[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 12/14/2007
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Dec 14 13:54:21 CST 2007
DISCCRS News
12/14/2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Nature Reports Climate Change: December 2007
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/ehuU0XlIGY0JFM0Jx0Ef
(registration required)
New Arctic Sea Ice Animation Online - National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/ (see RESOURCES 1 below)
Fieldwork Funding Available - Abisko Scientific Research Station -
Abisko, Sweden
http://www.ans.kiruna.se
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/reg-info/
more_about_the_program.html
(see RESOURCES 3 below)
SCIENCE NEWS
Six Places in the World Where Climate Change Could Cause Political
Turmoil: From Nepal to Nigeria, Indonesia to the Arctic Circle, a
warmer world poses different problems.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CSM/Story?id=3959999&page=2
Human vulnerability to global environmental change
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Human_vulnerability_to_global_environmental_change
New report from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
"This report presents the findings of the Committee's investigation.
The evidence before the Committee leads to one inescapable conclusion:
the Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to
manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the
public about the dangers of global warming."
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1653
Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks
(see NEWS 1 below)
U.S. Strategy Succeeds in Bali: Climate Talks Turn to Efforts Other
Than Emissions Targets
(see NEWS 2 below)
Preserving Tropical Forests Is Key Issue at Talks on Global Warming
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120800732.html
Or: http://snurl.com/1uzrf
(see NEWS 3 below)
Efforts to Harvest Ocean's Energy Open New Debate Front
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/us/08waves.html Or: http://snurl.com/1uzqz
(see NEWS 4 below)
Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/11nobel.html Or: http://snurl.com/1v3jw
(see NEWS 5 below)
Climate Science Manipulation Alleged
(see NEWS 6 below)
Parents should pay climate change tax on extra kids: expert
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdHCdZZ8MLEj4aBjDsvAsEp5bStA
(see NEWS 7 below)
WHO: Health sector needs to wake up to effects of climate change
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/asia/AS-MED-Bali-Climate-Health.php
(see NEWS 8 below)
Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
http://www.examiner.com/
a-1099253~Ominous_Arctic_Melt_Worries_Experts.html Or: http://snurl.com/1v5jj
(see NEWS 9 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
APECS Career Development Workshop - Monday 7th July 2008 -
Pribaltskaya Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia
(see CONFERENCE 1 below)
Early registration reminder for Adaptation 2008 Tyndall Centre
conference – 7-8 February – London (UK)
www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/programme3/adaptation2008/programme.html
www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/programme3/adaptation2008/registration.html
(see CONFERENCE 2 below)
Emerging Opportunities in Carbon Markets - 17 & 18 January - Miami, FL
(USA)
http://www.environmental-finance.com/conferences/2007/Miami08/intro.htm
(see CONFERENCE 3 below)
ESA EO Summer School on "Earth System Monitoring & Modelling" - August
4-14,2008 - Esrin (Frascati, near Rome)
http://envisat.esa.int/envschool/
(see CONFERENCE 4 below)
JOBS
Asst Profs tenure track - physical geography and cultural/human
geography - Department of Geography and Environmental Planning -
Towson University – Townsend, Maryland (USA)
(see JOB 1 below)
Post-Doc - satellite-dervied SST and ocean color data analysis -
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Columbia University – Palisades,
NY (USA)
(see JOB 2 below)
Lectureships - School of Biological and Environmental Sciences -
University of Stirling (UK)
http://www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk/
(see JOB 3 below)
Asst prof - Marine social scientist – University of Maine – Orono
ME (USA)
(see JOB 4 below)
Asst or Assoc Prof - Human Dimensions of Climate Change or Hazards -
University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L701
(see JOB 5 below)
Associate Director - Friday Harbor Laboratories - University of
Washington – San Juan Island WA (USA)
(see JOB 6 below)
Asst. Prof. Tenure-track - Physical Geography (Atmos. Sci.) Dept. of
Geography - University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia (USA)
(see JOB 7 below)
Two Asst Profs - Ecological and environmental anthropology –
University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia (USA)
(see JOB 8 below)
Post-doc -Regional climate modeling - Institute for Meteorology and
Climate Research of the Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) and the
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)
(see JOB 9 below)
Lecturer - Climate-Environment Interactions - King's College – London
(UK)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=6253
(see JOB 10 below)
Professorship- Climate Change and Security - University of Hamburg
jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the
Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS Research Centre – Hamburg
(Germany)
(see JOB 11 below)
Faculty (2 positons) - Environmental Studies - New York University –
New York, NY (USA)
(see JOB 12 below)
Asst/Assoc Prof - School of Resource & Environmental Studies Dalhousie
University - Halifax, NS (Canada)
(see JOB 13 below)
Postdoc - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Johns Hopkins
University –Balgimore, MD (USA).
(see JOB 14 below)
Post-doc - set up a coarse PM monitoring network - CU Mechanical
Engineering Air Quality Research Group - Denver, CO (USA)
(see JOB 15 below)
Asst Prof Tenure Track – Hydrogeology - Department of Earth Sciences
- Memorial University - St. John’s, NL (Canada)
(see JOB 16 below)
Post Docs, Resource and Environmental Economists - Economic Research
Service (ERS) – Washington DC (USA)
(see JOB 17 below)
Climate Sector Jobs (non-academic) – various positions and locations
(see JOB 18 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) New Arctic Sea Ice Animation Online - National Snow and
Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has released a new
animation for Google Earth showing two months of daily sea ice
concentrations in the Arctic, leading up to the record shattering sea
ice minimum on 16 September 2007. Images are derived from the Near
Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow
Extent (NISE) product, which has been produced at NSIDC on a daily
basis for the past decade.
The monthly average sea ice extents for July, August, and
September are also shown to provide an indication of how dramatic the
retreat was this season.
The 600 KB kmz file is available at: http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/
For more information on the NISE product, please see the catalog
page: http://nsidc.org/data/nise1.html
The animation uses the time slider in Google Earth to animate the
images. For information on how to use the time slider, please see the
tutorial at: http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/timelines.html
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(RESOURCES 2) Fieldwork Funding Available - Abisko Scientific Research
Station -Abisko, Sweden
http://www.ans.kiruna.se
Application Deadlines: 1 January 2008; 1 March 2008
With the EU-grant ATANS (Access To Abisko Naturvetenskapliga
Station) for the period 2005-2008, the Abisko Scientific Research
Station in Sweden will financially support travel and accommodation
costs for scientists from EU-countries (outside Sweden) as well as
scientists from Associated States.
Proposals are invited from established and young researchers that
relate to research on the natural environment (geosphere, biosphere,
hydrosphere, and cryosphere) of the Abisko area. Some specific
scientific areas are particularly encouraged, such as projects that
integrate or link existing research groups, (e.g., IPY projects,
SCANNET), projects led by scientists from new EU-member states,
projects that focus on environmental processes during winter, and
projects by first-time Abisko users and research groups. The Abisko
Scientific Research Station is a unique, long-established, modern and
comprehensive infrastructure situated in a wilderness area about 200
km north of the Arctic Circle within a range of terrestrial and
freshwater environments. The station is easily accessible by road,
rail, and air, and provides a unique milieu of international
environmental expertise.
