<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>DIALOG and DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>09/02/2005</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF"><B><I>************************************</I></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>RESOURCES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>NSF 2006 Polar Postdoc Fellowship Applicants, Travel Grants</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566">http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566</A></DIV><DIV><B>Writing and Receiving Letters of Recommendation</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.aslo.org/phd/referenceletters.html">http://www.aslo.org/phd/referenceletters.html</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Online Encyclopedia Of Marine Life</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education">http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NOAA's Coral Bleaching E-Mail Alert System</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html">http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B> NSF Call for Education Proposals</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-609/listing.html">http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-609/listing.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>S</B><B>atellite images of New Orleans</B></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SCIENCE NEWS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientists Try To Harness Wave Energy</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/9jb3x">http://tinyurl.com/9jb3x</A><BR></DIV><DIV><B>Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php</A></DIV><DIV><B>China prepares to tax gas guzzlers</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php">http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php</A></DIV><DIV><B>Fish catches in Japan to decline by up to 70% due to global warming</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436">http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436</A></DIV><DIV><B>Kyoto on the Horizon</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/08/25/kyoto_on_the_horizon/">http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/08/25/kyoto_on_the_horizon/</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Worst Hurricane In U.S. History Leaves Massive Destruction Behind</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml">http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Seminal Research On Ocean Predators Published In Science</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.sciencemag.org">http://www.sciencemag.org</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures To Permian Extinction</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1710FF"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gazing At Breached Levees, Critics See Years Of Missed Opportunities</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/afx3u">http://tinyurl.com/afx3u</A> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/7qffr">http://tinyurl.com/7qffr</A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>FORUM</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>The Big One</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/8aryc">http://tinyurl.com/8aryc</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 10px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#3626FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>2005 National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm">http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 10px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>JOBS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>Postdoctoral positions, Dept. Microbiology, U. Tennessee</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Faculty Position at The University of Wisconsin-Madison</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.wisc.edu">http://www.wisc.edu</A>/ or <A href="http://www.aos.wisc.edu">http://www.aos.wisc.edu</A></DIV><DIV><B></B></DIV><DIV><B>Postdoc, benthic ecology/sedimentary biogeochemistry, Netherlands Inst. of Ecology</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm">http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm</A></DIV><DIV><B>Position: Assistant Professor UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/">http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/</A>.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Science Program Manager</B><A href="http://www.iobis.org/"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#160FF3"></FONT></B></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.iobis.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#160FF3">http://www.iobis.org</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><B>Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill Inst. Marine Sciences</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Assistant Professor Of Environmental Studies, University Of Illinois At Springfield</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749">http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Assistant Professor - Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm">http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm</A> </DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Helvetica"><B>Resources</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>NSF 2006 Polar Postdoc Fellowship Applicants, Travel Grants</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566">http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566</A></DIV><DIV> NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research (NSF 04-566) has a travel grant component that supports travel by applicants to prospective host institutions before they submit a postdoctoral fellowship proposal. Travel grants, which support travel and per diem expenses, facilitate visits to one or two organizations to meet prospective mentors and colleagues, to present seminars, to discuss mutual research and/or education interests, to evaluate facilities and professional development opportunities, and to initiate collaborative relationships.