<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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>07/28/2006</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B>SCIENCE NEWS</B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NASA'S GOALS DELETE MENTION OF HOME PLANET</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html?ex=1154318400&en=0adecf837a451ea3&ei=5070&emc=eta1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html?ex=1154318400&en=0adecf837a451ea3&ei=5070&emc=eta1</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From 2002 until this year, NASA’s mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can.”<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase “to understand and protect our home planet” deleted. In this year’s budget and planning documents, the agency’s mission is “to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.”</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Rise in Sea Level, Loss of Wet Lands May Account for Unstable Ground in Mississippi Delta</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06107"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06107</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Deadly Heat Continues in Calif.: Slight Cooling Trend This Week May Ease Blackout Concerns</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Marine 'dead zone' off Oregon is spreading</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hot? Yes. Global Warming? Maybe.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>A Hard Look at Aerosols</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Ice sheets drive atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, inverting previous </B><B>ice-age theory</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Utilities give warming skeptic big bucks</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(see below)</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Call for Abstracts: Climate Uncertainty Session at AGU Annual Meeting</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>C A L L</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>FOR</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>P A P E R S 'Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability' - 2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Time to Adapt: Climate Change and the European Water Dimension. Vulnerability – Impacts – Adaptation - 12 to 14 February 2007 - Berlin, Germany</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><B>JOBS</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>National Marine Sactuary Science Coordinator</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Tenure-Track Position - University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doc - Tropical Radiation Measurement Analysis: Atmospheric </B><B>Science and Global Change Divisionat Pacific Northwest National Lab</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>One-year Lecturer in Physical Geography, University College Cork (Ireland)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Professional on climate change scenarios for the Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>2 Post-docs - precipitation processes - Univs of Cologne (Germany) and </B><B>Leuven (Belgium)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Scientist - statistical cloud modeling. Univ. of Maryland Goddard Earth Sciences and Technolgoy (GEST) center</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Scientist/Engineer position at University of Washington Sand Point.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(<A href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/</FONT></SPAN></A> and see below) </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doc: Cloud modelling research using CloudSat data - NCAR (USA)</B><O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Assistant Professorship (Tenure-track) in Paleoecology, University of Bern</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NASA'S GOALS DELETE MENTION OF HOME PLANET</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html?ex=1154318400&en=0adecf837a451ea3&ei=5070&emc=eta1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html?ex=1154318400&en=0adecf837a451ea3&ei=5070&emc=eta1</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From 2002 until this year, NASA’s mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can.”<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase “to understand and protect our home planet” deleted. In this year’s budget and planning documents, the agency’s mission is “to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.”<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Deadly Heat Continues in Calif.: Slight Cooling Trend This Week May Ease Blackout Concerns </B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Blaine Harden<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington Post Staff Writer<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Wednesday, July 26, 2006; Page A04<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 50-person refrigerator at the morgue in Fresno is full, primarily with the bodies of elderly people who are believed to be victims of a sustained blast of triple-digit heat that has tormented most of California in the past two weeks.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have never seen these kinds of numbers," said Loralee Cervantes, the coroner in Fresno, where she said the temperature outside her office yesterday was 110. "There are so many we can't keep up."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>California edged away from mandatory electricity blackouts yesterday as slightly cooler air -- although still in the low 100s -- began to filter across much of the state.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A day after the nation's most populous state shattered its record for electricity consumption, power managers said clouds and lower temperatures in coming days would lessen the likelihood of rolling blackouts.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"At this point, if everything remains okay, then we are all right through the day," said Kristina Osborne, spokeswoman for the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state power grid. "It is supposed to cool as we go through the week."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A power emergency on Monday required some businesses to curtail power use in exchange for lower electricity rates. It has ended, although residents were being warned to conserve power and limit the use of large appliances during daytime hours.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most of the heat-related deaths occurred in the sweltering Central Valley. In Fresno, in the north of the valley, the coroner said many victims collapsed inside their homes and were found somewhere other than in their beds.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Some people had power outages, some can't afford to pay their bills, some were using fans, and we had one case where a man was scared of the sound of his air conditioner," Cervantes said. She said most of the dead were 65 to 80 years old.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With the heat wave, residents across Southern California have put up with multiple, widely scattered power outages as hundreds of overtaxed power-pole transformers have blown up or otherwise stopped functioning. More than 50,000 homes and businesses were without power yesterday.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The aging electricity-transmission grid in and around Los Angeles -- some of it built in the 1920s and 1930s -- could not handle the spiking power demands that came with persistent high temperatures -- on top of a booming population and houses full of air conditioners and computers, according to regional utilities.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Transformer failure was driven by the prolonged heat wave, which since July 13 has meant that they cannot cool down at night," said Ron Litzinger, senior vice president for transmission and distribution at Southern California Edison.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said that in recent years power consumption per customer in the region has been double what the utility had expected, mostly because of air conditioners, computers and assorted home electronics.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The heat wave comes at a time when ambient year-round temperatures in Southern California are on the rise.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the past century, average temperatures in the region have risen about three degrees during the daytime and a whopping seven degrees at night, according to Bill Patzert, a climatologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Houses, freeways, golf courses and shopping centers retain heat far longer than the native desert chaparral of Southern California.