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(RESOURCES 3) Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/reg-info/
more_about_the_program.html
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
promotes young scientists within its Young Scientists Summer Program
(YSSP). IIASA's annual 3-month YSSP offers research opportunities to
talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA's
ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and
social change. Many of IIASA's National Member Organizations provide
special grants to enable young scientists from their countries, or
foreign students studying in their country, to participate in the
program. From June through August accepted participants work within
the Institute's Research Programs under the guidance of IIASA
scientific staff. The YSSP provides a unique opportunity for
participants to 1) advance their research under the direct
supervision of an experienced IIASA scientist, and at the same time
contribute to IIASA's ongoing scientific agenda; 2) broaden their
research interests by working in IIASA's interdisciplinary and
international research environment; 3) build contacts with IIASA's
worldwide network of collaborators and with other YSSP fellows.
More specifically, IIASA's Energy Program (ENE) is looking for
YSSP applicants with a background in energy and environmental
modeling, in particular focusing on one of the following topics: 1)
Incorporating salient energy, economic and environmental uncertainties
into energy models by means of e.g. stochastic optimization and
portfolio management techniques, and assessing their implications for
decision making 2) Large-scale energy modeling using linear
optimization approaches for the development of systems engineering-
based, long-term scenarios with focus on energy transitions in the
context of climate change 3) Investigating the role of investments in
research, development, deployment and diffusion of energy technologies
with emphasis of integration of energy into broader policy objectives,
such as access to energy in the developing world
Registration will be open until 15 January 2008.
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks
New York Times (Registration required) - December 14, 2007 - NUSA
DUA, Indonesia — Amid growing frustration with the United States over
deadlocked negotiations at a United Nations conference on global
warming, the European Union threatened Thursday to boycott separate
talks proposed by the Bush administration in Hawaii next month.
Humberto Rosa, the chief delegate from Portugal, which holds the
rotating presidency of the European Union, said the discussions next
month would be meaningless if there were no deal at the conference
here this week on the resort island of Bali.
Germany’s environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, told reporters,
“No result in Bali means no Major Economies Meeting.” He was
referring to the formal name of the proposed American-sponsored talks.
The goal of the Bali meeting, which is being attended by delegates
from 190 countries and which is scheduled to end Friday, is to reach
agreement on a plan for a future deal to reduce greenhouse gases.
The escalating bitterness between the European Union and the
United States came as former Vice President Al Gore told delegates in
a speech that “My own country, the United States, is principally
responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali.”
Mr. Gore arrived at the conference from Norway, where he, along
with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, received the Nobel
Peace Prize for helping to alert the world to the danger of global
warming. He urged delegates to agree to an open-ended deal that could
be enhanced after the Bush administration leaves office and the United
States policy changes.
“Over the next two years the United States is going to be
somewhere it is not now,” Mr. Gore said to loud applause. “You must
anticipate that.”
There appears to be broad consensus among the delegates that a new
agreement on climate change should be ready by 2009, in time to
replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the current agreement that limits
emissions by all wealthy countries except the United States, which
signed the Kyoto agreement but has refused to adopt it. Gaping
differences remain between countries over how to share the burden of
switching from types of energy that contribute to global warming.
The United States and the European Union remain at odds on many
major points, including whether an agreement signed here should
include numerical targets, a move that the United States and a few
other countries, including Russia, oppose.
The emerging economic powers, most notably China and India, also
refuse to accept limits on their emissions, despite projections that
they will soon become the dominant sources of the gases.
“I’m very concerned about the pace of things,” Yvo de Boer,
the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which is playing host to the meeting, said Thursday.
The United Nations released fresh data on Thursday confirming what
it called the planet’s continued and alarming warming.
The 10 years ending in 2007 were the warmest on record, said
Michel Jarraud, the secretary general of the World Meteorological
Organization, a United Nations agency, citing data taken since the
late 1800s from a global network of weather stations, ships and buoys.
“It’s very likely the warmest period for at least the last
1,000 or 1,300 years,” he told reporters.
The data did not surprise scientists — every recent decade has
been warmer than the previous one — but in releasing the numbers here
the agency hoped to spur the 190 deadlocked governments into reaching
a deal that would set a deadline for a global climate change agreement.
Disagreements exist across a wide range of issues and between
numerous blocs of countries but the United States has come under
especially strong criticism here by countries rich and poor and by its
own domestic critics.
“The best we hoped for was that the U.S. would not hobble the
rest of the world from moving forward,” said Kevin Knobloch,
president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit American
organization. “Our delegation here from the States has not been able
to meet that low level of expectation.”
Paula Dobriansky, the head of the American delegation, said
Thursday that she was committed to obtaining an “environmentally
effective and economically sustainable” agreement by 2009. “We are
working very hard to achieve consensus,” she told reporters.
Delegates here have seen two faces of America: the cautious
negotiators, who have sought to water down the more ambitious goals of
the European Union; and the more activist voices, from people like Mr.
Gore and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, who gave a speech on
the sidelines of the conference.
In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Bloomberg criticized both the
Bush administration and Congress for not being aggressive enough in
addressing global warming.
“There’s a belief that the United States should not do anything
until all the other governments are willing to go along and do it at
the same time,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “We should be doing this
regardless of whether the world is following or not.”
The World Meteorological Organization said Thursday that the
world’s average surface temperature had risen by 0.74 degrees
Celsius, or 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit, since the start of the 20th
century. To the general public that may seem a modest rise, but
scientists consider it alarming in the context of historical shifts in
temperature.
The difference between temperatures today and an ice age is only 5
or 6 degrees Celsius (9 or 10.8 Fahrenheit), according to Mr. Jarraud
of the World Meteorological Organization.
Several weeks ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
the United Nation’s leading scientific body on the topic, released
its gloomy assessment of warming that is being cited by European
delegates here as a clarion call. Climate change was “unequivocal,”
the report concluded.
“Average Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the second half
of the 20th century were very likely higher than during any other 50-
year period in the last 500 years and likely the highest in at least
the past 1,300 years,” the report said. Greenhouse gases were very
likely the dominant force driving up temperatures now, it said.
The panel, made up of hundreds of scientists, releases its
assessment of the data and science on climate change every five years.
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(News 2) U.S. Strategy Succeeds in Bali: Climate Talks Turn to Efforts
Other Than Emissions Targets
Washington Post -, December 13, 2007; Page A24 - BALI, Indonesia,
Dec. 13 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conceded Wednesday that
the United States had succeeded in achieving one of its key objectives
at the climate conference here, blocking a proposal that called on
industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to
40 percent by 2020.
Having jettisoned the idea of incorporating specific emissions
targets in the framework that will guide international climate talks
over the next two years, participants were hoping to find other ways
to make meaningful progress here in the two-week-long meeting of
nearly 190 nations.
Ban, who told reporters that the initial U.N.negotiating proposal
submitted to the conference might have been "too ambitious," said he
and others would work to ensure that any climate pact finalized in
2009 will be much more specific than the consensus document expected
to come out of Bali.
"Practically speaking, this will have to be negotiated down the
road," he said, adding that the proposal to cut emissions by at least
25 percent over the next dozen years reflected the current scientific
consensus. "There needs to be a target, whether it's a short-term,
medium or long-term" goal.
The Bush administration's victory, which came even as a succession of
foreign ministers took the podium to call for bolder action to fight
global warming, sparked criticism from developing countries that are
predicted to feel the greatest effects from a changing climate.
Robert Aisi, Papua New Guinea's U.N. ambassador, said he
understood why U.S. officials were reluctant to accept binding
emissions goals unless rapidly industrializing nations such as China,
India andBrazil also commit to concrete efforts. The United States, as
well as Canada and Japan, are seeking firmer emissions commitments
from such countries.