</DIV><DIV> The next round of fellowship proposals are due March 1, 2006, so interested applicants may want to consider applying for a travel grant in Fall 2005. Travel grant proposals may be submitted at any time provided they are received at least three months before the proposed travel dates.</DIV><DIV> Proposal submission instructions can be found in the Fellowship program solicitation, NSF 04-566, at <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566">http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04566</A>.</DIV><DIV> For more information email <A href="mailto:oppfellow@nsf.gov">oppfellow@nsf.gov</A>.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <B>********************</B></DIV><DIV><B>Writing and Receiving Letters of Recommendation</B></DIV><DIV> Writing and Requesting Letters of Recommendation</DIV><DIV> Recieving a good recommendation can tip the scales when applying for a grant, fellowship, or job. As well, anyone involved with the supervision of students, etc., will eventually begin to recieve requests for letters of reference, and there are not many resources available on the topic of what exactly consitutes a "good" letter of reference. Writing those first few letters can be a difficult task. Below are some resources for both writing, and receiving, a good reference letter, put together by DIALOG VI Symposium participant Rob Campbell from discussions at the DIALOG VI symposium and suggestions by four more experienced colleagues. <A href="http://www.aslo.org/phd/referenceletters.html">http://www.aslo.org/phd/referenceletters.html</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <B>********************</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Online Encyclopedia Of Marine Life</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">From SeaSpan</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program has announced a new free online resource that highlights the diverse marine life of America's oceans and Great Lakes. The Encyclopedia of the Sanctuaries offers photos, streaming video and important facts for more than a hundred key animal and plant species from the national marine sanctuaries. The Encyclopedia allows users to search for species or browse the wildlife of each sanctuary by category. The encyclopedia entry for each species includes a photo, quick facts, information about its diet, habitat, distribution and status, and links to outside resources for more information. Many of the entries also include video clips of species in their natural habitats. The encyclopedia was developed by NOAA in partnership with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and the Ocean Channel, Inc., a California-based new-media corporation. Access the encyclopedia at: <A href="http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education">http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <B>********************</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NOAA's Coral Bleaching E-Mail Alert System</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> From SeaSpan</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alert System is an automated e-mail system designed to monitor the status of thermal stress conducive to coral bleaching. The Alert System was developed by the NOAA Coral Reef Watch satellite team as a tool for coral reef managers, scientists and the interested public. Currently, messages are available for 24 coral reefs around the world. For more information on the alert system or the other Coral Reef Watch satellite products, visit: <A href="http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html">http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>*************************************************** </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Helvetica"><B>Science News</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientists Try To Harness Wave Energy</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> from Newsday via Sigma Xi Science in the News</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> GARDINER, Ore. -- As the price of a barrel of oil continues to surge, scientists are turning to the ocean as a possible source of alternative energy.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The potential for harnessing the power of waves has drawn serious study by Oregon State University, federal and state agencies, and communities along the Oregon Coast.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "There's a real good chance that Oregon could turn into kind of the focal point in the United States for wave energy development and I think that would be a boon to the economy," said Gary Cockrum, spokesman for the Central Lincoln People's Utility District. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/9jb3x">http://tinyurl.com/9jb3x</A><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <B>********************</B></DIV><DIV><B>Foresters get carbon credit issue on agenda</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10342469">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10342469</A></DIV><DIV> From the New Zealand Herald and ClimateArk Climate Change Portal <A href="http://www.climateark.org/news/">http://www.climateark.org/news/</A></DIV><DIV> Full text from the New Zealand Herald copied here: Foresters get carbon credit issue on agenda 26.08.05 By Brian Fallow</DIV><DIV> The Government is to discuss its appropriation of carbon credits as part of secret talks with forest owners on the costs of the Kyoto climate change treaty.</DIV><DIV> It has been brought to the negotiating table because a dearth of new tree planting is undermining New Zealand's ability to met its obligations under the agreement.</DIV><DIV> Meanwhile, a ban on officials entering forests to collect data is hampering the Government's ability to collect the credits.</DIV><DIV> Although the discussions are supposed to be secret and the ground rules require "no surprises in the media", the Kyoto Forestry Association has outlined the terms of reference of the discussions in a newsletter to its members. </DIV><DIV> A spokeswoman for Forestry Minister Jim Anderton described this as "unhelpful".