<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">06/23/2006</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">RESOURCES</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>New Funding Announcements for FY07 from NOAA Coastal Ocean Program</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B> </B></FONT>(see below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B> </B></FONT><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">SCIENCE NEWS</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Human Activities In Arid Urban Environments Can Affect Rainfall And Water Cycle</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hurricanes And The U.S. Gulf Coast: Science And Sustainable Rebuilding</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Mapping A Glacial Path Of Destruction</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Where climate is made in a greenhouse world</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hawaiian Marine Reserve To Be World's Largest</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <B>Algae Aids And Abets Coral Killers</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <B>Hope For Coral' As Oceans Warm</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B> </B>(see below)<O:P></O:P></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"> </FONT></B></SPAN><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>Post-doc at MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena (Germany) Biospheric Theory and Modelling</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doctoral position: "Chemistry-climate Interactions" National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>WRF Data Assimilation Scientist Positions at NCAR (USA)</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see below) <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>Resources</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>New Funding Announcements for FY07 from NOAA Coastal Ocean Program</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Announcements of Opportunity have been issued to submit proposals to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean Program under four different program elements.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals under a COASTAL HYPOXIA RESEARCH PROGRAM (CHRP) closes 3:00 p.m. EST September 11, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals under MONITORING AND EVENT RESPONSE FOR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (MERHAB) closes 3:00 p.m. EST October 2, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals under CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS (Multi-Stress) closes 3:00 p.m. EST October 23, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals under CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES (CRES) closes 3:00 p.m. EST November 13, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Federal Register Notice and full Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity can be accessed through the NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean Program website at::<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/fundingarchive/fy2007.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/fundingarchive/fy2007.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></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>Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When scientists consider the possible effects of global warming, there is a lot they don't know. But they can say one thing for sure: sea levels will rise.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This rising water will be felt along the artificially maintained beaches of New Jersey, in the vanishing marshes of Louisiana, even on the ocean bluffs of California. According to a 2000 report by the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, at least a quarter of the houses within 500 feet of the United States coast may be lost to rising seas by 2060. There were 350,000 of these houses when the report was written, but today there are far more.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And the remedies are not attractive, to say the least. Few coastal residents want to see their towns walled off and surrounded by water. And few want to elevate their houses by 20 feet or more, as flooding experts are beginning to recommend in some coastal areas. The approach favored by many scientists, a gradual retreat from the coast, is a perennial nonstarter among real estate interests and their political allies.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At present rates of sea level rise, Dr. Moore said, the computer model she is using "suggests the barriers can maintain themselves, if they are allowed to migrate." But if a sea wall or other infrastructure is in the way, the island is pinned down. Sand that would wash over is blocked as the island erodes. In time, rising water meets the wall and drowns the beach. Meanwhile, storm waves scour the wall's base and erode the underwater beach slope. "Eventually the sea wall collapses because the situation is so extreme."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In research in Santa Barbara, Calif., that was reported in the winter issue of the journal Shore and Beach, Jenifer E. Dugan and David M. Hubbard of the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that on armored beaches, there was much less accumulation of seaweed and other drift material, far fewer insects and crustaceans that feed on or in this wrack, fewer intertidal species like sand crabs and clams, and fewer species of birds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their conclusion? "The combination of rising sea levels predicted by climate change models and the increasing extent of coastal armoring will accelerate beach loss and increase ecological consequences for sandy beach communities and shorebirds in many regions."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In general, Mr. Wehrum said, it seemed quite likely that people would want to protect developed areas and might be willing to let undeveloped areas like wildlife refuges or coastal farms migrate.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meanwhile, though, people like Ms. Winters and Dr. Williams watch as, one by one, people make decisions that will collectively have big implications for beaches.