But many Western nations, Aisi added, are overlooking their
historical role in producing greenhouse gases as they industrialized.
"The U.S. is saying, 'Why should we restrict ourselves?' " Aisi said
in an interview. "We're saying, as developing countries, 'You bear a
responsibility.' "
Danish Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard said Thursday
that European Union members would continue pressing to include a range
of emissions targets as part of a final framework document.
"We all came here with the expectation that something has changed
in American politics, which to some extent would be reflected here in
Bali. It's still sort of strange to see the American delegation is not
particularly engaged a lot in the debate, to put it diplomatically,"
Hedegaard said in an interview. "We think it's time for the U.S. to
engage a little more in trying to come up with solutions."
At a news conference Wednesday, however, Paula Dobriansky, U.S.
undersecretary of state for democracy and global affairs, said, "We
want to launch a process that is open and does not predetermine or
preclude options."
Dobriansky emphasized that the United States was not alone in
resisting future emissions targets. Countries such as Canada and
Russia have allied themselves with the Bush administration on the issue.
Even as negotiators wrangled behind closed doors over what
specifics could make it into a final resolution, political leaders
took the podium to describe ways in which global warming is
transforming the global landscape. Australia's newly elected prime
minister, Kevin Rudd, who last week ratified the 1997 Kyoto Protocol
as his first official act, told delegates that climate change is no
longer an abstract concept in his country. "It is an emerging
reality," Rudd said.
The Kyoto treaty, which expires in 2012, committed industrialized
nations to making emissions cuts that many found difficult to achieve,
and the Bali meeting is the first step in developing a successor to
it. The United States rejected the treaty.
With the goal of specific emissions cuts off the table,
negotiators were working to resolve outstanding issues for the
consensus document. While a number of delegates backed the concept of
payments for developing countries that protect their tropical
rainforests, the proposal stalled after U.S. delegates inserted
language raising the question of how land use in both industrialized
nations and the developing world would affect deforestation.
"We don't want land use in there, so it's got to go," said a
delegate from a developing country, who asked not to be identified for
fear of jeopardizing the talks. "Anything the U.S. proposes, people
are going to be suspicious about."
Several countries and nongovernmental organizations are using the
Bali talks to unveil environmental initiatives they hope will lay the
groundwork for future efforts even if negotiators remain at
loggerheads. Norway announced it will devote $500 million to help
preserve tropical forests that help mitigate the buildup of greenhouse
gases, while nine other nations -- Germany, Japan, Britain, Finland,
France,Switzerland, Denmark, Australia and the Netherlands -- joined
with the Nature Conservancy to create a $150 million fund designed to
achieve the same goal.
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(NEWS 3) Preserving Tropical Forests Is Key Issue at Talks on Global
Warming
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120800732.html
Or: http://snurl.com/1uzrf
Washington Post (Registration Required) - As 12,000 people
gathered in Bali this week to begin framing a global response to
Earth's warming climate, efforts to close a deal that would slow
destruction of tropical forests appear to be the best prospect for a
concrete achievement from the historic assemblage.
But the deforestation issue is also Exhibit A for the disputes
that have made climate negotiations lengthy and divisive despite
widening agreement that global warming is real and largely man-made.
While scientific dispute over what causes global warming has
ended, the debate over how to address it has just begun. Deforestation
is one of the biggest drivers of the buildup of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere.
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(NEWS 4) Efforts to Harvest Ocean's Energy Open New Debate Front
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/us/08waves.html Or: http://snurl.com/1uzqz
New York Times (Registration Required) - NEWPORT, Ore. - ...Wave
farms, harvested with high-tech buoys that are being tested here on
the Oregon coast, would strain clean, renewable power from the surging
sea.
... Amid concerns about climate change and the pollution caused by
generating electricity with coal and natural gas, Oregon is looking to
draw power from the waves that pound its coast with forbidding
efficiency.
... Yet the debate over the potential damage - whether to the
environment, the fishing industry or the stunning views of the Pacific
- has become intense before the first megawatt has been transmitted to
shore.
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(NEWS 5) Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/11nobel.html Or: http://snurl.com/1v3jw
New York Times (Registration Required) - OSLO, Dec. 10 - He has
said it again and again, with increasing urgency, to anyone who will
listen. And on Monday, former Vice President Al Gore used the occasion
of his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize lecture here to tell the world in
powerful, stark language: Climate change is a "real, rising, imminent
and universal" threat to the future of the Earth.
Saying that "our world is spinning out of kilter" and that "the
very web of life on which we depend is being ripped and frayed," Mr.
Gore warned that "we, the human species, are confronting a planetary
emergency – a threat to the survival of our civilization that is
gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here."
But, he added, "there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability
to solve this crisis and avoid the worst - not all - of its
consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly."
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(NEWS 6) Climate Science Manipulation Alleged
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has systematically tried to
manipulate climate change science and minimize the dangers of global
warming, asserts a Democratic congressional report issued after a 16-
month investigation.
Republicans called the report, issued Monday by Rep. Henry Waxman,
D-Calif., a "partisan diatribe" against the Bush administration.
The report relies on hundreds of internal communications and
documents as well as testimony at two congressional hearings to
outline a pattern where scientists and government reports were edited
to emphasize the uncertainties surrounding global warming, according
to Waxman.
Many of the allegations of interference dating back to 2002 have
surfaced previously, although the report by the Democratic majority of
the House Oversight and Reform Committee sought to show a pattern of
conduct.
"The Bush administration has engaged in a systematic effort to
manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the
public about the dangers of global warming," the report concludes.
It said the White House over the years has sought to control
public access to government climate scientists, suppressed scientific
views that conflicted with administration policy and extensively
edited government reports "to minimize the significance of climate
change."
The White House called the findings "rehash and recycled rhetoric"
that has been addressed by administration officials in the past. "It's
a thinly veiled attempt to distract attention from the
administration's efforts ... at the Bali summit," said White House
spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore.
The report was issued as government officials from across the
globe were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, to map out a strategy for
dealing with climate change after 2012 when the Kyoto Protocol on
climate expires. The United States is a participant.
Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the ranking Republican on the House
committee, issued his own report disputing the Democrats' conclusions.
The Democrats "grossly exaggerated" claims of political
interference and ignored "the legitimate role of policymakers, instead
of scientists, in making administration policy." said the GOP
rebuttal. It said requests to the media about science were referred to
scientists.
Among the findings cited by the Democrats:
_ The White House Council on Environmental Quality, or CEQ, made
294 edits to the administration's 2003 strategic plan for its climate
change science program. It said the changes were to either emphasize
uncertainties or diminish the importance of the human role in global
warming.
_ Media requests for interviews with climate scientists were
routinely routed through the CEQ, which often sought to make available
scientists whose views were more aligned with administration policy.
_ Climate scientists' testimony before Congress was often heavily
edited by political appointees. In cases cited in the report
scientists were persuaded to play down the human influence on climate
change and — in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina — the link
between climate change and hurricanes.
James Connaugton, the CEQ chairman, rejected suggestions that
science was being ignored or suppressed.
"This administration has an unparalleled record of supporting
funding, advancing and publicizing climate change research," said
Connaughton in a statement. "Claims that this administration
interfered with scientists and with the science are false."
He said that nearly $12 billion has been devoted to advance
climate change science since 2001 and that peer reviewed findings by
U.S. government scientists have been a prominent part of assessments
issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, the group of international scientists spearheading research
into global warming.