</DIV><DIV> The newsletter says the discussions include the two most sensitive areas in what have become fraught relations between forest owners and the Government.</DIV><DIV> One is the "forest sink" credits New Zealand earns under Kyoto's rules, which recognise the value of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere by trees planted since 1990 on land not already forested.</DIV><DIV> The owners of those forests consider the value of those credits, which under present policy is retained by the Government, has been confiscated from them.</DIV><DIV> They say this is one of the main reasons new planting has dwindled to almost nothing from a peak of 100,000ha 10 years ago.<BR></DIV><DIV> The other issue is the liability Kyoto imposes on the country when a forest is felled but not replanted.</DIV><DIV> The Government has said that so long as less than 10 per cent of the land harvested is deforested it will pick up the bill.</DIV><DIV> But there are concerns in the industry that the 10 per cent cap will be breached, encouraging more deforestation ahead of 2008 when Kyoto comes into effect.</DIV><DIV> The Government has been under increased pressure since it disclosed in June revised estimates that Kyoto obligations would cost the taxpayer around $500 million, instead of it being a net seller of carbon credits.</DIV><DIV> In addition, forest owners are denying officials access to forests which they need to monitor the rate at which carbon is being locked up.</DIV><DIV> The Government needs internationally credible data on this to claim the forest sink credits, which are viewed by forest owners as the only reason New Zealand could afford to ratify the Kyoto Protocol</DIV><DIV> "Our ban has Treasury and other senior Government officials sweating," the newsletter says. "Our monitoring ban will remain in place until all matters are resolved."</DIV><DIV> In the meantime forest owners have suspended a publicity campaign about their grievances.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>********************</B></DIV><DIV><B>Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uoa-aoc082205.php</A></DIV><DIV> Public Release from EurekAlert on 23-Aug-2005</DIV><DIV> The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years, according to a new report. The melting is accelerating, and a team of researchers were unable to identify any natural processes that might slow the de-icing of the Arctic... The report by Overpeck and his colleagues is published in the Aug. 23 Eos, the weekly newspaper of the American Geophysical Union.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>China prepares to tax gas guzzlers</B></DIV><DIV>From the International Herald Tribune via ClimateArk News</DIV><DIV> Alarmed by high world oil prices and sporadic shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in big cities this summer, China's leaders are drafting plans to impose steep taxes on cars and sport utility vehicles with gas-guzzling engines... For full story see...http://<A href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php">www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/26/business/yuan.php</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Fish catches in Japan to decline by up to 70% due to global warming</B></DIV><DIV> From Japan Today via ClimateArk News</DIV><DIV> Japan can expect to see some of its fish catches decline by as much as 70% over the next 100 years due to global warming, an official at the National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering said Saturday. The institute made the prediction based on the assumption that water temperatures will have risen by 1.4-2.9 C by 2100. It studied 34 varieties of fish and possible changes in catches at fishing ports. Ports in Nagasaki and Kagoshima prefectures facing the East China Sea are expected to face 30-70% declines in catches of Japanese jack mackerel, chub mackerel, red sea bream and a few other varieties, according to the study. (End of story, but see <A href="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436">http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=347436</A> for related discussions).</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>********************</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Kyoto on the Horizon
</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> From The Boston Globe via Climatewire.org</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> MASSACHUSETTS and eight other Northeastern states are close to taking a crucial step in reducing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The states are proposing to first cap the carbon dioxide emissions of their electric power plants and then reduce them by 10 percent by 2020. To emit CO{-2}, plants would need special carbon allowances, which could be bought and sold among power producers throughout the nine states. The proposed reduction is modest, but the principle of a carbon cap is so important to slowing climate change that the initiative is well worth supporting.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The Northeastern states have been led on this issue by New York's Republican governor, George Pataki, who is considering a presidential campaign. California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast are weighing a similar compact. A national carbon cap and trading system would be much more effective than these regional ones, because it would include the power producers of the Midwest and South, which are heavily dependent on coal, the fuel that emits the most CO{-2}{-.