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Full article: <A href="http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=57477"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=57477</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Human Activities In Arid Urban Environments Can Affect Rainfall And Water Cycle</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the past half-century, cities have begun to expand in some of the Earth's most arid areas. While scientists have known for some time that the so-called "heat-island" effect of large cities such as Atlanta and Houston can affect their weather, they knew less about this effect and other processes in arid cities, such as Phoenix, which have experienced explosive population growth.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, a study by a climatologist in the department of geography at the University of Georgia has shown, using a unique 108-year-old data record and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, that arid cities such as Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Phoenix have an effect on rainfall patterns around them. As important, it appears that human activities such as land use, aerosols and irrigation in these arid urban environments affect the entire water cycle as well.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One of the most interesting findings in the new study was a 12-14 percent increase (which scientists call an anomaly) in rainfall in the northeast suburbs of Phoenix from the pre-urban (1895-1949) to post-urban (1950-2003) periods. A previous study first noted the possible anomaly but focused only on the post-urban period, so it was not clear whether the change was tied to post-1950 urbanization around Phoenix. It is hypothesized that this anomaly is related to urban-topographic interactions and possibly irrigation moisture. Indeed, the role of irrigation in changing the weather of cities in arid areas is one of the more intriguing findings, and one that will bear more study.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We think that these human activities can actually alter the natural system and interact with monsoon flow and mountain convection," said Shepherd. The weather in Phoenix, in fact, is affected by both. <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060619222554.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060619222554.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hurricanes And The U.S. Gulf Coast: Science And Sustainable Rebuilding</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The American Geophysical Union today published the report of a Conference of Experts, intended to guide policy makers charged with rebuilding areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The 20 scientists who participated in the conference looked at seven major areas: hurricanes, storm surge and flooding, subsidence, climate change, hydrology, infrastructure, and disaster preparedness and response. For each topic, they assessed current understanding of the phenomenon, near-term scientific needs, and longer-term directions. Full Report: <A href="http://www.agu.org/report/hurricanes/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.agu.org/report/hurricanes/</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Mapping A Glacial Path Of Destruction</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The dangerous power of glacial outburst floods - or jokulhlaups - will be easier to predict thanks to new models developed by a Leeds researcher and presented at the International Glaciological Society symposium in Iceland this Friday (June 23).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These spectacular outburst floods happen as dams of ice and earth give way or, as from Vatnajokull in Iceland in 1996, when a volcano erupts beneath a glacier. That outburst flood was 10km wide, swept away a bridge and left behind icebergs 10m high.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This is really important for hazard management and also because flood size and frequencies will alter with climate change. In particular, global warming will lead to changes in how fast glaciers melt, and the mode by which meltwater is released." <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060620082017.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060620082017.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Where climate is made in a greenhouse world</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New scientific results for the Late Cretaceous greenhouse indicate radically different climatic mechanisms operating about 75-90 million years ago compared to the ones that control today's climate. The study, published on 29 May 2006 in "Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology" as part of a special issue on "Causes and Consequence of Marine Organic Carbon Burial Through Time" by Sascha Floegel from the IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel/Germany and Thomas Wagner from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne/UK aims to identify the main 'climate kitchen' in a world with about 5-9°C warmer global temperatures than today.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The researchers focus their interest on the causal relationships and feedbacks between the tropics and higher latitudes. Using marine geological records and data from global paleoclimate simulations they identify a previously unrecognized link between higher latitude climate dynamics and tropical African climate, the latter leading to exceptionally high burial of organic carbon in the deep tropical Atlantic. Marine geological record show that enhanced burial of organic carbon in the deep sea was confined to short time envelops of about 5 thousand years that reoccurred over millions of years at a regular pattern (see Beckmann and co-workers, published 8 September 2005 in Nature 437). Climate modelling is one key technique to identify and understand the larger-scale mechanisms that result in geological evidence. By varying one of Earth's orbital parameters, the precession of the equinoxes, the modelling setup used in this study provides new insights to the dynamics of global climate during past greenhouse conditions. Accordingly, changes in the amount of energy approaching the top of the atmosphere, called "insolation", finally triggered cyclic variations