<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DIALOG and DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">02/03/2006</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">************************************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">RESOURCES</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <B>NSF FUNDING FOR IPY, INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> U.S. National Science Foundation solicitation "International Polar Year (IPY)" (NSF 06-534) has just been released: <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">SCIENCE NEWS</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>In a Lean Budget Year, A Pledge for Research</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B>Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST -- Last year's record hurricane season didn't just change life for humans. It changed nature, too.</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Fish Tale -- 2 Pals Vie for Tiniest Find</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Conflicting Claims on Global Warming and Why It's All Moot</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Speaking Their Language: How to Communicate Better with Policymakers and Opinion Shapers -</B><SPAN style=""><B> and Why Academics Should Bother in the First Place International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics Vol. 5 No. 4 December 2005 (381 - 386)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>by Geoffrey D. Dabelko</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Change and Water in the Canadian Prairies</B><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://saskriverbasin.ca/conferences.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://saskriverbasin.ca/conferences.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">JOBS</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>International Polar Year (IPY) Post-Doc opportunities, University of Alaska</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> The University of Alaska will be offering 10 presidential IPY postdoc fellowships The deadline for applications is the first of April. <A href="http://www.alaska.edu/swacad/postdoc/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.alaska.edu/swacad/postdoc/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><O:P style=""></O:P></FONT></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post Doctoral Fellow Position at Canterbury University, New Zealand.</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Science Writers Wanted - VECO Polar Resources</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Two Senior Executive Service (SES) positions at NOAA.</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Resources</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <B>NSF FUNDING FOR IPY, INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> U.S. National Science Foundation solicitation "International Polar Year (IPY)" (NSF 06-534) has just been released: <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Science Foundation solicitation "International Polar Year (IPY)"<O:P></O:P> (NSF 06-534) has been released:<O:P></O:P> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The "International Polar Year 2007-2008" (IPY) will extend from March 2007 through March 2009. IPY is envisioned as an intense scientific campaign to explore new frontiers in polar science, improve our understanding of the critical role of the polar regions in global processes, and educate the public about the polar regions. Projects are expected to involve a pulse of activity during the IPY period; have multi- and interdisciplinary scopes; leave a legacy of infrastructure and data; expand international cooperation; engage the public in polar discovery; and help attract the next generation of scientists and engineers.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A number of NSF programs will respond to proposals for support of IPY activities over the next several years. These are listed on an IPY web page maintained by NSF's Office of Polar Programs (<A href="http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipyinfo.jsp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipyinfo.jsp</FONT></SPAN></A>). This list will be updated from time to time and should be consulted when considering proposal submissions.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In anticipation of IPY, the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) have identified special emphasis areas that will require preparation in advance of IPY. The research emphasis areas are: ice sheet history and dynamics; biological adaptations at the cellular and genomic level to life in extreme cold and prolonged darkness; and the arctic observing network. Proposed research activities must be integrally related to one or more of these emphasis areas and adhere to the guidance of the National Research Council's report "A Vision for the International Polar Year 2007-2008" (<A href="http://www.nap.edu/html/ipr2007-2008/0309092124.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nap.edu/html/ipr2007-2008/0309092124.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A>), including specific significant linkages to international activities.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The educational emphasis areas for this solicitation are: formal science education experiences for K-12 teachers and undergraduate or graduate students; informal science education for the broader public; and coordination and communication for IPY education projects. In addition to the educational activities normally integrated into research proposals, this solicitation will consider standalone proposals that specifically address one or more of these focus areas.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals for IPY activities outside of these emphasis areas should be directed to other solicitations from OPP and NSF. Related programs are listed at the website above. Proposals submitted under this solicitation may be co-reviewed with other NSF programs.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, see the full solicitation at: <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06534</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Science News</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>In a Lean Budget Year, A Pledge for Research</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from the Washington Post (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With Washington bracing for an austere budget year, President Bush last night proposed a 10-year, $136 billion initiative that would double the federal commitment to basic scientific research and train tens of thousands of new math and science teachers.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The president's "American Competitiveness Initiative" may lack the ambition of last year's effort to dramatically reshape Social Security, but in size and scope it dwarfs other domestic proposals in health care and energy research that had been heavily promoted in the run-up to the State of the Union address.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was also welcomed by scientists, after two years of relative austerity. The National Institutes of Health will absorb its first spending cut in three decades this year; last year, the National Science Foundation had to tighten its belt. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/a4e6p"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/a4e6p</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B>Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style=""> from the New York Times (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The scientist, James E. Hansen, longtime director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in an interview that officials at NASA headquarters had ordered the public affairs staff to review his coming lectures, papers, postings on the Goddard Web site and requests for interviews from journalists.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Hansen said he would ignore the restrictions. "They feel their job is to be this censor of information going out to the public," he said.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dean Acosta, deputy assistant administrator for public affairs at the space agency, said there was no effort to silence Dr. Hansen. "That's not the way we operate here at NASA," Mr. Acosta said. "We promote openness and we speak with the facts." <A href="http://tinyurl.com/ddp35"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ddp35</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST -- Last year's record hurricane season didn't just change life for humans. It changed nature, too. </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Everywhere scientists look, they see disrupted patterns in and along the Gulf of Mexico. Coral reefs, flocks of sea birds, crab- and shrimp-filled meadows and dune-crowned beaches were wrapped up in -- and altered by – the force of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Dennis.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Nothing's been like this," said Abby Sallenger, a U.S. Geological Survey oceanographer, during a recent flight over the northern Gulf Coast to study shoreline changes.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For him, the changes are mind-boggling: Some barrier islands are nearly gone; on others, beaches are scattered like bags of dropped flour. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/ab2nd"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ab2nd</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Fish Tale -- 2 Pals Vie for Tiniest Find</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from the San Francisco Chronicle<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A friendly international debate over the world's smallest fish has turned into a biology lesson on why it pays to be tiny.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two ichthyologists -- one in Seattle and the other in Switzerland – recently claimed in separate scientific publications to have discovered the smallest vertebrate animal ever known. And small they both are.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One, discovered by Maurice Kottelat, the Swiss biologist, in the acid water of an Indonesian peat swamp, is female and barely more than a third of an inch long, or smaller than the eraser at the end of a pencil. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/doxzg"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/doxzg</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Conflicting Claims on Global Warming and Why It's All Moot</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from LiveScience<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A widely reported study last week said 2005 was the warmest on record. But headlines failed to note that the results were not concrete and a new study out this week challenges the findings.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whatever the outcome, scientists say it is all moot: Last year was surprisingly warm and the record will fall soon enough.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The latest result came Monday from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These are the folks that run the National Weather Service. Their study concludes that the global temperature in 2005 can't be statistically distinguished from the record set in 1998. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/b2fud"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/b2fud</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Speaking Their Language: How to Communicate Better with Policymakers and Opinion Shapers -</B><SPAN style=""> and Why Academics Should Bother in the First Place International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics Vol. 5 No. 4 December 2005 (381 - 386)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>by Geoffrey D. Dabelko<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstract:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scholars of international environmental politics who want their work to affect policy must learn to speak and write in a slightly different language – with extreme concision, an appealing format, and ready solutions to pressing policy questions. While communicating directly with policymakers and journalists can be time-consuming and exasperating, the direct approach may be the only way to rise above the din of the increasingly noisy marketplace of ideas.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Excerpt (p. 381): "...The competition for eyes and ears is stiffer than ever. And many academics who are reluctant to stray beyond the narrow bands of their disciplinary journals (or who are afraid their research will be bastardized and mischaracterized by the mass media) take that competition as confirmation that they should let policymakers and journalists find them – not the other way around. In many cases and for many issues of moment, however, such withdrawal is a critical mistake. Communicating directly with policymakers and journalists is not for all academics or researchers. It is genuinely exasperating to be misquoted or read nuanced and well-sourced scholarship that has been oversimplified and abused. But scholars of international environmental politics who want their work to play roles in policymaking – in the long term as well as the short term – must go further than simply publishing books with academic presses or articles in refereed journals. They must learn to speak and write in a slightly different language – not in the cliche´s of sound bites, but with extreme concision, an appealing format, and ready solutions to pressing policy questions."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For a complete pdf copy please e-mail: <A href="mailto:jennmarlon@gmail.com">jennmarlon@gmail.com</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Climate Change and Water in the Canadian Prairies</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://saskriverbasin.ca/conferences.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://saskriverbasin.ca/conferences.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>June 21-23, 2006 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Conference Themes:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Advances in Modeling Hydrological Processes<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Advances in Modeling Socio-economic Response<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stakeholder Involvement and Public Risk Perception<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drought and Extreme Events in the Prairies<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Watershed Planning and the Full Water Cycle<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Agri-Food Systems and Irrigation Demand<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Water Demands In Other Sectors (i.e. Forestry, Energy, Mining)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Policy Options Related to Change in Water Supply<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Policy Options Related to Change in Water Quality<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Institutional and Inter-jurisdictional Legal Issues<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Comparative Lessons Learned (Canada and elsewhere)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From Policy to Practice<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submit your paper or poster abstract of 300 words or less to <A href="mailto:jtr888@mail.usask.