} But that would require the national leadership that neither President Bush nor Congress has been willing to provide, even though the United States, with 4 percent of the world's population, emits 25 percent of all greenhouse gases.... For full story see <A href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/08/25/kyoto_on_the_horizon/">http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/08/25/kyoto_on_the_horizon/</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Worst Hurricane In U.S. History Leaves Massive Destruction Behind</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Taken from SeaSpan</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Hurricane Katrina tore through the U.S. coastal city of New Orleans and on into the states of Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29 and 30, leaving behind the worst destruction of any storm in U.S. history. Several hundred people are thought to have died as of August 31, and New Orleans was almost totally flattened and still remains largely underwater. The Gulf Coast of this region is heavily industrialized, with a great deal of offshore oil extraction and many coastal processing plants, and has experienced major pollution problems for decades. The intense flooding of Katrina may have allowed pollutants to enter new areas and released others. According to Craig Pittman, writing for the St. Petersburg Times, "The water that swept through New Orleans' streets in the wake of Hurricane Katrina carried more than continued misery for the storm's victims. It also brought along a potentially toxic soup of pollution--sewage, chemicals and perhaps human bodies….Getting rid of floodwaters so residents can return to their homes is likely to require pumping the dirty water into either the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain….The lake route would kill several thousand acres of nearby swamps and marshes which have already been rapidly diminishing because of alterations to the Mississippi River. But pumping it into the river means flushing it into the delta and the Gulf of Mexico, already suffering from a 'dead zone' due to other upriver contaminants."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> SOURCES: St. Petersburg Times, 31 August 2005, <A href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml">http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/31/news_pf/Worldandnation/New_Orleans_now__haza.shtml</A>; MSNBC, 30 August 2005, <A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9116281/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9116281/</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Seminal Research On Ocean Predators Published In Science</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Taken from SeaSpan</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Boris Worm, and colleagues published important research on global patterns of predator diversity in the open oceans, in Science Express (online 28 July 2005; reported in the July-B issue of SeaSpan). The report documents a precipitous decline in open-ocean tuna and billfish over the last 50 years. The print version appears in the 26 August issue of Science. To read the report, go to: <A href="http://www.sciencemag.org">www.sciencemag.org</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> REFERENCE: Boris Worm, Marcel Sandow, Andreas Oschlies, Heike K. Lotze, and Ransom A. Myers: Global Patterns of Predator Diversity in the Open Oceans. Science 309:1365-1369, 2005.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Model Links Warmer Temperatures To Permian Extinction</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> from CORE newsletter<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., have created a computer simulation showing Earth's climate in unprecedented detail at the time of the greatest mass extinction in history.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The work gives support to a theory that an abrupt and dramatic rise in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide triggered the massive die-off 251 million years ago. The research appears in the September issue of the journal Geology.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "The results demonstrate how rapidly rising temperatures in the atmosphere can affect ocean circulation, cutting off oxygen to lower depths and extinguishing most life," says NCAR scientist and lead author, Jeffrey Kiehl.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Kiehl and co-author Christine Shields focused on the dramatic events at the end of the Permian Era, when an estimated 90 to 95 percent of all marine species, as well as about 70 percent of all terrestrial species, became extinct. For full story, visit <SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1710FF">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104368&org=olpa&from=news</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gazing At Breached Levees, Critics See Years Of Missed Opportunities</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">from The New York Times (Registration Required) via Sigma Xi Science in the News</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> As federal flood-control officials directed efforts to block the 17th Street Canal, the source of most of the water swamping New Orleans, they faced growing criticism yesterday over decades of missed opportunities to prevent precisely this type of disaster.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In interviews and a telephone conference call with reporters, senior officials and engineers from up and down the ranks of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded that they had no ability to detect quickly small breaches in the matrix of 350 miles of levees around New Orleans.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Unless such holes can be blocked early, the water will almost invariably rip away at the edges, widening the breach. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/afx3u">http://tinyurl.com/afx3u</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> from Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Hurricane Katrina's fury has reignited the scientific debate over whether global warming might be making hurricanes more ferocious.