<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">02/17/2006</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" 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" style="text-align: left;"><B>Protecting the Pacific Island Countries from Cyclones</B><B><SPAN style=""></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>New [U.S.] Grant System Excludes Mac User</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P>s</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Declining Snowpack Cools Off Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Winter Soils</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Major new Dutch climate progamme and Campagn</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(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" style="text-align: left;"><B>Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></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"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(see below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></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>Tenure-track-JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Department of Biology</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B> </B>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Ireland - Climate Modeller: Community Climate Change Consortium for Ireland (C4I)</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Princeton, New Jersey - UCAR Visiting Scientist Program at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B> </B>(see below)</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" 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" style="text-align: left;"><B>Protecting the Pacific Island Countries from Cyclones</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>World Bank news Pacific Island countries rank among the most vulnerable in the world to natural disasters. In the 1990s alone, reported natural disasters cost the Pacific Islands region US$2.8 billion. A new report says there's no doubt disasters in the region are becoming more intense and calls for urgent action to reduce the risks facing the island countries. Full article: <A href="http://tinyurl.com/97ymg"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/97ymg</FONT></SPAN></A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>New [U.S.] Grant System Excludes Mac User</B><B><O:P></O:P>s</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>What if the federal government were about to give away more than $400 billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on Microsoft software could apply?<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is the predicament that many scientists, scholars and others say they are in as the government enters the final phase of its five-year effort to streamline its grant-application process.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The new "Grants.gov" system, under development at a cost of tens of billions of dollars, aims to replace paper applications with electronic forms. It is being phased in at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies. All 26 grant-giving agencies are supposed to have their application processes fully online by 2007. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/96bdg"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/96bdg</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Declining Snowpack Cools Off Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Winter Soils</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A recent decrease in Rocky Mountain snowpack has slowed the release of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gases from forest soils into the atmosphere during the dead of winter, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060210092330.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060210092330.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Major new Dutch climate progamme and Campagn</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We’re very pleased to announce that after one year of preparations more than 40 Dutch Nature Conservation, Environment, Development and Humanitarian NGOs have joined together to start a huge joint climate change program and a related public campaign. The campaign started this week. The coalition includes Oxfam, Red Cross Netherlands, Unicef, PLAN, WWF and many other national and international NGOs.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The total budget of the programme and the campaign is € 16.3 million for the period 2006 – 2007.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The objectives are (1) to reduce the risks of climate change by integrating responses to climate change and climate variability into disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction and sustainable development efforts (2) to raise the sense of urgency by using the climate risk reduction projects within the programme as climate ‘witnesses’ and (3) to reduce emissions by convincing at least one million consumers to take action.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although the public campaign has no policy objectives in itself, we consider the public campaign as essential to strengthen the ongoing activities to influence government policies and the climate policy of major Dutch companies.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The communications concept is shown here. ‘Hier’ means ‘here’. This concept can help to show that climate change is not an abstract, long term environmental problem, but that it is happening here and here and here. It also helps to show that each person and organisation can be part of the solution, here, here and here. To cite Bill Clinton from his speech during the last CoP: "Here's what I am going to do!"<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The concept can be used by the participating NGOs, other NGOs and participating organisations, like local authorities. It can also be used by the business sector, in offering a well-defined package of products like efficient light bulbs, the most efficient (Top Ten) appliances, green electricity and climate-neutral products.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The name of our campaign website is <A href="http://www.hier.nu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.hier.nu</FONT></SPAN></A> (hier.nu means here.now)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Program is intended to be internationally relevant as well:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The chosen approach to include humanitarian an development NGOs to raise the sense of urgency is innovative and will hopefully contribute to their involvement in other countries.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than half of the projects will take place in developing countries, especially the projects of development and humanitarian NGOs. They offer new opportunities for climate impact stories and climate ‘witnesses’;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The communications approach is meant to be easily be copied in other countries;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Dutch Top Ten project for the most efficient products is part of an innovative international project to introduce Top Ten websites in ten European countries (see <A href="http://www.topten.info/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.topten.info</FONT></SPAN></A>) and to create buyer’s groups like local authorities and banks. This international approach can create enough volume to transform markets;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At least half of the compensation of climate neutral products will come from ‘gold standard’ CDM projects.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On our site <A href="http://www.klimaatbureau.nl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.klimaatbureau.nl</FONT></SPAN></A> you can find an overview of our programme, including a short description of the different projects (page in English) and a short film on the first phase of our public campaign (unfortunately in Dutch, but the basic ideas can easily be understood). <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hope you enjoy it. We do!<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sible Schöne<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Klimaatbureau<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:sible@klimaatbureau.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sible@klimaatbureau.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>31(0)302393064<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>31(0)655328722</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" style="text-align: left;"><B> Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The group-training course on Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> This is the information for those who intend to apply to the training</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">course in Japan.