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jtr888@mail.usask.ca</FONT></SPAN></A> with a title of 15 words or less and the names and full contact details for all authors. Please identify the conference theme most closely related to your contribution in your email subject line.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstracts for papers and posters focusing on the topics listed here will be reviewed and selected by the Program Committee, with: Deadline for Abstract Submission: February 13, 2006. Authors' Acceptance Notification: March 6, 2006. Deadline for Paper Submission: June 8, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <O:P></O:P> <SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">Or, visit </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> and click on 'Join this group'</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin, Germany offers 6 job opportunities within an interdisciplinary and international project on understanding the dynamics of recreational fishing ... <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IGB is a member of the Research Society Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz (WGL) comprising 84 independent, non-governmentally based, basic research institutes. IGB is devoted to study spatio-temporal dynamics, structures and functions of freshwater ecosystems. From an applied research perspective, the IGB has a major commitment to study fish and fisheries systems including aquaculture and to develop scientifically based principles for sustainable management. Two of the five departments are exclusively dealing with fish and fisheries. The IGB has an annual budget of more than 8 million, hosts 65 full time scientists from various scientific disciplines such as fish ecologists, fisheries scientists, hydrologists, chemists, microbiologists, limnologists, 20 Ph.D. students depending on external funding and about 60 administrative and technical employees. Several experimental lakes, extensive laboratory facilities practicing cutting edge molecular genetic and physiological methods are available including a brand new wet lab constructed in 2005. About 20 earthen ponds and several tanks and raceways are also available together with a several field stations for aquatic research. The institute is located in a water-rich landscape in the highly vibrant German capital Berlin, Germany, next to the 700 ha Lake Mueggelsee, and is in its form unique in central Europe. The institute has close collaborations with all three Berlin universities and is running a Masters Programme entitled Fishery Science and Aquaculture at Humboldt-University of Berlin (<A href="http://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/studium/index_st_en.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/studium/index_st_en.html</FONT></SPAN></A>). Therefore, scientific work conducted at IGB can be submitted as a doctoral dissertation to one of the Berlin universities. Heads of Departments typically are also university professors.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Within IGB, the research group dealing with Sustainable Recreational Fisheries Management lead by Dr. Robert Arlinghaus, has recently been awarded a prestigious grant for the period 2006-2008/2009 entitled "Adaptive Dynamics and Management of Coupled Social-Ecological Recreational Fisheries (ADAPTFISH)". <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Within this program one post doc position and five PhD student positions are now open. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All positions start as soon as possible and are limited to three years. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 Post doc position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-1)- Integrative modelling of fish-angler interactions at the landscape level. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 PhD student position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-2) - Institutional conditions for sustainable governance of a transforming inland fisheries sector. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 PhD student position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-3) - The complexity of angler behaviour constraint by fishing quality and fishing regulations. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 PhD student position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-4) - Modelling the ecological and evolutionary impact of size-selective recreational fishing. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 PhD student position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-5) - Inducing phenotypic and genetic changes in an experimentally harvested fish stock. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1 PhD student position (Ref. nr. ADAPTFISH-6) - Effects of angling on reproductive output and fitness in fish.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ADAPTFISH aims at analysing recreational fisheries from both a social scientific and biological perspective including development of integrative models investigating the interactions between anglers and the ecological systems. The ultimate goals of ADAPTFISH are to facilitate understanding of the complexity of fish-angler-interactions, the angler behaviour per se and the potential biological impacts of angling and to derive management implications than can improve fisheries management in the future. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PhD students and the post doc will in principle be based in Berlin (Germany). However, several national and international partners are part of the program and students and the post doc will be working closely with these partners in their home institutes depending on the specific projects aims. Therefore, international applications are highly welcome to this truly interdisciplinary and international opportunity. This will ensure that the idea of interdisciplinary and internationality will flourish for the benefits of the students work and the advancement of recreational fisheries science. It is also possible, depending on the students background and network, to establish new collaborations and host the people at least temporarily outside Berlin. It is also conceivable that students attend a Ph.D. programme at an international university, but answer research questions from Germany. In this case, significant travelling will be involved, for which some funds are available as well.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The current partners of ADAPTFISH that serve as supervisor of the students include leading research groups around the world such as the International Institute for Applied Systems Analyses (IIASA) in Laxenburg (Austria, Dr. Ulf Dieckmann), the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Division of Resource Economics, Prof. Dr. Konrad Hagedorn), the School of Resource and Environmental Management of the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver (Dr. Wolfgang Haider), the Department of Biology of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (Dr. Steven Cooke), the Leibniz-Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin (Dr. Arne Ludwig) and the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Prof. Dr. Andrzej Cierenszko), among others. We are seeking collaborations beyond those if interesting research questions emerge!