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> At least one prominent study suggests that hurricanes have become significantly stronger in the past few decades during the same period that global average temperatures have increased. Katrina blew up in the Gulf of Mexico to a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph before slackening a bit Monday when it hit, swamping New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Other leading scientists agree the Atlantic Basin and Gulf Coast regions are being battered by a severe hurricane phase that could persist for another 20 years or more. But they believe that a natural environmental cycle is responsible rather than any human-induced change, and they point to what they consider to be large gaps in the global warming analysis conducted by a climatologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/7qffr">http://tinyurl.com/7qffr</A><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Helvetica"><B>Forum</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>The Big One</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> from The New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2002</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> A major hurricane could decimate the [New Orleans] region, but flooding from even a moderate storm could kill thousands. It's just a matter of time... Evacuation is the most certain route to safety, but it may be a nightmare. And 100,000 without transportation will be left behind...</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Hundreds of thousands would be left homeless, and it would take months to dry out the area and begin to make it livable. But there wouldn't be much for residents to come home to. The local economy would be in ruins…</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> People left behind in an evacuation will be struggling to survive. Some will be housed at the Superdome, the designated shelter in New Orleans for people too sick or infirm to leave the city. Others will end up in last-minute emergency refuges that will offer minimal safety. But many will simply be on their own, in homes or looking for high ground.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Thousands will drown while trapped in homes or cars by rising water. Others will be washed away or crushed by debris. Survivors will end up trapped on roofs, in buildings or on high ground surrounded by water, with no means of escape and little food or fresh water, perhaps for several days. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/8aryc">http://tinyurl.com/8aryc</A> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#3626FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>*************************************************** </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#3626FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>2005 National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program</B></DIV><DIV>Message from Sue: This is a GREAT program--</DIV><DIV> The National Park Service, National Park Foundation, and Ecological Society of America are pleased to announce the 2005 National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program. The program encourages and supports outstanding post-doctoral research in ecological sciences related to the flora of U.S. National Parks. The program will award up to three fellowships each year to researchers who have recently completed their Ph.D. Awards are made for up to two years, with the possibility for renewal for a third year determined at the end of the first year. Awards support research in any area of ecology related to the flora of the National Parks. Research topics can address any level of ecological organization, ranging from populations, species interactions, and community patterns, to landscape and ecosystem level processes associated with plants. Research should focus on questions that advance the science of ecology independent of immediate Park needs. Plants, fungi, mosses, algae, cryptogamic crusts, lichens, or other flora must be the main focus of the research. Research that takes advantage of the range of environments, conditions, and scales available in National Parks is of particular interest. Additional information and application materials are available at <A href="http://www.esa.org/nper">http://www.esa.org/nper</A>. Completed applications must be received at ESA Headquarters between September 1, 2005 and October 1, 2005. For more information on the NPER Fellowship Program, contact: NPER Program Manager, Ecological Society of America, 202-833-8773 or <A href="mailto:nper@esa.org">nper@esa.org</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm">http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/CPASW2006/index.htm</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> MARCH 21-24, 2006 - TUCSON, ARIZONA</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The National Weather Service Climate Services Division, in conjunction with the University of Arizona Climate Assessment for the Southwest and Arizona Cooperative Extension is hosting the Fourth Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW) at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona, on March 21-24, 2006. The workgroup will bring together a diverse group of climate science producers and users to share and discuss developments in research and applications related to the use and impacts of climate predictions on societal decision-making and resource management. The meeting goals are to identify new climate prediction applications research, promote interactions between climate-sensitive integrated research and service communities, and assess impacts of climate forecasts on environmental-societal interactions. The workshop will not address technical challenges of making climate predictions, climate modeling, or other technical topics related to the science of climate predictions. </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> For more information, please contact Mike Crimmins at <A href="mailto:crimmins@u.arizona.edu">crimmins@u.arizona.edu</A> or by phone at (520) 626-4244, or contact Diana Perfect ( <A href="mailto:diana.perfect@noaa.gov">diana.perfect@noaa.gov</A>)</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>Postdoctoral positions, Dept. Microbiology, U. Tennessee</B></DIV><DIV> Postdoctoral positions (2) are available in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee. Motivated candidates with interests and experience in the biology of metals (with a focus on Fe) and a background in molecular genetics are encouraged to apply for the position. The successful candidate will be involved in the construction and field testing of bioluminescent bacterial bioreporters sensitive to changes in ambient trace metal changes. Candidates will also be involved in studies of microbial community struture. Successful candidates will be involved in both field and laboratory studies. Interested applicants should apply to Dr Steven Wilhelm (<A href="mailto:wilhelm@utk.edu">wilhelm@utk.edu</A>) by email. Positions will be available in January of 2006.