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We have had an extreme makeover in the past century, with the population between Tijuana and Santa Barbara jumping from 1 million to more than 20 million," Patzert said.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Global warming in urban areas, often thought of as a function of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is also strongly correlated with urban and suburban development, Patzert said. He said most major cities in the world, including Washington, are getting warmer as they sprawl.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The long-term trend here -- we are getting warmer," he said. "It is a preview of coming attractions, if we don't change our behavior."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Marine 'dead zone' off Oregon is spreading</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CORVALLIS, Ore. – A hypoxic "dead zone" has formed off the Oregon Coast for the fifth time in five years, according to researchers at Oregon State University.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A fundamental new trend in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns in the Pacific Northwest appears to have begun, scientists say, and apparently is expanding its scope beyond Oregon waters.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year for the first time, the effect of the low-oxygen zone is also being seen in coastal waters off Washington, researchers at OSU and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary indicate.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There have been reports of dead crabs stretching from the central Oregon coast to the central Washington coast. Some dissolved oxygen levels at 180 feet have recently been measured as low as 0.55 milliliters per liter, and areas as shallow as 45 feet have been measured at 1 milliliter per liter.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These oxygen levels are several times lower than normal, and any dissolved oxygen level below 1.4 milliliters per liter is hypoxic, capable of suffocating a wide range of fish, crabs, and other marine life.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"There is a huge pool of low-oxygen water off the central Oregon coast with values as low as 0.46 milliliters per liter," said Francis Chan, marine ecologist in the OSU Department of Zoology and with the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), a marine research consortium at OSU and other universities along the West Coast.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"OSU researchers have documented this year's region of low-oxygen bottom waters from Florence to Cascade Head," Chan said. "The lack of consistent upwelling winds allowed a low-oxygen pool of deep water to build up. Now that the upwelling-favorable winds are blowing consistently, we're seeing that pool of water come close to shore and begin to suffocate marine life. If these winds continue to blow, we expect to see continued and possibly significant die-offs."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As events such as this become more regular, researchers say, they appear less like an anomaly and more like a fundamental shift in marine conditions and ocean behavior. In particular, a change in intensity and timing of coastal winds seems to play a significant role in these events.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We're seeing wild swings from year to year in the timing and duration of winds favorable for upwelling," said Jack Barth, an oceanographer with PISCO and the OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. "This change from normal seasonal patterns and the increased variability are both consistent with climate change scenarios."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Barth and his colleagues are working on new circulation models that may allow scientists to predict when hypoxia and these "dead zones" will occur. No connection has been observed between these events and other major ocean cycles, such as El Niño or the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The lack of wide-scale ocean monitoring makes determining the size and movement of the dead zone difficult, although some new instrumentation being used this year by OSU scientists is helping. Dissolved oxygen sensors have been deployed on the sea floor both close to shore and in 260 feet of water off Newport, some of which are sending data in near real-time.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, a new underwater unmanned vehicle equipped with sensors to measure temperature, salinity, chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen is routinely sampling across central Oregon waters.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>During normal years, cold water rich in nutrients but low in oxygen upwells from the deep ocean off Oregon, mixes with oxygen-rich water near the surface, causes some phytoplankton growth and provides the basis for a thriving fishery and healthy marine food chain. During dead zone periods, some of the normal processes – including wind and current conditions – can change. This allows huge masses of plant growth to die, decay and in the process consume even more of the available oxygen near the sea floor, causing hypoxic conditions for marine life.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first event in 2002 caused a massive die-off of fish and invertebrate marine species on the central Oregon coast. Less severe and somewhat different events occurred in 2003, 2004 and 2005.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 2006 "dead zone" has a wider north-south extent. Some crabbers in the central Washington coast reported all dead crabs in pots at depths of about 45-90 feet, north of the Moclips River. Large numbers of dead Dungeness crab have been reported on the beach as far north as Kalaloch. Numerous species of bottom fish have been found dead on the beach south of the Quinault River in Washington.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In Oregon, the most vulnerable area in recent years has been the central third of the coast between about Newport and Florence, where conditions seem to be conducive to the development of low-oxygen waters. It's not always easy to measure the biological impact of the dead zones, because many dead animals may be washed out to the deep sea. But researchers say that this year's event may ultimately be as severe as the first one in 2002, although it reflects slightly different wind and ocean current conditions.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Collaborating on this research are scientists from OSU, PISCO, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Washington and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Researchers say that it's difficult to tell what long-term ecological impacts these dead zone events may have on marine ecosystems.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Many marine species live in fairly specialized ecological niches and any time you change the fundamental physics, chemistry and nature of the system, it's a serious concern," Barth said.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jane Lubchenco, the Valley Professor of Marine Biology at OSU and principle investigator for PISCO, also said that the biological monitoring of species health and impacts in the nearshore Pacific Ocean is "grossly inadequate," making it difficult to evaluate the long-term impacts of low-oxygen and other events.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By David Stauth, 541-737-0787<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sources: Jane Lubchenco, 541-737-5337; Jack Barth, 541-737-1607; Francis Chan, 541-737-9131<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/osu-mz072606.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/osu-mz072606.php</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hot? Yes. Global Warming? Maybe.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The heat was unreal - so blistering that a windowsill thermometer overlooking Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles blew its top when the mercury hit 130 degrees. People consumed so much water that parts of the city briefly ran dry. Four people died. Dozens were hospitalized. It was still 89 degrees at 1 a.m.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The record hot spell did not occur in 2006, but 1955, long before scientists raised the prospect of global warming and climate change. The extreme temperatures of this year's heat wave have been so intense that they have created a sense of fundamental change - that somehow Los Angeles is on the verge of a searing future.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...Climate experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla cautioned Tuesday that no single event - no matter how unusual - could be directly attributed to global warming and the effects of pollution.