<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further information for the positions can be obtained by consulting <A href="http://www.igb-berlin.de/jobs/frameset/jobs_frameset.htmlusing"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.igb-berlin.de/jobs/frameset/jobs_frameset.html</FONT></SPAN></A> using the Link Fish Biology and Ecology. Questions on the positions and the project are answered by Dr. Robert Arlinghaus at <A href="mailto:arlinghaus@igb-berlin.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">arlinghaus@igb-berlin.de</FONT></SPAN></A> (Tel. +49-30-64181-653, see <A href="http://www.igb-berlin.de/~arlinghaus"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.igb-berlin.de/~arlinghaus</FONT></SPAN></A> for research interests) or by Dr. Christian Wolter at <A href="mailto:wolter@igb-berlin.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">wolter@igb-berlin.de</FONT></SPAN></A> (Tel. +49-30-64181-633).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications, quoting the appropriate Ref. nr., are to be sent per regular post or email to the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Dr. Robert Arlinghaus, Head of research group Recreational Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany and should ideally, not necessarily, arrive no later than February 28, 2006. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please spread the word among enthusiastic potential applicants that would like to work or continue to work with recreational fisheries issues! We look forward to receiving your application!<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post Doctoral Fellow Position at Canterbury University, New Zealand.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vacancy No: A027-06<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing Date: 16 February 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are invited for a fixed-term Post Doctoral Fellow position to work on studies related to solar impacts on climate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Canterbury University, New Zealand.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The study will focus on the modulation of the atmosphere by changes in solar forcing on short time-scales, particularly in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere. This study will use a mixture of chemical composition data provided by satellite instruments, dynamics information provided by satellite instruments and the Scott Base MF radar and Chemistry Climate Model (CCM) simulations.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The applicant will require a working knowledge of a high-level programming language, such as C++, Matlab or IDL. Experience with the analysis and handling of reanalyses data, satellite and radar observations would be a significant advantage. This post will require the applicant to visit Antarctica to help maintain the Scott Base MF radar system and thus some<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>knowledge of radar systems would be beneficial. The successful candidate will possess a minimum qualification of PhD or equivalent in atmospheric physics or a related discipline. Funding is available for two years. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Enquiries of an academic nature are to be made to Dr Adrian McDonald <A href="mailto:adrian.mcdonald@canterbury.ac.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">adrian.mcdonald@canterbury.ac.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For detailed information and to apply online visit <A href="http://vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz</FONT></SPAN></A> or for further assistance regarding applications please contact the Human Resources Administrator, College of Science, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand ph + 64 3 364 2290or email <A href="mailto:hr@science.canterbury.ac.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">hr@science.canterbury.ac.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><B>Science Writers Wanted - VECO Polar Resources</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style=""><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, please go to: <A href="http://www.vecopolar.com/Files/PDFs/VPRScienceWriters.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vecopolar.com/Files/PDFs/VPRScienceWriters.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>VECO Polar Resources, the U.S. National Science Foundation's arctic logistics contractor, seeks writers to contribute stories about arctic science to its newsletter.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These short stories (1,000-1,300 words) explain generally the research objectives, provide some information about the fieldwork itself, and offer websites where readers can get more information on the project. They are written with a lay audience in mind. Writers are paid for their contributions.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Interested writers should send a statement of qualifications or vita and writing samples to Kip Rithner (<A href="mailto:kip@polarfield.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">kip@polarfield.com</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, please go to: <A href="http://www.vecopolar.com/Files/PDFs/VPRScienceWriters.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vecopolar.com/Files/PDFs/VPRScienceWriters.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To see examples of the VPR Newsletter, go to: <A href="http://www.vecopolar.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vecopolar.com</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Two Senior Executive Service (SES) positions at NOAA.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is looking for qualified candidates for two Senior Executive Service (SES) positions. Members of SES serve in key positions just below the top Presidential appointees.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deputy Assistant Administrator for Laboratories and Cooperate Institutes <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Location: Boulder, CO <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Announcement Number: NOAA #06-03.NJH <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing date: March 1, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Link: <A href="http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.usajobs.opm.gov</FONT></SPAN></A> (Click on "Search Jobs" and enter announcement number)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Director, National Sea Grant College Program<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Location: Silver Spring, MD<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Announcement Number: NOAA #06-04.NJH<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing date: February 27, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Link: <A href="http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.usajobs.opm.gov</FONT></SPAN></A> (Click on "Search Jobs" and enter announcement number)</DIV></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">**************************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">T</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1">his<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> 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. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">phd@whitman.edu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. 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