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(NEWS 7) Parents should pay climate change tax on extra kids: expert
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdHCdZZ8MLEj4aBjDsvAsEp5bStA
SYDNEY (AFP) — Parents who have more than two children should be
charged a lifelong climate change tax to offset the effect of their
extra greenhouse gas emissions, an Australian medical expert has
proposed.
They should pay 5,000 dollars (4,400 US) a head for each extra
child and up to 800 dollars every year thereafter, according to the
plan published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
In contrast, contraceptives and sterilisation procedures would be
eligible for carbon credits, suggested Professor Barry Walters at the
King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth.
"Every family choosing to have more than a defined number of
children should be charged a carbon tax that would fund the planting
of enough trees to offset the carbon cost generated by a new human
being," he wrote.
Walters, an obstetrician, made his proposal in a letter in which
he criticised the government's payment of a 4,000 dollar "baby bonus"
in a bid to boost the birth rate in this sparsely-populated country of
21 million people.
Paying parents extra for every baby fuelled more emissions and
contributed to global warming, he said, adding that the bonus should
be replaced with a "baby levy" in line with the "polluter pays"
principle.
And Professor Garry Egger, director of the New South Wales Centre
for Health Promotion and Research, agreed.
"Population remains crucial to all environmental considerations,"
he wrote. "The debate (around population control) needs to be reopened
as part of a second ecological revolution."
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(NEWS 8) WHO: Health sector needs to wake up to effects of climate
change
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/asia/AS-MED-Bali-Climate-Health.php
BALI, Indonesia: The world must prepare now for the serious impact
climate change will have on health, from a jump in waterborne diseases
to heart attacks and heat-wave deaths, the World Health Organization
said Monday.
"We need to wake up," warned Alex Hildebrand, an environmental
health adviser from WHO's regional office in New Delhi. "We need to
take this much more seriously."
The global health body was hosting a three-day workshop during a
massive climate conference on Bali island, where delegates from nearly
190 nations are seeking ways to head off scientific predictions of
melting ice caps, rising sea levels, severe flooding and droughts.
Rising temperatures have already directly or indirectly killed
more than 1 million people worldwide since 2000, WHO has said, more
than half in the Asia-Pacific, the world's most populous region. Those
figures do not include deaths linked to urban air pollution, which
kills about 800,000 worldwide each year.
Countries such as Nepal and Bhutan have already reported vector-
borne diseases like malaria for the first time in higher elevations —
probably because rising temperatures are pushing mosquitoes to those
areas.
Elsewhere, rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps will
contribute to salt water intrusion into clean drinking water, said
Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO's deputy director of the region.
Heat waves will lead to increased deaths and heart problems, she
said.
"These countries are ... grappling with so many other issues,"
Singh said, adding that mental health must also be remembered as
families are forced to relocate away from eroding coastlines, leading
to anxiety and stress.
"Will they have the money to look at climate change? How do they
address the problem?" she asked.
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(NEWS 9) Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
http://www.examiner.com/
a-1099253~Ominous_Arctic_Melt_Worries_Experts.html Or: http://snurl.com/1v5jj
San Francisco Examiner - WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - An
already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this
summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global
warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that
summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
Greenland's ice sheet melted nearly 19 billion tons more than the
previous high mark, and the volume of Arctic sea ice at summer's end
was half what it was just four years earlier, according to new NASA
satellite data obtained by The Associated Press. "The Arctic is
screaming," said Mark Serreze, senior scientist at the government's
snow and ice data center in Boulder, Colo.
Just last year, two top scientists surprised their colleagues by
projecting that the Arctic sea ice was melting so rapidly that it
could disappear entirely by the summer of 2040.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(CONFERENCE 1) APECS Career Development Workshop - Monday 7th July
2008 - Pribaltskaya Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the
UK Polar network (the British branch of APECS) plans to help you
connect with an international network of early career Polar and
Cryosphere scientists and researchers at a 1-day professional-
development workshop.
Join our group of polar researchers from diverse disciplines and
nationalities to address key issues facing early career scientists.
This informal and informative event will include invited keynote
speakers, panel sessions and discussion groups with senior researchers
and is being held the day before the SCAR/IASC open science meeting.
The open science conference is being held 8th – 11th July and
participation is strongly encouraged (www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org).
Application deadline: 29th February 2008 (opens December 2007)
Notification of successful application: March/ April 2008
Application process: Participants will be competitively selected
through a rigorous application process with the goal of identifying an
international and diverse group of early career scientists.
Eligibility: PhD students, post-doctoral researchers through to
junior faculty (or equivalent) conducting polar research during IPY
(although not necessarily as part of an endorsed IPY project) from all
disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Instructions: Applicants must upload a brief (maximum one page of
A4) resume (CV) and complete the online application form at http://www.polarnetwork.org/?page_id=8
Funding:
On-site expenses are covered by APECS. A limited number of travel
grants are available to support those without funding, please specify
this on the application form.
For more information please contact Liz Thomas (Career development
coordinator) on liz.thomas at polarnetwork.org (clearly stating [APECS
workshop] in the subject line) or check out our website www.arcticportal.org/apecs
or www.polarnetwork.org
The IPY joint committee endorses APECS and the workshop is
supported by SCAR, IASC and IGS.
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(CONFERENCE 2) Early registration reminder for Adaptation 2008 Tyndall
Centre conference – 7-8 February – London (UK)
www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/programme3/adaptation2008/programme.html
www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/programme3/adaptation2008/registration.html
Just a reminder for those of you interested in climate change and
adaptation issues.
Registration before 15 December is £125 (£75 students)
Adaptation 2008 is for researchers and practitioners with an
interest in understanding how societies adapt to climate change. The
two day conference 7-8 February in London is considering strategies
for adapting to climate change, exploring the potential barriers to
adaptation that may limit the ability of societies to adapt to climate
change, and to identify opportunities for overcoming these barriers.
The three main conference themes are; Adapting to thresholds in
physical and ecological systems; The role of values and culture in
adaptation; Governance, knowledge and technologies for adaptation.
Keynote speakers include: Benjamin Orlove, Susanne Moser, and Garry
Peterson.
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(CONFERENCE 3) Emerging Opportunities in Carbon Markets - 17 & 18
January - Miami, FL (USA)
http://www.environmental-finance.com/conferences/2007/Miami08/intro.htm
This conference will address the ways in which current emissions
trading systems are creating business opportunities, fostering
technology developments and influencing global finance. It will have a
particular focus on the regional emissions trading regimes taking
shape in the US and the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism in
Latin America.
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(CONFERENCE 4) ESA EO Summer School on "Earth System Monitoring &
Modelling" - August 4-14,2008 - Esrin (Frascati, near Rome)
http://envisat.esa.int/envschool/
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites young researchers to join
leading experts in Earth Observation (EO), Earth System Modelling and
Data Assimilation for keynote lectures, hands-on computing practicals
and poster sessions, on the occasion of the 4th ESA EO Summer School
on "Earth System Monitoring & Modelling", which will be held in ESRIN
(Frascati, near Rome) between the 4th and 14th August 2008.
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Jobs
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(JOBS 1) Asst Profs tenure track - physical geography and cultural/
human geography - Department of Geography and Environmental Planning -
Towson University – Townsend, Maryland (USA)
Physical geography candidates must demonstrate their commitment to
undergraduate teaching and research. All applicants must be able to
teach upper-level undergraduate courses in meteorology and climatology
in support of growing interdisciplinary programs in environmental
science, earth-space science, and global analysis. Candidates will
strengthen their application if they can teach quantitative methods in
geography.