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-heatwave26jul26,1,203711.story?co"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-heatwave26jul26,1,203711.story?co</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">ll=la-news-science<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/l7akr"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/l7akr</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>A Hard Look at Aerosols</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from the Christian Science Monitor<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are concerned about man-made climate change, keep an eye on aerosol pollution. The concentrations of tiny particles, called aerosols, that float in the global atmosphere are on the rise. They come from dusty deserts and industrial emissions. They can change the way clouds form and can redistribute rainfall. They heat or cool parts of the atmosphere and Earth's surface depending on their composition.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their influence is one of the biggest unknowns in climate science. Until scientists know more about what aerosols are up to, they can't fully predict future climate change. Global warming due to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is only part of the picture. And so, the aerosol hunt is on.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On Monday, NASA released the first images from Calipso, one of two satellites launched in April to make detailed observations of clouds and aerosols. More images are needed to produce meaningful conclusions. But two weeks ago, NASA took what it called "a big step forward" in its understanding of aerosols.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0727/p17s01-stss.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0727/p17s01-stss.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/q43kx"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/q43kx</FONT></SPAN></A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Ice sheets drive atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, inverting previous ice-age theory</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ruddiman - press release from Eurekalert <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the early 20th century, Milutin Milankovitch, a leading astronomer and climatologist of the time, proposed that the Earth's ice-age cycles could be predicted because they correspond directly with routine changes in the Earth's orbit and its tilt over cycles of tens of thousands of years. Because of these changes, there are predictable variations in the amount of solar radiation striking the Earth's surface. Milankovitch argued that low levels of summer radiation permit snow to accumulate as permanent ice, while high levels of solar radiation melt snow and ice.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It all seemed so clean and simple.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And indeed the hypothesis was partially confirmed in the 1970s from marine sediment records extending through 2.75 million years of northern hemisphere ice-age cycles. As Milankovitch predicted, ice grew and melted at cycles of 23,000 and 41,000 years. But two observations were unexpected: from 2.75 until 0.9 million years ago, the ice sheets grew and melted almost entirely at the 41,000-year cycle. Since then, an oscillation near 100,000 years has dominated.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This knocked Milankovitch's theory for a loop.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists have since turned to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide as a possible explanation. Carbon dioxide concentrations can be measured in ancient air bubbles preserved in sequences of cores drilled into the Antarctic ice sheet. Because some changes in carbon dioxide have been found to occur slightly before changes in ice volume, the prevailing interpretation has been that carbon dioxide is an additional independent 'driver' of the size of ice sheets, along with solar radiation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, a new hypothesis inverts this view.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>William Ruddiman, an environmental scientist with the University of Virginia, provides a novel explanation for the rhythms of the ice ages in a paper just published online in the journal Climate of the Past. Ruddiman found that carbon dioxide is a driver of ice sheets only at the relatively small 23,000-year cycle, but not at the much larger ice-volume cycles at 41,000 years and approximately 100,000 years. In those cases he found that ice sheets instead control atmospheric carbon dioxide and drive feedbacks that amplify ice growth and melting. He says his carbon dioxide feedback hypothesis explains why the strongest cycles of ice response are not in correspondence with those in the orbital cycles.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ruddiman concludes (as Milankovitch proposed) that ice sheets are initially driven by the Sun, but then the ice takes control of carbon dioxide changes, producing its own positive feedback (the amplifying effect) at the 41,000-year cycle.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This enhancement explains the strength of the 41,000-year ice-sheet changes over the first two-thirds of the ice ages. But over time, as polar climate cooled, summer melting weakened. During the last 0.9 million years, ice sheets have continued to grow at the 41,000-year cycle, but some of the new ice remained in place to help build larger ice sheets. Ice build-up continued until unusually large solar radiation peaks triggered rapid melting at intervals of 85,000 to 115,000 years. Although solar radiation peaks were the initial trigger for these melting episodes, most of the ice was removed by feedbacks in the climate system, and CO2 feedback was the largest of these.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The origin of the ice-age cycles has been a major mystery in studies of past climates, and some scientists felt the answer must be very complex," Ruddiman said. "Yet this hypothesis is quite simple, requiring only the Sun, the carbon dioxide feedback, and a gradual cooling. The prominent role proposed for carbon dioxide is consistent with its likely effect on future climate."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two years ago Ruddiman published a study hypothesizing that humans have been altering the global climate for thousands of years since the advent of agriculture, possibly halting the start of a new ice age. That study received extensive international media coverage and is still being widely discussed in the climate community.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His new paper can be accessed at: <A href="http://www.climate-of-the-past.net"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.climate-of-the-past.net</FONT></SPAN></A>/. From that page, type "Ruddiman" where it says, "Site search…" From there, find the Ruddiman paper "Ice-driven CO feedback on ice volume" as a PDF file or in HTML form.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/uov-isd072406.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/uov-isd072406.php</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Utilities give warming skeptic big bucks</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterThu Jul 27, 5:40 PM ET<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Coal-burning utilities are passing the hat for one of the few remaining scientists skeptical of the global warming harm caused by industries that burn fossil fuels.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pat Michaels — Virginia's state climatologist, a University of Virginia professor and senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute — told Western business leaders last year that he was running out of money for his analyses of other scientists' global warming research. So last week, a Colorado utility organized a collection campaign to help him out, raising at least $150,000 in donations and pledges.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Intermountain Rural Electric Association of Sedalia, Colo., gave Michaels $100,000 and started the fund-raising drive, said Stanley Lewandowski, IREA's general manager. He said one company planned to give $50,000 and a third plans to give Michaels money next year.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We cannot allow the discussion to be monopolized by the alarmists," Lewandowski wrote in a July 17 letter to 50 other utilities. He also called on other electric cooperatives to launch a counterattack on "alarmist" scientists and specifically Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Michaels and Lewandowski are open about the money and see no problem with it. Some top scientists and environmental advocates call it a clear conflict of interest. Others view it as the type of lobbying that goes along with many divisive issues.