not essential.
> The position is available immediately; applications will be
> accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
> Appointment will be through June 2010, subject to a probationary
> period.
> The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies,
> administered by James Cook University, is one of the world’s
> largest providers of the knowledge that underpins our capacity to
> understand and manage coral reefs. It includes 30 Chief
> Investigators and research fellows, distributed across multiple
> universities in Australia. For further information about the
> Centre, visit http://www.coralcoe.org.au.
> Enquiries to: Associate Professor Sean Connolly, Phone: +61 7
> 4782 4242 Sean.Connolly at jcu.edu.au
> To apply, please forward a CV, email addresses of 3 potential
> referees, and a 1-2 page description of research interests
> addressing Selection Criterion #3, above, to Sean Connolly at
> Sean.Connolly at jcu.edu.au
> **************************************************
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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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> Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948
> Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
> Walla Walla, WA 99362
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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
> Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates in a
> Changing Global Environment
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