of the tropical water cycle in tropical Africa. Periods of enhanced precipitation and freshwater runoff then resulted in massive burial of organic carbon at the sea floor suggesting that processes in the atmosphere drive changes in the ocean. The remaining, fundamental question on the source area(s) where cyclic fluctuations in tropical water cycling and marine carbon burial were triggered was addressed using global climate simulation. Applying four different orbital configurations of one complete precession cycle the model identifies cross-latitudinal variations of atmospheric pressure systems, fluctuations in the magnitude and direction of surface winds, and associated precipitation and runoff patterns. Previously unrecognized, the model identifies the strongest variations in atmospheric pressure above the South Atlantic at mid-southern latitudes between 25–55°S. Establishment of an atmospheric teleconnection between this area and tropical Africa, however, is limited to one specific orbital configuration, which lasted for about 5 thousand years and caused strongest climate contrasts in a seasonal cycle.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These new results challenge current notions on role of the tropics as main driver of Cretaceous climate. They rather support the conclusion that tropical climate in a greenhouse world is ultimately triggered by climate change at mid-southern latitudes, with precipitation and river discharge being the transport mechanisms.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Today the tropics control a big fraction of Earth's climate. The new findings reported here suggest that the mid-latitudes will have a much stronger impact on low latitude climate system at predicted future levels of atmospheric CO2. This conclusion has severe consequences for the future low latitude water cycle and associated nutrient and carbon fluxes to coastal areas. The latter fluxes from the continent strongly influence surface ocean productivity, O2 consumption in the water column and thus marine ecosystems, and many other processes affecting the global carbon balance. The broader implications support substantial interaction between the water cycle and atmospheric circulation on regional and hemispheric scales during times of global warmth. As evident from this study we probably still do not realise all the relevant processes that drive future global warming. Knowing them, however, is critical to get prepared and mitigate the effects for society and ecosystems. <A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uonu-wci060106.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uonu-wci060106.php</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hawaiian Marine Reserve To Be World's Largest</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>taken from SeaSpan<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>President Bush has designated an island chain spanning nearly 1,400 miles of the Pacific northwest of Hawaii as a national monument, creating the largest protected marine reserve in the world. Establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as a strictly protected marine reserve could prove to be the administration's most enduring environmental legacy. The roughly 100-mile-wide area encompasses a string of uninhabited islands that support more than 7,000 marine species, at least a fourth of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The islands include almost 70 percent of the nation's tropical, shallow-water coral reefs, a rookery for 14 million seabirds, and the last refuge for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the threatened green sea turtle. The area also has an abundance of large predatory fish at a time when 90 percent of such species have disappeared from the world's oceans. Encompassing nearly 140,000 square miles, an area nearly the size of Montana and larger than all the national parks combined, the reserve will just surpass Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as the largest protected marine area in the world. It will also, however, be one of the least accessible. "This is a landmark conservation event," said Joshua Reichert, who heads the Pew Charitable Trusts' environment programs and had pushed to have the area designated as a marine sanctuary. "The government is saying in certain places, for certain reasons, it is important to restrict activities that have the potential to damage the marine environment, of which fishing is a big one."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Source: Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post,15 June 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402455.html?sub=new"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402455.html?sub=new</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additional articles:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times, 15 June 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/science/earth/15hawaii.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/science/earth/15hawaii.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kenneth R. Weiss, L.A. Times, 15 June 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hawaii15jun15,1,501585.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hawaii15jun15,1,501585.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additional quote: "This is the best thing that President Bush has done for the environment since he took office," said Elliott A. Norse, president of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute. "Having discussed this with him, I know that the president is personally committed to this." Norse was one of the 50 guests who witnessed Bush's excitement after the screening of Jean-Michel Cousteau's "Voyage to Kure" in the White House.