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"These people are just spitting into the wind," said John Holdren, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "The fact is that the drumbeat of science and people's perspectives are in line that the climate is changing."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a Washington advocacy group, said: "This is a classic case of industry buying science to back up its anti-environmental agenda."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Donald Kennedy, an environmental scientist who is former president of Stanford University and current editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal Science, said skeptics such as Michaels are lobbyists more than researchers.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I don't think it's unethical any more than most lobbying is unethical," he said. He said donations to skeptics amounts to "trying to get a political message across."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Michaels is best known for his newspaper opinion columns and books, including "Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians and the Media." However, he also writes research articles published in scientific journals.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 1998, Michaels blasted NASA scientist James Hansen, accusing the godfather of global warming science of being way off on his key 1988 prediction of warming over the next 10 years. But Hansen and other scientists said Michaels misrepresented the facts by cherry-picking the worst (and least likely) of three possible outcomes Hansen presented to Congress. The temperature rise that Hansen said was most likely to happen back then was actually slightly lower than what has occurred.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Michaels has been quoted by major newspapers more than 150 times in the past two years, according to a Lexis-Nexis database search. He and Lewandowski told The Associated Press that their side of global warming isn't getting out and that the donations resulted from a speech Michaels gave to the Western Business Roundtable last fall. Michaels said the money will help pay his staff.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Holdren, a Harvard environmental science and technology professor, said skeptics such as Michaels "have had attention all out of proportion to the merits of their arguments."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Last I heard, anybody can ask a scientific question," said Michaels, who holds a Ph.D. in ecological climatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "It is a very spirited discussion that requires technical response and expertise."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other scientific fields, such as medicine, are more careful about potential conflicts of interests than the energy, environmental and chemical fields, where it doesn't raise much of an eyebrow, said Penn State University bioethicist Arthur Caplan.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Earlier this month, the Journal of the American Medical Association announced a crackdown on researchers who do not disclose drug company ties related to their research. Yet days later, the journal's editor said she had been misled because the authors of a new study had not revealed industry money they got that posed a conflict.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three top climate scientists said they don't accept money from private groups. The same goes for the Web site realclimate.org, which has long criticized Michaels. "We don't get any money; we do this in our free time," said Realclimate.org contributor Stefan Rahmstorf, an ocean physics scientist at Potsdam University in Germany.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lewandowski, who said he believes global warming is real just not as big a problem as scientists claim, acknowledged this is a special interest issue. He said the bigger concern is his 130,000 customers, who want to keep rates low, so coal-dependent utilities need to prevent any taxes or programs that penalize fossil fuel use. He said his effort is more aimed at stopping carbon dioxide emission taxes and limits from Congress, something he believes won't happen during the Bush administration. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/erws8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/erws8</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Call for Abstracts: Climate Uncertainty Session at AGU Annual Meeting</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CRITICAL CLIMATE UNCERTAINTIES: <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SOURCES, CONSEQUENCES AND METHODS TO ADDRESS THEM<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The American Geophysical Union annual meeting will draw more than 10,000 earth scientists to San Francisco from December 11-15, 2006. This session is designed specifically to encourage and highlight candid investigations of uncertainty in climate change and methods for dealing with it in scientific study relevant to policy formulation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Session Description:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Radiative forcing that drives global climate change is affected by interactions of a number of factors including emissions of carbon dioxide, aerosols and black carbon, and non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Uncertainty in the current strength of these forcings, and in feedback cycles that affect their future trajectory, presents a challenge to scientists and policy-makers addressing climate change. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This session will highlight assessments of uncertainty in factors affecting radiative forcing, as well as methods for treating that uncertainty in support of both policy formulation and further scientific investigations into the response of the climate system and potential impacts. Relevant to this session is work that explores the policy implications of uncertainty in radiative forcing and transient temperature change, probabilistic treatment of climate sensitivity and other climate system parameters, and global energy and emission scenarios.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 7, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Full submission guidelines:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.agu.org/meetings/fm06 <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Session Code: GC02, Section co-sponsors:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Global Environmental Change: Climate Dynamics (1620)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Public Affairs / Public Issues: Science Policy (6620)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Atmospheric Processes: Climate Change and Variability (3305)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Biogeosciences: Carbon Cycling (0428)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The AGU Program Committee will determine the format of the session (oral presentations, a poster session, or both) after all the abstracts have been submitted.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To assist with the session preparation, please consider notifying session conveners of your interest in submitting an abstract prior to the deadline: <A href="mailto:hummel@stanford.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">hummel@stanford.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Session description online: <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=396"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=396</FONT></SPAN></A> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We look forward to your participation!<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Holmes Hummel, Michael Mastrandrea, and Paul Baer<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stanford University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Reply to: Holmes Hummel, <A href="mailto:hummel@stanford.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">hummel@stanford.edu</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> ********************<O:P style=""></O:P><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>C A L L</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>FOR</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>P A P E R S 'Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability' - 2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, <B>24-26 May 2007</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and its partner institutions invite papers for the 2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, to be held in Amsterdam on 24-26 May 2007. This conference will be the seventh event in the series of annual European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, begun in Berlin in 2001.