We seek a faculty member to collaborate with graduate students and
faculty from a variety of disciplines on urban environmental research.
Applicants should describe their potential for interdisciplinary
research with specialists in geography, urban ecology, urban
hydrology, land use/land cover change, environmental hazards, or
GIScience.
To apply: the applicant should submit a letter of interest,
resume, evidence of teaching experience, and the names of three
references to: Dr. Martin Roberge, Chair, Physical Geography Search
Committee, Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson
University, 8000 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21252-0001.
Review of applications will begin February 1st and continue until
the position is filled. A PhD is required; ABD will be considered for
those expecting to complete the degree by summer 2008.
Cultural/human geography candidate will teach introductory, upper
division and graduate human/cultural geography courses. Areas of
specialization may include topics in cultural/human geography broadly
conceived to include the intersection of culture and geography in a
global context. Towson University strongly promotes global studies and
the successful candidate will participate in the development of
Geography’s contribution to global studies. A regional
specialization in Latin America is desirable though other regional
interests will also be considered. A PhD is required; ABD will be
considered for those expecting to complete the degree by summer 2008.
Apply: the applicant should submit a letter of interests, resume,
evidence of teaching experience, and the names of three references to:
Dr. Charles Schmitz, Chair, Human Geography Search Committee,
Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University,
8000 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21252-0001.
Review of applications will begin January 15th and continue until
the position is filled.
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(JOB 2) Post-Doc - satellite-dervied SST and ocean color data analysis
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Columbia University –
Palisades, NY (USA)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University invites
applications for a Post Doctoral Research Scientist to analyze
satellite derived sea surface temperature (SST) and ocean color data.
The applicant should have a Ph.D. in oceanography or related field and
should be familiar with quality control of SST data streams, algorithm
development, and statistical methods. Knowledge of IDL or Matlab
would be useful. Applicants should have a record of successfully
communicating research results and experience with one or more of the
following: satellite data analysis, radiative theory and surface
radiation budgets, or numerical modeling of surface ocean circulation.
This position is full time with a title of Post Doctoral Research
Scientist ($48,000/year plus CU benefits). The initial appointment
will be for two years with continuation dependent upon performance and
availability of funding.
Search will remain open for at least 30 days after the ads appear
and until position is filled.
Applicants should send a cover letter specifying Search Number: LD
670 07 034, curriculum vitae (please include email address), a
statement of research interests and contact details of three referees
to: Ms. K. Carlsen, Human Resources Coordinator, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964 or email to personnel at admin.ldeo.columbia.edu
with search number LD 670 07 034 in the subject line.
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(JOB 3) Lectureships - School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
- University of Stirling (UK)
http://www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk/
The School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at University
of Stirling is seeking three new lecturers (one at the senior lecturer
level, two at lecturer level). The successful applicants will be
expected to develop dynamic research programs and contribute to
undergraduate/postgraduate teaching. The school welcomes international
applications in all areas of biological and environmental sciences,
but particularly in the following areas: conservation, environmental
and ecological processes, biogeography, and physical geography. The
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences has ongoing research
in both polar regions and is contributing directly to International
Polar Year. Two of the posts are to be permanent, the third will be a
fixed four-year term.
Application forms, cover letter, CV, and the names and addresses
of three referees should be submitted no later than Friday, 25 January
Information about the School of Biological and Environmental
Sciences is available at: http://www.sbes.stir.ac.uk
For further information, please contact: Dave Goulson, Phone:
+44-0-1786-467759 E-mail: Dave.Goulson at stir.ac.uk
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(JOB 4) Asst prof - Marine social scientist – University of Maine –
Orono ME (USA)
The School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine will hire
a social scientist for a tenure-track position at the assistant
professor level to start in fall 2008 in its marine policy and dual-
degree programs <http://www.umaine.edu/marine/programs/graduate-programs.php
>
We seek applications from social scientists with strong experience
and interests in institutional approaches to the social sciences and
the interface between the social and natural sciences. A Ph.D. or
equivalent education is required. We expect the successful candidate
to have an active research program in marine or coastal-zone issues
and to direct at least part of his/her research program towards issues
of concern to the state and its localities.
The successful applicant will teach in both the graduate and
undergraduate programs, undertake a research program concerned with
local, state, national and international marine policy issues,
participate in policy issues of concern to localities, the state and
broader areas, advise and direct graduate students in the marine
policy and dual-degree programs, and develop active professional
collaborations with faculty in the School of Marine Sciences and other
relevant departments.
Applications should comprise a full CV, a selection of up to five
reprints, a list of four references and statements of research,
service and teaching goals that demonstrate capacity to perform the
above functions.
Address queries and send application materials in pdf format to susanne.thibodeau at umit.maine.edu
. If this format presents difficulties, mail hard copy to: Sue
Thibodeau, 5706 Aubert Hall, Rm 360, University of Maine , Orono, ME
04469-5706
Review will begin on 3 January 2008.
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(JOB 5) Asst or Assoc Prof - Human Dimensions of Climate Change or
Hazards - University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L701
Application Review Begins: Friday, 15 February 2008
The University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure-track
position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level specializing in
Human Dimensions of Climate Change or Hazards. Preference will be
given to applicants who have expertise in the consequences of climate
change and response options (adaptation and mitigation policy,
planning and technology, cultural sensitivity) or expertise in
assessing the vulnerabilities of human systems to hazards. The ability
to contribute to the research program of the new Interdisciplinary
Centre on Climate Change (IC3) is desirable. The successful candidate
is expected to teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The position is in the Department of Geography, Faculty of
Environmental Studies. The Faculty also includes the Department of
Environment and Resource Studies, School of Planning, Centre for
Environment and Business, and Centre for Knowledge Integration.
Applicants must have a PhD. Applications must include statements
of career objectives, research interests, and the applicant's approach
to teaching and learning. Applicants must include with the letter of
application a curriculum vitae and the names (with contact
information) of four referees. The first stage in the review of
applicants will be based on the letter of application and the CV.
Referees will be contacted for those being considered in the second
stage of the review. The review of applications will commence on
Friday, 15 February 2008, and continue until the position is filled.
The anticipated start date is 1 September 2008 (or sooner).
Applications should be sent to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee,
Department of Geography, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Canada
The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all
qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities,
native persons, and individuals with disabilities. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply; Canadians and permanent residents
will be given priority, however. This appointment is subject to the
availability of funds.
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(JOB 6) Associate Director - Friday Harbor Laboratories - University
of Washington – San Juan Island WA (USA)
The University of Washington seeks applications for a tenure-track
faculty position at the Associate Professor rank, with concurrent
appointment as Resident Associate Director of the University’s Friday
Harbor Laboratories (FHL). FHL, located on San Juan Island 90 miles
north of Seattle, provides research and teaching facilities, and
housing for over 250 full time and temporary residents (see: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/)
. Research at FHL includes most areas of marine science, basic
biological sciences focused on marine and aquatic organisms, and
ecology of the terrestrial biota of the region. For this position,
area of research can be in any marine science discipline (e.g.
biology, fisheries, oceanography, engineering); the faculty
appointment can be in any appropriate department at the University of
Washington's Seattle campus. A record of outstanding achievement, a
commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching, public outreach and
administrative experience, and a promising externally-funded research
program are important considerations. Appointment at the Associate
Professor rank is anticipated. In exceptional circumstances,
appointment at the advanced Assistant Professor level may be
considered. Appointment at the Full Professor rank may also be
considered for outstanding candidates who have demonstrated a
commitment to mentoring underrepresented students in the sciences.