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Algae Aids And Abets Coral Killers</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From SeaSpan<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Algae are often found growing where corals once lived. Most researchers supposed that the algae simply moved in once corals were already dead or dying. But a recent study (Science, 24 February 2006) revealed that organic carbon--which often leaks out of some plants and algae--promotes microbial activity that kills coral. To elucidate a possible connection between algae, microbes, and corals, marine ecologist Jennifer Smith of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and colleagues brought samples of coral and algae back to the lab from the Central Pacific. The team placed corals in tubs, half of which also contained algae. A filter separated the algae from the coral; it was fine enough to block bacteria and viruses, but large enough to allow passage of dissolved compounds. Within 2 days, all the corals with algae neighbors turned white and died, while all the solo corals survived. Near the dying corals' surface, oxygen levels had plummeted, and the energy molecule ATP spiked--both signs of microbial activity. In repeated experiments, over 95% of corals suffered to some degree from being near algae, the team (which includes Pew Fellow Enric Sala) reports online 5 June in Ecology Letters.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Source: Katherine Unger, ScienceNOW Daily News, 7 June 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/607/2?rss=1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/607/2?rss=1</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Citation: Smith, J. E., M. Shaw, R. Edwards, D. Obura, O. Pantos, E. Sala, S. Sandin, S. Smriga, M. Hatay and F. L. Rohwer. 2006. Indirect effects of algae on coral: algae-mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality. Ecology Letters 9: 835-845.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00937.x"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00937.x</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hope For Coral' As Oceans Warm</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From SeaSpan<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Coral live in close partnership with algae, but lose the algae when temperatures rise, causing death. Australian scientists have discovered that coral may be able to exchange their algae for varieties that can survive at higher temperatures. They say this provides a "nugget of hope" for some reefs threatened by climate change. "While this is likely to be of huge ecological benefit," write Ray Berkelmans and Madeleine van Oppen, "it may not be enough to help these populations cope with the predicted increases in average tropical sea temperatures over the next 100 years." Drs. Berkelman and van Oppen, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Aims) in Townsville, report their findings in the scientific journal Proceedings B, published by the UK's Royal Society.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Source: Richard Black, BBC News website, 7 June 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5053812.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5053812.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Citation: Berkelmans, R. and van Oppen, M. J. H. 2006. The role of zooxanthellae in the thermal tolerance of corals: a ‘nugget of hope’ for coral reefs in an era of climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. FirstCite Early Online Publishing.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/(kjj1ky31m3emqb45ax2b3vz2)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=searcharticlesresults,6,32"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/(kjj1ky31m3emqb45ax2b3vz2)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=searcharticlesresults,6,32</FONT></SPAN></A>; <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>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" style="text-align: center;"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doc at MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena (Germany) Biospheric Theory and Modelling</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, invites applications for a postdoctoral scientist in the Biospheric Theory and Modelling Group.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will participate in the development and application of an Earth system model of intermediate complexity and apply the model to topics related to the role of the biosphere in Earth system science and evolution. Particular topics of interest include: optimum vegetation and land surface functioning, testing for optimality using observations; vegetation-aerosol-cloud interactions; nutrient cycling; Earth's entropy budget; Maximum Entropy Production; paleoclimatology.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A PhD degree in Earth system science or related fields is required. Preference will be given to candidates with a proven publication record and experience in vegetation/land surface/climate system modeling. Excellent programming skills in FORTRAN 90 and knowledge of the Unix environment are required as well as fluent proficiency of the Eng-lish language.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is available as soon as September 1, 2006. The position is available for three years and is similar to a civil service position (TVöD E13/E14, level according to experience) including extensive social security plans and generous funds for equipment, publications, and travel. An extension of the position is possible. The conditions of em-ployment, including upgrades and duration follow the rules of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences and those of the German civil service. The Max-Planck-Society seeks to increase the number of female scientists and encourages them to apply. Handicapped persons with comparable qualifications receive preferential status.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For best consideration, please submit your application, including a clear statement of your interest in this position, a curriculum vitae and the contact details of two academic referees before August 1st, 2006 in electronic form to Axel Kleidon.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further information about our research group can be found on the group's web page at <A href="http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/~akleidon"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/~akleidon</FONT></SPAN></A>.