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year's conference will address the theme 'Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability'.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We define earth system governance as the sum of the formal and informal rule systems and actor--networks at all levels of human society (from local to global) that are set up to influence the co-evolution of human and natural systems in a way that secures the sustainable development of human society--that is, a development that meets the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This notion of earth system governance is phenomenological inasmuch as it describes an emerging social trend expressed in hundreds of international regimes, international bureaucracies, national agencies, local and transnational activists groups and expert networks. At the same time, earth system governance can be understood as a political project that engages more and more actors who seek to strengthen the current architecture of institutions and networks at local and global levels. In both meanings, earth system governance is a demanding and vital subject of research in the social sciences, which we hope will be reflected in lively discussions at the 2007 Amsterdam Conference.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The theme of earth system governance also reflects recent attempts at defining the role of the social sciences within the Earth System Science Partnership, which unites the World Climate Research Programme, the International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme, the DIVERSITAS programme, and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). The mission statement of the Earth System Science Partnership calls upon social scientists to develop 'strategies for Earth System management'. Yet what such strategies might be, and how such strategies are to be developed, remains poorly understood in the social sciences.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The challenge of earth system governance raises many theoretical, methodological and empirical questions. For the 2007 Amsterdam Conference, we invite papers on the following seven core conference themes:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Theories and Methods for Analysing Earth System Governance, that is, papers on new theoretical advances and methodological tools to better study earth system governance, including new methods and tools that combine quantitative and modelling approaches-also from the natural sciences-with qualitative, case-based methods and participatory, stakeholder-oriented methods;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Architectures of Earth System Governance, that is, papers on the effectiveness of the overall governance system including problems of institutional fragmentation, interlinkages, and change;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Adaptive Governance, that is, papers on the ways in which institutions at all levels-ranging from local to global-can adapt to large-scale changes in their natural environment;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4. Agency Beyond the State, that is, papers on the influence of non-state actors in national and global environmental governance, including the effectiveness of private governance and stakeholder involvement at all levels;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5. Accountability and Legitimacy of Earth System Governance, that is, papers on the democratic foundations of environmental governance at the local, national, and global levels;<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6. Allocation Mechanisms in Environmental Governance, that is, papers on the distributive effects of global and national environmental institutions and governance mechanisms; and<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>7. The Reflexive Governance of Global Public Goods, that is, papers on the institutional analysis of participatory decision-making, deliberative policy-making and capacity building in the governance of global public goods, including global biodiversity, climate, health, security and fair trade issues.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We also invite papers that focus on teaching global and national environmental governance and that discuss new approaches, experiences and programmes in this field.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>KEY DATES:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deadline for proposals: <B>1 Oct 2006</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Notification of acceptance: 1 Dec 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Full papers due: 1 April 2007<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Details on abstract submission and more information is available at our conference website<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.2007amsterdamconference.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.2007amsterdamconference.org</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We look forward to welcoming you in Amsterdam in May 2007!<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On behalf of all co-hosts and sponsors:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frank Biermann, Chair, 2007 Amsterdam Conference<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: <A href="mailto:ac2007@ivm.vu.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ac2007@ivm.vu.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CO-HOSTS AND SPONSORS<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- ADAM Project--Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy (EU Integrated Project)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- GLOGOV.ORG--The Global Governance Project<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- NEWATER Project--New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty (EU Integrated Project)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- REFGOV Project--Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest (EU Integrated Project)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- SENSE--The Netherlands Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ENDORSEMENTS<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-- World Academy of Art and Science<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frans Berkhout, IHDP Industrial Transformation project, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tom Dedeurwaerdere, EU REFGOV project, and Universite catholique de Louvain<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mike Hulme, EU ADAM project, and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Klaus Jacob, Berlin Conference Steering Committee, and Freie Universitaet Berlin<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC, and The Energy and Resources Institute<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Claudia Pahl-Wostl, EU NEWATER project, and University of Osnabrueck<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Andreas Rechkemmer, IHDP Secretariat<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Agus Sari, IHDP Institutional Dimensions core project, and Pelangi-Ecosecurities<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bernd Siebenhuener, Berlin Conference Steering Committee, and Oldenburg University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oran Young, IHDP, and University of California at Santa Barbara<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pieter Glasbergen, Utrecht University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Joyeeta Gupta, KNAW Global Change Commission, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fred Langeweg, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rik Leemans, KNAW Global Change Commission, and Wageningen University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pim Martens, Maastricht University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Arthur Mol, Wageningen University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hans Opschoor, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pier Vellinga, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CONFERENCE MANAGERS<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Man-san Sander Chan [<A href="mailto:sander.chan@ivm.vu.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sander.chan@ivm.vu.nl</FONT></SPAN></A>]<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aysem Mert [<A href="mailto:aysem.mert@ivm.vu.