Applicants should have the Ph.D. degree by the date of
appointment. Applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
statements of administrative, research and teaching interests, and
names of at least three references, should be provided. Please apply
online at: http:// fhl.washington.edu/jobsearch (for information,
contact: Dr. Kenneth P. Sebens, sebens at u.washington.edu). Priority
will be given to applications received before December 20.
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(JOB 7) Asst. Prof. Tenure-track - Physical Geography (Atmos. Sci.)
Dept. of Geography - University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia (USA)
Department of Geography, the University of Georgia seeks
applications for a tenure-track teaching Assistant Professor in
Physical Geography to start August 2008. Ph.D. required at time of
appointment. We seek applications from scholars with multi-faceted
research programs in both pedagogical strategies and basic research
that complement and extend our current strengths in physical
geography. The successful candidate will demonstrate innovative
scholarship that integrates basic research and pedagogy by coupling
scientific methods/results with effective instructional practices. The
candidate will have a solid record of, or potential for, publication
and securing funding from extra-university sources. All physical
geography specializations will be considered but there is an
expectation that the candidate would be able to contribute to the
Atmospheric Sciences Certificate program. The successful candidate
will have a 5-course teaching load composed of introductory
undergraduate super-section courses in weather, climate, and physical
geography as well as upper-division courses appropriate to the
candidate's area of specialization. Excellence in teaching and
mentoring of students is expected. For information about our program
see www.ggy.uga.edu.
To apply: Send a letter of application outlining a research agenda
and teaching philosophy, a curriculum vitae, up to three reprints/
samples of written work, and arrange for three letters of reference to
be sent. To be assured of full consideration, applications must be
received by February 18, 2008.
Apply: Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Chair, Physical Geography Search
Committee, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
30602-2502. Voice: 706/542-0517. Fax: 706/542-2388. We request
electronic submission of application materials and reference letters,
which can be sent to: geogjobs at uga.edu . For inquiries, contact
Marshall Shepherd at marshgeo at uga.edu.
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(JOBS 8) Two Asst Profs - Ecological and environmental anthropology –
University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia (USA)
The Department of Anthropology of The University of Georgia
invites applications for two tenure-track positions in ecological and
environmental anthropology at the rank of assistant or associate
professor beginning Fall 2008. Topical area is open but candidates
with expertise in contemporary global, societal and/or health issues
addressed ecologically or environmentally are encouraged to apply.
Field-based or laboratory-based research is essential to a
successful application. Candidates should demonstrate excellence in
undergraduate and graduate teaching and research-scholarship.
Applicants should submit a letter describing their teaching and
research interests, current CV, a writing sample, and the names and
addresses of four references to: Chair, Ecological and Environmental
Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, 250 Baldwin Hall, The
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1619. Our website http://www.anthro.uga.edu
provides more information about the Department of Anthropology and
The University of Georgia.
Review of applications will begin January 2, 2008 and those
received by January 15, 2008 are assured consideration.
Requirements: Doctorate Required Education: Doctorate NOTES: 2
openings Apply online at http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2744162.32
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(JOB 9) Post-doc -Regional climate modeling - Institute for
Meteorology and Climate Research of the Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) and
the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)
The Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research of the
Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) and the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, seeks
Postdoctoral researcher on regional (climate) modelling in the project
"Strategies to reduce the storm risk of forests" (RESTER). Starting
Date is 01.01. or 01.02.2008. The position is full-time for a fixed-
term of 2 years; The salary level is according to German public ser-
vice regulation TV-L E13 (equivalent to former IIa BAT).
By using results of a regional climate model, possible changes in
frequency and intensity of winter storms over Baden-Warttemberg
(Southwest Germany) caused by climate change will be derived. The
consequences of these changes for forest resources will be examined.
Scenarios of extreme events will be modelled with the high-resolution
non-hydrostatic Local Model (COSMO) of the German Weather Service. A
climatology for winter storms in the past and in the future will be
compiled with modern statistical techniques. Possible signals of
climate change will be derived from the statistical distribution for
the different scenarios in terms of frequencies, intensities, or
return periods. The project is part of the program "Challenge Climate
Change" of the Federal State of Baden-Warttemberg.
We offer an interesting position at a leading German university
that - in the context of the Exzellenzinitiative - merge with the
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to form the new Karlsruhe Institute for
Technology, KIT. Part of the Institute for Meteorology and Climate
Research, in which the position is placed, combines extensive
observation methods and model work on tropospheric meteorology (see _< http://www.imk.uni-karlsruhe.de/english/index.php_
>).
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated scientist with a Ph.D. in
meteorology or a related field. Requirements for the position are
proven expertise in the application and validation of numerical
models, preferably of the COSMO model, excellent computing abilities
(FORTRAN, LINUX/UNIX), and expertise in the application of statistical
methods. We expect high skills in presentation techniques and a good
publication record.
Please send your complete application (including research
interests, CV, publication list, and names and contact details of two
referees) to: Institut fur Meteorologie und Klimaforschung,
Universitat Karlsruhe, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kottmeier, - RESTER --
Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe Germany
Further information can be obtained from Dr. Michael Kunz Michael.Kunz at imk.uka.de
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(JOB 10) Lecturer - Climate-Environment Interactions - King's College
– London (UK)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=6253
The successful applicant for the post will be expected to
undertake research relating to climatology and the interaction between
climate and environmental process and to contribute to
interdisciplinary work on the interplay between climate, environmental
change and human security. The postholder will also be expected to
contribute to teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. As well as working closely with other members of the
Environmental Monitoring and Modelling (EMM) Research Group, the
postholder will be encouraged to work across the boundary between
physical science and the more impact and policy-related aspects of the
Department's Environment, Politics and Development, Cities, and Risk
and Hazards research groups. Areas of expertise could include (but are
not limited to): Climate Forecasting and Climate Prediction,
Atmospheric Processes, Climate and Health, Air Quality, and Climate/
Weather Risk and Hazard, Climate-Energy related issues.
We are seeking candidates with outstanding research potential who
are able to work not only in their chosen field of specialization but
also across disciplinary boundaries in what is a successful, rapidly
expanding and interdisciplinary department. We have a very large
taught graduate programme to which the successful candidate will be
expected to contribute.
Post duration Start from 1st September 2008. This is a permanent
position
Contact For an application pack please click on the 'Further
details' link below. Alternatively, please email strand-recruitment at kcl.ac.uk
. All correspondence should clearly state the Job Title and reference
number A2/DAR/191/07.