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doctoral position: "Chemistry-climate Interactions" National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A post-doctoral researcher is required to join our global climate and atmospheric chemistry modelling group starting 1 July 2006 or as soon as possible thereafter. This group conducts a wide range of modelling activities including climate modelling and coupled-chemistry climate modelling. The primary tool used for this research is the UKMO Unified Model (UM) which is run on our Cray T3E supercomputer. The responsibilities of the post- doc could span both activities but with a focus on atmospheric chemistry modelling and in particular studying the evolution of the ozone layer in a changing climate. Initial activities would include participating in the ongoing development of our coupled chemistry-climate model UMETRAC (Unified Model with Eulerian TRansport and Chemistry), using UMETRAC to decompose the feedbacks between the chemical composition of the stratosphere and the climate, and validation of the model through comparison with measurements (supporting our participation in the CCMVal activity). Additional work would include participation in the development and running of UMeth (Unified Model with Methane), a version of the UM including emission and transport of methane isotopic species, and destruction by hydroxyl and chlorine sinks.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The chemistry-climate modelling research is based at NIWA's research facility at Lauder while the climate modelling research is based at NIWA's Greta Point campus in Wellington. UMeth work is carried out at both sites. The expectation is that the post-doc would be based at Lauder but would spend some fraction of time working in Wellington. Travel between the two centres will be paid for by NIWA. On site accommodation in one of the four houses on the Lauder research station will be provided at very inexpensive rates (approx. 140 New Zealand dollars/month, including electricity usage and phone rental).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Lauder research station is in a sparsely populated region of Central Otago, chosen for its clean air and cloudless skies to facilitate the measurement programme. Central Otago provides excellent opportunities for outdoor pursuits including mountain biking, kayaking, cross-country skiing in winter, rock climbing etc. Most of the people working at Lauder live in Alexandra, 30 minutes drive from Lauder and an hour's drive from Queenstown.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NIWA campus on the foreshore in Wellington houses approximately 260 people working on a wide range of atmospheric and oceanographic research programmes. The campus is close to the city centre, and the many lively cultural activities that Wellington provides.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The appointment will be for 2 years on the salary range of approximately 52000 New Zealand dollars per year. The applicant should have a PhD in atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry or a related field, a working knowledge of Fortran, and preferably some experience working with general circulation models. Knowledge of the UM and previous work with climate models would be advantageous. Applications, comprising a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and the names and addresses of two referees should be sent (ideally electronically) to:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Greg Bodeker<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NIWA<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Private Bag 50061<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Omakau<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Central Otago<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New Zealand<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>email: <A href="mailto:g.bodeker@niwa.co.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">g.bodeker@niwa.co.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing date is: 1 July 2006 but I will continue to accept applications until a suitable candidate has been found.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please email me at <A href="mailto:g.bodeker@niwa.co.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">g.bodeker@niwa.co.nz</FONT></SPAN></A> if you require additional information.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>WRF Data Assimilation Scientist Positions at NCAR (USA)</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) federally funded research and development center, based in Boulder, Colorado, USA.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NCAR's Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division and Research Applications Laboratory currently have a number of openings for modelers with experience in atmospheric data assimilation. The jobholders' role will be to contribute towards research, further development, and applications of the WRF three/four dimensional variational (3/4D-Var) data assimilation system (WRF-Var). The positions focus on a number of areas including a) Polar Data<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assimilation, b) Forecast Error Covariances Via Coupled EPS/DA, and c) Testing/tuning of Real-Time DA systems.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The deadline for application is <B>June 30, 2006.</B><SPAN style=""><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, please visit the UCAR job opportunities website at:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco_jobList_ext.cfm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco_jobList_ext.cfm</FONT></SPAN></A> or click on the direct links below.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project Scientist I - Job # 6124<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=677"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=677</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Associate Scientist III - Job # 6125<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=678"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=678</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project Scientist I - Job # 6128<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=680"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=680</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Associate Scientist III - Job # 6129<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=681"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=681</FONT></SPAN></A> <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"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">This newsletter has been developed by C. 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