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">aysem.mert@ivm.vu.nl</FONT></SPAN></A>]<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ORGANISING COMMITTEE<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sliman Abu Amara, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Harro van Asselt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ad van Dommelen, Netherlands Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dave Huitema, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Marleen van de Kerkhof, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Philipp Pattberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Heike Schroeder, IHDP Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change project<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kyla Tienhaara, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anna Wieczorek, IHDP Industrial Transformation project<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Summer School on Earth System Governance<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Back-to-back with the 2007 Amsterdam Conference, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Maastricht will jointly offer an International Summer School on Earth System Governance for PhD students and other researchers in their early career stages. This international summer school will be supported by the Netherlands Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) in co-operation with the Dutch national research programme BSIK-Climate for Space, Space for Climate. Participation in the summer school requires a separate application.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.2007amsterdamconference.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.2007amsterdamconference.org</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Time to Adapt: Climate Change and the European Water Dimension. Vulnerability – Impacts – Adaptation - 12 to 14 February 2007 - Berlin, Germany</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As part of Germany’s activities during its EU presidency, the Federal Ministry for the Environment will host an international symposium titled “Time to Adapt - Climate Change and the European Water Dimension“ from 12 to 14 February 2007 in Berlin. The initiative is supported by the relevant services of the European Commission.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Symposium aims to provide a platform for representatives from governments, science and research, stakeholder groups and non-governmental organizations to discuss the impacts of climate change on water resources. In addition, adaptation strategies for water management and water dependent sectors, in particular agriculture, energy, inland navigation and tourism, will be evaluated.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conference is organized by Ecologic, Institute for International and European Environmental Policy (<A href="http://www.ecologic.de/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ecologic.de</FONT></SPAN></A>), in cooperation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (<A href="http://www.pik-potsdam.de/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.pik-potsdam.de</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information please visit the conference website at <A href="http://www.climate-water-adaptation-berlin2007.org/index.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.climate-water-adaptation-berlin2007.org/index.htm</FONT></SPAN></A>.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT><O:P></O:P></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; 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"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=45784181&aid=44572312%2D2376&WT.mc_n=MKT000125&TabNum=1&rc=3</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sanctuary Science Coordinator in Key West, FLA<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SALARY RANGE: 77,576.00 - 100,845.00 USD per year<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 to Monday, July 31, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>MAJOR DUTIES: <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The incumbent assists in the interpretation of relevant research findings in order to develop resource protection policies; represents the Sanctuary on science-related committees and councils; reviews grant proposals and documents; provides information on the FKNMS science program; develops and implements the Sanctuary's science plan; presents findings of the science program at conferences; develops a regional science program in consultation with relevant sanctuary managers and research coordinators; coordinates the allocation of available funds and helps administer science agreements with institutions conducting research in the Sanctuary, including development of funding agreements, tracking science activities, and facilitating communication between science project leaders; submits fiscal documents pursuant to established FKNMS schedules and adheres to fiscal/purchasing and budget tracking procedures and the approved budget for assigned programs; participates in management plan review and implementation; approves Sanctuary research permits.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Tenure-Track Position - University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography <A href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.geog.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Terrestrial Processes effective July 1, 2007, Ph.D. required. The Department seeks candidates whose research and teaching interests focus on the interaction of geomorphological and ecosystem processes. The position will complement existing strengths in spatial analysis of natural and anthropogenic modifications to earth and ecosystem function. Areas of particular interest are 1) interpretation of LIDAR and satellite-based topographic data for characterizing landscape change, 2) spatial analysis and modeling of the physical, chemical and biological processes that modify ecosystems and landscapes, 3) monitoring and predicting ecosystem response to disturbance, including climate change, erosion, fire, disease and invasive species, and 4) spatial modeling of interactions between physical and biological systems at regional to global scales, including biogeochemical cycling, eco-hydrology, and biogeography. We are looking for candidates who develop and apply novel analytical and modeling techniques, and who can provide field-based teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a vigorous externally funded research program in the primary areas of his/her interest, to direct graduate students, and to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in physical geography, biogeography, global change, and/or geomorphology. The Department strongly encourages interdisciplinary collaborations and has expertise in marine science, climate science, earth surface processes, remote sensing, GIScience, transportation geography, urban/economic geography, cognitive science and human-environment interactions. Application deadline is <B>October 31, 2006</B><SPAN style="">. Qualified applicants should send complete curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, and names with addresses of three referees to <A href="mailto:recruit@geog.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">recruit@geog.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> or Search Committee, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060. The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service. An EO/AA Employer. </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-doc - Tropical Radiation Measurement Analysis: Atmospheric Science and Global Change Divisionat Pacific Northwest National Lab</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job Description<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division is seeking<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Postdoctoral scientist to assist with the analysis and application of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>measurements from the Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Atmospheric<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Radiation Measurement (ARM) program sites. The successful candidate<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>will contribute to relating measurements at the TWP ARM sites to the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>larger tropical environment and applying TWP ARM measurements toward<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the improved representation of clouds and radiation in climate models<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and will be expected to contribute as a co-author or lead author to<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>technical reports and journal articles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some travel is expected.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Potential research directions include the application of mesoscale or<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>cloud resolving models in combination with ARM observations to study<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>cloud/radiation/dynamic feedbacks or the application of scanning radar<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or satellite observations to provide spatial extensions of ARM cloud<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and radiation measurements.