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> This training course for overseas participants will systematically introduce measures to reduce emission of greenhouse gases and give participants better understanding of Kyoto Mechanism and role of the developing countries in CDM projects.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> This course is organized by Chubu International Center, JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), and implemented by ICETT (International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer) under the ODA program.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> This course is already allocated to the following contries;</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Phillippines, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam Those who intend to apply to this training course should contact with JICA office in their countries.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 1.COURSE TITLE: Capacity Building for Project Staff Regarding Kyoto Mechanism</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 2.DURATION: June 12, 2006 to July 30, 2006</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 3.APPLICATION DUE & REQUIRED ITEMS: April 12, 2006 (for acceptance in the JICA office or Embassy of Japan), Nomination Form, Country Report and Summary of Job Report</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 4.NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 10</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 5.LANGUAGE: English</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 6.PARTICIPANTS ? OCCUPATION:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 1)Administrative officers or researchers of national government who are in charge of making and/or implementing the policies and/or projects concerning Kyoto Mechanism.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 2)Experts who specialize in CDM, working in the field of energy sectors.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> *Applicants would rather belong to Designated National Authorities (DNA) or other corresponding organizations like National Focal Points (NFP) and CDM offices.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 7.COURSE OBJECT</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Upon successful completion of the course, the participants are expected to gain capacity building in order to develop sound projecting skills and also to deepen their understanding of:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 1)Kyoto Protocol and the Rule of Kyoto Mechanism</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 2)Scientific Aspect of Global Warming;</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 3) Role of the developing countries for the facilitation of CDM projects;</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 4) Measures to limit and/or reduce emissions of Green House Gasses (GHGs).</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> 3690-1,Sakura-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie 512-1211, Japan</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">INTERNATIONAL CENTER for ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ( ICETT )</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Koichi Kikuchi Associate Director / Training Division</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> TEL +81-593-29-3500 FAX +81-593-29-8115 </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>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="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><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="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">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="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 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>Tenure-track-JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Department of Biology</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jackson State University, located in metropolitan Jackson, is the 4th largest state supported institution in Mississippi with an enrollment of approximately 8,500 students. The College of Science, Engineering, and Technology consists of two academic schools: The school of Engineering with four departments (Civil and Environmental Engineering; Communication Engineering; Computer Engineering; and Computer Sciences), and the School of Science and Technology with five departments (Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Physics, Atmospheric and General Science; and Technology); the Multi-disciplinary Environmental Science Ph.D. Program; and the Department of Aerospace Studies. Over 2,000 students are enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate programs, and 100 full-time faculty members are involved in teaching, research and service.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Biology, Jackson State University at Jackson, Mississippi invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track position in marine science / coastal environmental science. The start date for this position is August 14, 2006. The candidate selected will be required to teach aquatic/marine science and environmental science courses, develop courses in his/her area of expertise, and direct our undergraduate and graduate degree concentrations in marine science. Preferred areas of research experience include, but are not limited to: fisheries biology, fish population dynamics and stock assessment, coastal/marine ecology, coastal/marine science, coastal/marine ecosystem assessment and management, and/or coastal/marine resources management. The successful candidate is expected to develop active, externally funded research programs; provide effective teaching and services to the university community; and develop/establish collaborations with scientists from the MS Department of Marine Resources, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, USM-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, NASA Stennis Space Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other institutions, to strengthen the marine science program. The candidate must have proven research and successful grantsmanship records. He/She must hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in coastal/marine science, fisheries biology or a closely related area. Preference will be given to applicants with at least a post-doctoral experience in aquatic and fishery sciences.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. Review of applications will begin March 15, 2006, and will continue until the position is filled. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For additional information please contact:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Willis Baker, Willis F. Baker & Associates<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Executive Search Consultants<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(513) 651-3535 - <A href="mailto:willis.baker@fuse.net"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">willis.baker@fuse.net</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jackson State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <B>Ireland - Climate Modeller: Community Climate Change Consortium for Ireland (C4I)</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are invited for the position of Computer Climate Modeller to work as part of a climate research team. The Community Climate Change Consortium for Ireland (C4I) has been established, with University College Dublin (UCD) and Met Éireann (the Irish National Meteorological Service) as partners. Preliminary climate simulations have been carried out and are available at <A href="http://www.C4I.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.C4I.ie</FONT></SPAN></A> . Major ensemble climate modelling experiments are planned.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Purpose of Position<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The purpose is to carry out large-scale computational experiments to simulate the future climate of Ireland using a Regional Climate Model (RCM).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The overall goal of the C4I Project is to enhance our knowledge and understanding to future climate of Ireland, and the likely impacts of climate change.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Location<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The modeller will be based in the Meteorology & Climate Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD, but will collaborate closely with the climate modeling team at Met Éireann in Glasnevin (<A href="http://www.met.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.met.ie</FONT></SPAN></A>). The modeller will work under the direct supervision of the Director of the Meteorology & Climate Centre, Prof Peter Lynch.