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(JOB 11) Professorship- Climate Change and Security - University of
Hamburg jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the
Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS Research Centre – Hamburg
(Germany)
The University of Hamburg jointly with the Max Planck Institute
for Meteorology and the Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS
Research Centre is establishing a transdisciplinary research focus on
Integrated "Climate System Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP). The goal
set for CliSAP is to analyze ongoing and past changes of the state of
the climate system, in response to natural and human-driven
perturbations, to determine predictable elements of the climate system
over a broad range of space and time scales, and to determine
uncertainties intrinsic to predictions of important climate system and
environmental indices. In terms of regional consequences of climate
change, CliSAP will quantify potential impacts of such changes on
marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as humans, including economy
and security, with a focus on Northern Europe (see www.clisap.de). As
part of the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP new professorships will be
filled in the following area: Professorship Position in Climate Change
and Security (Code/Kennziffer 1954)
The professorship on Climate Change and Security will be filled to
lead a group of scientists in the research on the impact of climate
change effects on local and international security. A successful
candidate will act as coordinator of research on conflicts related to
climate change and will merge results from research on climate change
with research on the causes, the prevention, the management and the
consequences of local, regional and international conflicts. A major
objective is to identify local conflict "hot spots" of climate change
through the combination of political and social data with data on
climate change. We encourage especially applications from candidates
with a degree in geography, conflict research or a related field and
with demonstrated expertise in one of the following areas: Social
adaptation to environmental change; conflict research, environmental
security. We encourage candidates with a quantitative approach and
candidates with particular regional expertise in the named fields.
Experience in the development and use of geoinformation systems is
welcome.
Successful candidates must have an excellent research record, and
have experience in conception and realisation of research projects and/
or field experiments. Collaboration with research groups within the
Cluster of Excellence CliSAP is expected. Teaching is expected to be
in both German and English. The positions also bring with them funding
for additional personnel as well as auxiliary research material in
order to be able to quickly set up excellent research groups.
Applicants should send a current CV, a list of publications, a
list of previously taught courses and a vision for future research and
teaching. Applications should be sent under the respective Code/
Kennziffer to: The President of the University of Hamburg, Ref. 613.6,
Moorweidenstraße 18, 20148 Hamburg, Germany
The deadline of receipt of applications is January 22nd, 2008.
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(JOBS 12) Faculty (2 positons) - Environmental Studies - New York
University – New York, NY (USA)
New York University invites applications for two faculty positions
in Environmental Studies, created as part of a university-wide
initiative in the field. At least one position will be joint between
the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (tenure home) and the
Environmental Studies Program (ESP), housed in NYU's Faculty of Arts
and Sciences; this will specifically emphasize environmental policy.
The other position similarly carries joint responsibilities, between
ESP and a NYU school to be determined. Applicants must have a doctoral
degree in a relevant discipline. This appointment is open as to rank.
We seek applicants who are enthusiastic about working in a
multidisciplinary environment and in an evolving NYU environmental
studies community that spans the human and natural sciences.
Candidates should have strong research interests and capacity in one
or more substantive areas of relevance for Environmental Studies. Our
priority is to hire individuals who can work collaboratively with
colleagues from a broad range of environmental- and policy-related
fields. The new faculty members will play a leadership role in
Environmental Studies research, teaching (including core courses), and
program development.
The Environmental Studies Program is part of a new, university-
wide initiative launched in September 2006. An interdisciplinary
undergraduate major in Environmental Studies is currently in place; a
graduate-level program is planned as well. We anticipate several
additional appointments as part of this initiative.
The Wagner School, which was established in 1938, offers both
masters and doctoral degrees. The School's nearly 40 full-time faculty
members are trained in a wide variety of disciplines, but they share a
commitment to addressing issues of public importance in their teaching
and research. They work—both domestically and internationally—on
such topics as poverty/social disparities; urban, health and
environmental policy; urban economics; international development; and
public finance and management.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt, beginning December 1,
2007, and continuing until both positions are filled. Applicants
should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae via email to: search.wagner at nyu.edu
In addition, please have three references send letters of
recommendation to: Environmental Policy Search Committee
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, The Puck Building, 2nd
floor, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604
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(JOB 13) Asst/Assoc Prof - School of Resource & Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University - Halifax, NS (Canada)
The School for Resource and Environmental Studies provides a
dynamic setting for creative interdisciplinary scholarship. Building
on a well- established foundation of research, teaching and community
service, the School is poised for growth with expanded roles in
undergraduate and graduate education within the Faculty of Management.
The School is seeking one, and possibly up to three new professors at
the Assistant (tenure-track) or possibly Associate (tenured) rank. One
position will begin in July 2008, and the other two, if approved, may
begin as soon as July 2009.
We seek applicants with interdisciplinary competences across a
range of social and/or biophysical sciences related to natural
resources and the environment. Preference will be given to applicants
with expertise in several of the following areas: societal adaptation
to environmental change; relationships between Indigenous peoples and
resources/environment; spatial analysis; sustainability science;
energy; water; linkages between business and the environment; and
environment-culture relationships.
The School offers strong opportunities for collaborative inquiry
with scholars in the other units of the Faculty of Management, which
are the Schools of Business Administration, Public Administration and
Information Management, and the Marine Affairs Program. In addition,
as a comprehensive university, Dalhousie has ten other faculties with
which joint work can be pursued.
A completed PhD, evidence of teaching effectiveness, a collegial
disposition, and a strong research program (or potential) supported by
publications are required. Ideally, applicants will demonstrate
capability and interest in teaching large undergraduate classes as
well as smaller classes at the graduate level. Supervision of master's
theses and internships, and well as PhD theses, is expected.
Experience with statistical analysis and various forms of distance
education is an asset.
Applications must be received no later than February 15, 2008.
Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of
teaching and research interests and three letters of reference
forwarded directly from the referees by post or email to: Peter N.
Duinker, Chair, Search Committee, School for Resource and
Environmental Studies, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University ,
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building , 6100 University Avenue, Suite
5010, Halifax NS Canada B3H 3J5 Email: Brenda.Smart at Dal.Ca
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however,
Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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(JOB 14) Postdoc - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Johns
Hopkins University –Balgimore, MD (USA).
Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the Morton K.
Blaustein Postdoctoral Scholar in the Earth and Planetary Sciences.
We seek an outstanding individual with a recent Ph. D. from any
area of the Earth and Planetary Sciences. The successful candidate
will be free to pursue his/her independent research interests, but
projects that complement our existing research programs will be given
special consideration. Information on our department and its research
activity can be found at http://www.jhu.edu/eps/
The duration of the fellowship is one year, with anticipated
extension for a second year. The position carries a competitive salary
and fringe benefits, includes an annual stipend for travel and
research expenses, and eligibility to participate in Johns Hopkins
University health plans.
Applications are due by February 15th, 2008. To apply, please
send in paper format your curriculum vitae (with your email address),
names and emails of three or more references, and brief research plan
to: Blaustein Postdoctoral Search Committee, c/- Kristen Gaines (kgaines at jhu.edu
), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3400 N. Charles Street,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 21218, USA.
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(JOB 15) Post-doc - set up a coarse PM monitoring network - CU
Mechanical Engineering Air Quality Research Group - Denver, CO (USA)
The CU Mechanical Engineering Air Quality Research Group
(Hannigan, Milford and Miller) is now accepting applications for a
postdoctoral researcher. The position will start as soon as January
2008 and will last 1.5 to 2 years. The primary responsibility of the
postdoctoral researcher will be to set up a coarse PM monitoring
network in Denver and Greeley, Colorado. The network will include
continuous PM mass monitoring and filter collection. Collected
filters will need to undergo detailed chemical characterization. This
characterization effort will include bulk carbon, ions, metals,
carbohydrates, proteins, and endotoxin. The ideal candidate will have
experience with PM sampling and/or chemical characterization.
This effort will involve work with not only CU Mechanical
Engineering Air Quality Group faculty but with epidemiologists (Peel,
CSU) and health effects researchers (Vedal, U Washington) as our team
probes the impact of coarse particles on human health.
Please email a cover letter, CV, and list of two references to hannigan at colorado.edu
. Initial screening of applications begins immediately and will
continue until position is filled.