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Faculty Position at The University of Wisconsin-Madison</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) anticipates the availability of a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 2006. The department seeks energetic and creative individuals to develop vigorous research and teaching programs focused on the earth's atmosphere and oceans, including modeling, measurements, and observational diagnoses.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The department continues to sustain and enhance its historical strength in the areas of climate, remote sensing, and weather systems. The AOS Department is co-located with the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), as well as the Center for Climate Research (CCR) and the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) which are housed within the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Applications are encouraged from scientists representing the full spectrum of the atmospheric and oceanic sciences, especially those having expertise in one or more of the following areas: (1) observations and modeling of climate processes, variability, and change; (2) regional to global hydrological processes in the climate system; (3) ocean biogeochemical observations and modeling; (4) surface-atmosphere interactions and boundary layer processes; and (5) applications-oriented data assimilation.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Ph.D. in atmospheric and oceanic sciences or related area is required prior to the start of the appointment. The primary selection criteria will be individual excellence in research, the ability to contribute to teaching of our "core" atmospheric science courses, and a strong commitment to the intellectual and academic vitality of the department and university as a whole.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In order to ensure full consideration, a curriculum vitae, statement of professional goals, and three letters of reference should be sent by October 15, 2005 to:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Professor Jonathan E. Martin, Chair</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 1225 W. Dayton Street</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> University of Wisconsin - Madison</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Madison, WI 53706-1695</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. The University of Wisconsin - Madison is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Please see the University (<A href="http://www.wisc.edu">http://www.wisc.edu</A>/) and Department (<A href="http://www.aos.wisc.edu">http://www.aos.wisc.edu</A>) websites for more information.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Postdoc, benthic ecology/sedimentary biogeochemistry, Netherlands Inst. of Ecology</B></DIV><DIV> In the context of the Darwin Institute for Biogeosciences (<A href="http://www.darwincentrum.nl">http://www.darwincentrum.nl</A>/), the Department of Ecosystem Studies of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (<A href="http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/CEME/ES/index.htm">http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/CEME/ES/index.htm</A>) has a vacancy for a Ph.D. student in benthic ecology/sedimentary biogeochemistry. The Ph.D. student will join the group of Carlo Heip, Karline Soetaert and Jack Middelburg. She/he will experimentally study the effects of diffusive and advective bio-irrigation on sediment biogeochemistry, bacteria and meiofauna. Experimental work will involve mesocosms and use of stable isotopes besides the study of benthic animals. The candidate is expected to publish in international peer-reviewed journals and complete a thesis within four years.</DIV><DIV> Experience with biogeochemistry or benthic ecology is a prerequisite. Salary and appointment information can be found at <A href="http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm">http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/JOBS/index.htm</A>. You may send your application including reference number (CEME-ES-05104) and curriculum vitae to NIOO-KNAW, Center for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (CEME), for the attention of Prof. dr. C.H.R. Heip, P.O. 140, 4400 AC Yerseke or per email to <A href="mailto:j.middelburg@nioo.knaw.nl">j.middelburg@nioo.knaw.nl</A>. </DIV><DIV> Jack Middelburg</DIV><DIV> Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)</DIV><DIV> Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke </DIV><DIV> The Netherlands</DIV><DIV> (31)-113-577-476</DIV><DIV> <A href="mailto:j.middelburg@nioo.knaw.nl">j.middelburg@nioo.knaw.nl</A></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/PPAGES/jmiddelburg/index.htm">http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/PPAGES/jmiddelburg/index.htm</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Position: Assistant Professor UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies</B></DIV><DIV> Environmental Studies: Conservation, Sustainability and Development in the Global South. The Department of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, seeks a social scientist for a position in Conservation, Sustainability and Development, preferably with expertise in Latin America, at the Assistant Professor level (salary range: $46,300-$51,700). We seek applicants who will contribute teaching and research on the processes of, and responses to, rural change in resource-based and agricultural communities, as well as the larger socio-ecological contexts with which they interact. Candidates should be able to relate local innovations and practices to regional, national and international policies and circumstances. Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in geography, political science, sociology, environmental studies, or related fields, prefer Ph.D. by June 30, 2006, must be conferred by June 30, 2007.</DIV><DIV> Applicants must demonstrate a clear record of excellence in both fundamental research and collaboration with natural scientists to apply such research to conservation problem-solving. This faculty member will advise students on appropriate methods for field-based, social science research. Send a letter of application discussing research agendas and teaching interests, three confidential letters of recommendation and a curriculum vitae to: Chair, Search Committee #082, Environmental Studies Department, University of California, California 95064 by October 31, 2005 (review of files will begin immediately after deadline). Visit AHR Web site for complete description at <A href="http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/">http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/employment/</A>.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Science Program Manager. </B></DIV><DIV> The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, <A href="http://www.iobis.org">http://www.iobis.org</A>) International Secretariat at Rutgers University seeks a Program Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and planning for a federation of OBIS-affiliated data systems throughout the world. The Program Manager will have full responsibility for managing activities related to the OBIS Portal at Rutgers University and its partners, including a number of independent marine biological databases, Census of Marine Life Field Projects, and Regional OBIS Nodes in ten countries. Preference will be given to applicants with experience managing major scientific programs. A higher degree and/or extensive experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable: biology, fisheries, ecology, oceanography, marine sciences, and computer sciences. Please send 3 references, CV, and a statement of interest to J. Frederick Grassle, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick, NJ, 08901-8521. If possible, please reply by 15th September 2005.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill Inst. Marine Sciences</B></DIV><DIV> The Institute of Marine Sciences of UNC Chapel Hill invites applications for a postdoctoral associate position in environmental water quality/environmental microbiology. We seek a highly qualified individual with research experience and interest in the fields of microbial water quality, environmental microbiology, hydrology, and molecular biology. A PhD at the time of appointment in environmental microbiology, hydrology, marine science, molecular biology, or related fields is required for this position, as well as a significant record of research productivity. We particularly seek individuals who have expertise in the application of molecular techniques to environmental water quality issues. Experience with field sampling approaches, boat navigation, wastewater treatment and septic system design, hydrological modeling, and TMDL development is also desired, but not requisite. We especially seek individuals who complement existing department strengths and can work collaboratively in the marine science/microbial ecology/water quality research groups at the Institute of Marine Sciences of UNC Chapel Hill in Morehead City, NC. The position will be for one year, renewable for up to 3 years. To apply, please send a CV, relevant publications and the contact information of three references to: Rachel Noble, Institute of Marine Sciences, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, or send electronic copies of information to <A href="mailto:rtnoble@email.unc.edu">rtnoble@email.unc.edu</A> <<A href="mailto:rtnoble@email.unc.edu">mailto:rtnoble@email.unc.edu</A>>. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Assistant Professor Of Environmental Studies, University Of Illinois At Springfield</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749">http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175144749</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The Department of Environmental Studies, an interdisciplinary department in the College of Public Affairs and Administration at University of Illinois at Springfield, seeks applications at the Assistant Professor level for three tenure-track positions. Positions include a teaching assignment of three courses per semester, supervision of graduate research projects and theses, and establishment of research and professional service agenda appropriate to tenure criteria. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in appropriate discipline and evidence of research potential and/or professional experience in the areas(s) of related areas of teaching assignment. Professional experience and/or grant-funded research in areas related to teaching assignment and on-line teaching are preferred. There is one position in each of the following areas: Natural Resources Policy & Administration, Sustainable Development & Environmental Health, and Environmental Policy & Planning.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Assistant Professor - Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD)</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#150FF1">http://www.upeace.org/jobs/eps_assistant.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The United Nations-affiliated University for Peace in Costa Rica seeks as an assistant professor to teach courses in its program, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD). NRSD is a joint masters-degree program of the University for Peace and American University in Washington DC. UPeace has terrific faculty, is located on a beautiful campus and would be an exciting place to be. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone focused on global environmental affairs, with an emphasis on sustainable development. Please circulate this job announcement far and wide.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#312DFF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>**************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. 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