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Principal Duties and Responsibilities<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Computer Climate Modeller will be involved in developing and implementing climate simulations using regional and global climate models on parallel high performance computing platforms. Ensembles of climate simulations will be executed using lateral boundary data from ensembles of global runs. The Modeller will be expected to participate in the overall design of these experiments, and in their execution. There will also be limited opportunities for independent research studies provided that these serve the overall goals of the C4I Project.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Computational facilities includes access to the Cosmogrid cluster in UCD and the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) (see <A href="http://www.ichec.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ichec.ie</FONT></SPAN></A>/)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Selection Criteria<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The applicant must have<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* A strong background in computing and computational science.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* A Ph.D. in atmospheric or earth sciences, physics, mathematics or related disciplines, or in computer science.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Knowledge of and experience in using the Unix operating system.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The applicant should have at least some of the following:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Experience in working with regional climate models<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Knowledge of FORTRAN and facility in programming in this language<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Facility in working with large and complex data-bases<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Experience using advanced visualization tools.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Remuneration<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The salary will be in the range €34,000 - 48,000, the level being commensurate with experience.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please see <A href="http://www.ucd.ie/meteorology"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ucd.ie/meteorology</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Princeton, New Jersey - UCAR Visiting Scientist Program at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is recruiting postdoctoral scientists and short-term senior visitors to work in Princeton, New Jersey at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) as part of the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI).</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> GFDL conducts fundamental and applied oceanic and atmospheric research on a variety of problems of importance to society and central to NOAA's mission. These problems include global climate change; hurricane prediction; modeling and prediction of El Nino and its influence on the global atmosphere; atmospheric radiation, aerosol and cloud physics, atmospheric chemistry; the carbon cycle in the oceans and on land; and problems in fundamental oceanic and atmospheric fluid dynamics that have the potential to impact future applications.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> For the past three decades, GFDL has been a world leader in global change research, specializing in the computer modeling of the climate system. In the past several years GFDL has reorganized to develop a new generation of climate and Earth system models to support its research for the coming decade. Teams of scientists from the Laboratory and Princeton University have been developing a new software infrastructure and new atmospheric, oceanic, land, atmospheric chemistry, and oceanic biogeochemistry models which are currently being enhanced and integrated into an interactive system for studies of variability and change.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> GFDL has recently received additional funding from the CCRI to enhance its core research capability so as to enable policy related research and product generation. GFDL expects some of these new postdoctoral positions to evolve into permanent civil service hires as it expands its staff in the next several years. Placement into permanent civil service positions may require additional competition. These positions are intended to expedite the development of this new generation of climate models as well as the climate change research conducted with them.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The following are specific areas that have been identified as priorities for post-doctoral positions:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- collaborative studies with GFDL models and the UCAR's Community Climate System Model (CCSM) to better understand differences in equilibrium and transient responses to changes in radiative forcing, including predictions of regional climate change</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- studies of radiative forcing of climate, both natural and anthropogenic; aerosol direct and indirect effects; modeling of aerosol distributions and aerosol and cloud microphysical processes relevant for climate change</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- detection of climate change and the attribution of these changes to human and natural causes, including extreme events and regional climate change; retrospective analysis and simulations of observed climate changes to evaluate model sensitivity and feedbacks;</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- the sensitivity of midlatitude stormtracks and tropical storms to global warming; analyses of simulated natural variability on interannual and decadal time scales and its predictability</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- modeling of regional climate change with high resolution global atmospheric models and/or limited area atmospheric models</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- modeling issues relevant to climate change in the Arctic, including sea ice and Arctic ocean circulation</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- atmospheric subgrid parameterizations and model development: planetary boundary layer, moist convection, and middle atmospheric gravity waves; stratospheric processes affecting climate variations and change</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">-- large-scale ocean dynamics and ocean circulation, and its effect on the climate system and climate variability</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- studies of the ocean's role in climate and climate change; ocean model development; ocean initialization for climate change simulations</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> -- modeling of land hydrology and biogeochemical cycles in the land and ocean; the effect of climate change on the carbon, nitrogen, iron, and silica cycles.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In addition to junior post-doctoral applicants, GFDL is looking for senior visitors interested in the areas listed above, with a particular emphasis on visitors from other climate change modeling centers interested in model intercomparisons.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> How to apply:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> There is no application form. Send the following materials to the UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs: </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> --Cover letter identifying this program</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> --Curriculum vitae with a list of publications in refereed journals</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> --Names and addresses of three references. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact the references and request that they submit letters in support of your application to VSP.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> --PhD thesis abstract</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> --Proposed project description, including a statement of relevance to the CCRI. Proposal must be titled and not exceed three pages.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Application deadline is April 15, 2006. Applications are reviewed twice yearly by a steering committee and will not be reviewed unless they are complete, including letters of reference.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Send applications and letters of reference to:</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Meg Austin, Director</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> P.O. Box 3000</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> For further information, please call 303-497-8649, send e-mail to: vsp@ucar.edu or visit the VSP website at: <A href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu">www.vsp.ucar.edu</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> UCAR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.</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" 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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