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(JOB 16) Asst Prof Tenure Track – Hydrogeology - Department of Earth
Sciences - Memorial University - St. John’s, NL (Canada)
The Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the
assistant professor level in the broad field of hydrogeology (Ref.:
VPA #EASC-2007-003). The applicants' specific interests may include
but are not limited to quantitative physical and/or chemical analysis
of surface and groundwater flow in porous and/or fractured media;
solute or contaminant transport and water quality models; impacts of
global and local environmental change on surface and/or groundwater
resources, and surface-subsurface linkages; groundwater remediation;
biosphere-lithosphere exchange processes and their impact on the
hydrological cycle. Demonstrated experience with field studies and
data collection is an asset. We are particularly interested in
applicants whose research will benefit from, as well as contribute to,
our department's growing strengths in low temperature geochemistry,
stable and radioisotope biogeochemistry, and global environmental
change.
Applicants must possess a Ph.D. and should preferably have post-
doctoral experience. The successful candidate is expected to maintain
a vigorous research program, sustain a strong record of peer-reviewed
publication and external funding, advise and mentor undergraduate and
graduate students, and contribute energetically to the teaching
mission of the department, including courses in hydrogeology. In
addition to its own M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs in earth science, the
Department of Earth Science participates in Memorial's
interdisciplinary graduate program in environmental science ( www.mun.ca/science/envs/
).
Applications must be received by February 15th , 2008. Candidates
should submit a letter of application with the names and addresses
(including email) of three referees, current curriculum vitae, and a
statement of planned research program and teaching interests to: Dr.
John M. Hanchar, Head, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3X5, or,
preferably, e-mail applications in PDF format to: head at esd.mun.ca.
Additional information is available at www.mun.ca/earthsciences/about/
or by contacting Dr. John M. Hanchar at head at esd.mun.ca or by
telephone at 709-737-2334
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(JOB 17) Post Docs, Resource and Environmental Economists - Economic
Research Service (ERS) – Washington DC (USA)
ERS has several positions available for resource and environmental
economists. Applicants should have a solid foundation in microeconomic
theory, strong quantitative skills and an interest in applied policy-
relevant research. All candidates are expected to have strong research
and writing skills, and the ability to relay results to both lay and
professional audiences. Ability to work independently and in a team
environment is necessary. Ph.D. in economics or agricultural economics
is preferred or equivalent work experience by the start of employment.
Candidates should have strong research and communication skills.
Candidates must be U.S. citizens.
Successful candidates would be expected to develop a program of
research in one of the following areas: 1) Spatial econometrician
needed for research on economic and policy implications of spatial
dimensions of agricultural-environmental issues, landscape
configuration, and/or land use and land management. 2) Environmental
economist needed for research on design implications of policy options
for addressing environmental implications and ecosystem services
associated with agricultural production, with a focus on the non-point
source nature of agricultural emissions. The policy focus could be,
e.g., Clean Water, Clean Air and Endangered Species acts.
CGE Economist responsible for the creative design of computable
general equilibrium and other economic models to examine the global
impact of policies, technologies, and environmental conditions on land
and water use.
Production/Environmental Economist responsible for developing an
innovative research program focused on the economics of technology
adoption in agriculture and associated implications for resource use
and the supply of environmental services
We will also have a limited number of Post-Doc positions available
(U.S. Citizenship is NOT required). Potential Post-Doc projects
include analysis of policy drivers and environmental effects of land
use change, non-market valuation of agricultural conservation
programs, economic and environmental implications of global biofuels
development and economic, environmental, and structural
characteristics of organic production.
ERS also may have a Master's Degree (or equivalent) position
available for candidates who have an interest in supporting economic
and environmental process model development and/or coordinating farm
production survey collection and database development. These efforts
would support, and collaborate with, researchers conducting analysis
of the agriculture-environment interface.
To be considered for an interview at the ASSA meetings, please
send an Email with an electronic version of your CV, a writing sample,
and list of references to Cathi Ferguson, ( ferguson at ers.usda.gov),
ERS, USDA, 1800 M St. NW, Washington DC 20036-5831. Please indicate
which position(s) you wish to apply for. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/Index.htm
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(JOBS 18) Climate Sector Jobs (non-academic) – various positions and
locations
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Blue Source - www.ghgworks.com
Project Manager - http://www.ghgworks.com/2f-careers.html
Duty Station: New York, USA
Deadline: 11 January 2008
Contact Person: Mrs. Annika Colston T: +1.212.253.5348 E: alc at ghgworks.com
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University of Greifswald, Faculty of Law and Economics - www.uni-greifswald.de
Doctoral Fellow in climate and energy law (part-time)
Duty Station: Greifswald, Germany
Deadline: 15 January 2008
Special Requirements: native speaker of English
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi, lsrodi at uni-greifswald.de
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Environmental Synergy www.environmental-synergy.com
Forestry Carbon Specialist- http://www.environmental-synergy.com/ESI%20carbon%20forester%2008.pdf
Duty Station: Flexible, U.S. South preferred
Deadline: 15 January 2008, earlier strongly encouraged - Start Date:
As soon as possible
Special Requirements: permanent U.S. residency status
Contact Person: info at environmental-synergy.com
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Azure-international - www.azure-international.com, http://www.onecarbon.com/
Regional Coordinator China - http://jobs.zhaopin.com/P7/CC1467/7056/J900/000/CC146770564J90000072000.htm
Duty Station: Beijing, China
Deadline: 31 January 2008
Contact Person: Cynthia Zhang
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Centre for Hydrology, Micrometeorology and Climate Change - Department
of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University College Cork - http://www.hydromet.org/
Post-Doc, PhD, MEngSc and Research Assistant (9 posts) - http://www.hydromet.org/
Duty Station: Ireland
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact Person: Prof. Ger Kiely
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South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd - www.southpolecarbon.com
Principal, CDM Business Development Indonesia - http://www.southpolecarbon.com/team_career.htm
Duty Station: Jakarta, Indonesia
Deadline: none
Contact Person: Mr. Renat Heuberger -
r.heuberger at southpolecarbon.com ; +66 818 488 799
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3C Group - The Carbon Credit Company Post - http://www.3c-company.com
Business Development Manager, Climate Neutral Business Unit m/f - http://www.3c-company.com/en/company/jobs.html
Duty Station: Bad Vilbel - Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Deadline: none
Contact Person: Dr. Jochen Gassner, Head of Climate Neutral Unit - jochen.gassner at 3c-company.com
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3C Group - The Carbon Credit Company Post - http://www.3c-company.com
Project Manager - http://www.3c-company.com/fileadmin/downloads/pdfs/jobs/071130_JA_ProjectManager_LLC.pdf
Duty Station: Washuington, DC - USA
Deadline: none
Contact Person: Björn Fischer, Managing Director 3C - jochen.gassner at 3c-company.co
m
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ICF International - http://www.icfi.com/
Climate Consultant - https://jobs.icfi.com/joblist.html#SearchJobs
Search under "Climate Change"
Duty Station: (multiple positions available) San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Houston, New York, (USA) and Toronto (Canada)
Deadline: none
Contact Person: Cody Taylor
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy/Env. Policy Research or Staff Scientist - http://cjo.lbl.gov/LBNLCareers/details.asp?jid=21090&p=1
Duty Station: , Berkeley, California, USA
Deadline : Applications accepted until the position is filled
Contact Person: Susan McAllister, Human Resources, +1.510.486.5683
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build an international sense of community among recent grads. It
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