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Minimum Requirements<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A doctoral degree obtained in the last five years in atmospheric science or a related field is required.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualifications<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prior experience with tropical model simulations or data sets that<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>characterize the spatial variability of convection as well as working<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Fortran, C, C++,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Matlab, IDL, and Unix/Linux is highly desirable.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Equal Employment Opportunity<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is an Affirmative Action<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>/ Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>marital status, or sexual orientation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further consideration please visit <A href="http://www.jobs.pnl.gov"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.jobs.pnl.gov</FONT></SPAN></A> and reference posting # 112089</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>One-year Lecturer in Physical Geography, University College Cork (Ireland)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are invited for a one-year post in the Department of Geography in the field of climate/ meteorology, or cognate area in Physical Geography, at the level of Lecturer. Possession, or imminent completion, of a relevant PhD is desirable.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The appointee will be expected to teach and examine courses at primarily undergraduate levels and will be required to contribute to the administration, postgraduate and research work of the Department.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will be encouraged to continue and develop their research studies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Start of position will be early October 2006, or as soon thereafter as possible.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Geography is a major research and teaching subject in UCC working within the fields of Human and Physical Geography, the Environmental and Earth System sciences and is a constituent of the Colleges/Faculties of Science and of Arts.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Geography has been a key innovator discipline in UCC since the mid-1970s; at the levels of providing new degree and diploma programmes and courses in the earth-environmental sciences, as well as working internationally at the research front in areas of geomorphology, atmosphere/climate, oceanography and marine science, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, environmental management and in palaeoenvironmental studies and palaeoecology.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Salary scales [new entrants]:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pro-Rata EUR33,895 - EUR55,061 Bar EUR60,336 - EUR79,483 Appointment will be made at the appropriate point of the relevant scale in accordance with qualifications and experience.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For informal discussion contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Professor Robert Devoy, Head of Department of Geography, Email <A href="mailto:r.devoy@ucc.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">r.devoy@ucc.ie</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: + 353 21 4904360 or Ms Rose Walsh, Email<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:r.walsh@ucc.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">r.walsh@ucc.ie</FONT></SPAN></A> Tel:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>+ 353 21 4902517.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing date: <B>Monday, 28 August, 2006</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application forms and accompanying CVs must be completed and returned to:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ms Rose-Mary Walsh<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Department of Geography<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>College Road<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University College Cork<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ireland<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: + 353 21 4902517/ Email: <A href="mailto:r.walsh@ucc.ie"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">r.walsh@ucc.ie</FONT></SPAN></A>/ Fax + 353 21 4271980<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application Form can be downloaded at <A href="http://hradmin.ucc.ie/docs/AcadAppForm.doc"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://hradmin.ucc.ie/docs/AcadAppForm.doc</FONT></SPAN></A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Professional on climate change scenarios for the Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (GEC3; <A href="http://www.mcgill.ca/GEC3"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.mcgill.ca/GEC3</FONT></SPAN></A>) is a university research centre grouping over 40 researchers from five universities in Quebec (McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke and Université Laval). The research within GEC3 spans a wide range of environmental and climate change issues, ranging from the global to regional scales. The secretariat of GEC3 is located at McGill University. This position is jointly funded by GEC3 and the Adaptation Impacts Research Division (AIRD) of Environment Canada, under a partnership arrangement between GEC3 and Environment Canada.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Responsibility<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Centre members use climate change scenarios for their research on climate change and impacts, from different regional and global climate models and from statistical downscaling. AIRD staff and stakeholders access scenarios through the Climate Change Scenarios Network (CCSN). The successful candidate will help GEC3 members and CCSN users to access and analyze climate change scenarios, use scenarios and downscaling tools, provide training, and to prepare new global scenarios for Canada for access through the CCSN. The duties include data download, gaining expertise with statistical and statistical downscaling software packages, performing diagnostic analysis and providing tutorials.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job knowledge requirements<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will have a M.Sc. in atmospheric or related environmental sciences with strong computer skills and experience working with climate change scenarios, statistical downscaling and related methods for creating high-resolution scenarios.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Work experience in relevant areas is preferred, with research experience being an asset. Bilingual ability (English and French) is required. The candidate will report jointly to the centre Director and a CCSN research scientist. Good interpersonal skill and ability to work in a team setting are essential.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Work location<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The work will primarily be performed at McGill University and the Ouranos consortium on climate change and impacts (<A href="http://www.ouranos.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ouranos.ca</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Conditions of employment<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The initial appointment is for 1 year at an annual salary of $40,000, renewable for another two years subject to satisfactory performance and the availability of funds.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please submit your CV and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to the following address, before August 31, 2006:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ms. Angie Mansi<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assistant to the Director, Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>McGill University, Room 722, Burnside Hall<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>805 Sherbrooke Street West<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Tel: 514-398-3758; Fax: 514-398-1381; Email: <A href="mailto:angela.mansi@mcgill.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">angela.mansi@mcgill.ca</FONT></SPAN></A>)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>2 Post-docs - precipitation processes - Univs of Cologne (Germany) and Leuven (Belgium)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two Postdoc positions are available at the University of Cologne (Germany) and the University of Leuven (Belgium) for motivated scientists with an interest in understanding precipitation processes. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work within the project QUEST (Quantitative Evaluation of Precipitation Forecasts), which takes place in collaboration with several German universities and research institutes (<A href="http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/</FONT></SPAN></A>), the German Weatherservice and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. Within QUEST, information from ground-based and satellite remote sensing instruments and from 'state of the art' numerical weather prediction models is used to improve insight in the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Postdoc position in Cologne will be for an initial period of 2 years with a possibility of extension for 2 years. The work will focus on an integrated model evaluation which focusses on multiple parameters (water vapor, cloud properties, precipitation) from different instrument. The evaluation encompases long-term comparisons as well as detailed case studies. For the latter sensitivity studies aiming at model improvements through testing of different parametrisation should be performed. For more information on the working group see <A href="http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/crewell/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/crewell/</FONT></SPAN></A>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position in Leuven will be for a period of four years preferably starting 1 Oktober 2006. After a model evaluation and model improvement phase, a precipitation climatology for Belgium at high spatial (2.8 km) and temporal (15 min) resolution will be created based on a combination of measurements and model output. This dataset will be used to study mechanisms behind the precipitation distribution in Belgium and for fundamental research in different fields like geography, hydrology and agriculture. For more information on the research unit see <A href="http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requirements:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A PhD in atmospheric or related sciences, excellent programming skills (e.g. fortran) as well as familiarity with LINUX/UNIX environment, experience with analysis of remote sensing data or numerical modelling and good communicational skills.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should submit a CV, a description of research interests and the names and e-mail of at least two references to Prof. Crewell and Prof. van Lipzig at the email adresses given below.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Review of the applications will begin <B>1 August 2006</B><SPAN style=""> and will continue until the positions are filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, contact:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prof. Dr. Susanne Crewell, University of Cologne, <A href="mailto:crewell@meteo.uni-koeln.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">crewell@meteo.uni-koeln.de</FONT></SPAN></A>, +492214706489. Prof. Dr. Nicole van Lipzig, University of Leuven, <A href="mailto:Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be</FONT></SPAN></A>, +3216326453<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Disclaimer: <A href="http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm</FONT></SPAN></A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Scientist - statistical cloud modeling. Univ. of Maryland Goddard Earth Sciences and Technolgoy (GEST) center</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Subject to funding approval, the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST) will make Research Faculty appointments at the Research Associate, Assistant Research Scientist, Associate Research Scientist, and Senior Research Scientist levels as commensurate with experience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GEST is a Cooperative Agreement between the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to collaborate in research programs in the Earth, Information, and Instrumentation sciences. GEST is a Consortium whose members include UMBC, Hampton University, Howard University, and Caelum Research Corporation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Positions will generally be located either at GSFC or at the offices of one of the consortium members.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than one candidate may be chosen for some positions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All candidates must have degrees in an appropriate physical discipline and a demonstrated research record in accordance with the specific qualifications listed for each of the following positions.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GEST 613-77-000 Research Activity - Statistical Cloud Modeling<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A Research Associate (postdoctoral position) is required for work on three-dimensional (3D) statistical cloud models based on satellite data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant will be involved in the analyses of ICESat and MODIS data, cloud modeling and 3D radiative transfer calculations leading to better interpretation of cloud products and GCM parameterizations.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requires - A Ph.D. in atmospheric physics or related field. Candidate must have experience with remote sensing data, atmospheric radiation and cloud microphysics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Knowledge of stochastic modeling is an asset.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Selection is contingent upon obtaining Goddard security clearance and possessing appropriate visa status to meet requirements for employment.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should identify the position by number on a cover letter which includes home address and submit it together with a complete curriculum vitae, including the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references, to Dr. Tom Low, Associate Director, GEST/JCET, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Suite 320, 5523 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are requested prior to <B>August 7, 2006,</B><SPAN style=""> but will be accepted until position is filled. GEST partners are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************<O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Scientist/Engineer position at University of Washington Sand Point.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Req #: 22902<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Department: JISAO<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job Location: Sand Point<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Posting Date: 07/26/2006 <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing Info: Closes On 08/25/2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Salary: $40-60,000/yr. Salary is commensurate with experience and education.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist/Engineer 3 to conduct field and laboratory research on the sources and sinks of CO2 in the oceans. JISAO is a "Center of Excellence" that fosters research collaboration between NOAA and the University of Washington. Its research themes are aligned with the NOAA Strategic Plan and include Climate, Environmental Chemistry, Marine Ecosystems, and Coastal Oceanography. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This individual will build and operate equipment for obtaining high precision chemical and hydrographic data in the laboratory, onboard ships, and on moored buoys. Prepare graphics and statistical analyses of data and help with the preparation of technical reports and articles for publication in reviewed journals.
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additionally, the person in this role will build, maintain, and operate equipment to make high precision measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity on ocean seawater samples. Participate in up to 3 cruises per year to make inorganic carbon measurements. Provide data quality control and quality assessments, generate property-property plots of data, and perform calculations with data under supervision. Write and edit technical documents involving ocean carbon data.
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicant must be able to work at sea, should be able to work on their own with minimal supervision, and be able to diagnose and resolve instrumental problems (including mechanical, chemical, or software problems).
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit the <A href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/benefits/forms/benefits.glance.professional.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">benefits website</FONT></SPAN></A>. Requirements: Bachelor of Science degree in Oceanography or inorganic chemistry and/or 3-5 years experience in a scientific laboratory; experience operating scientific equipment; education or experience in inorganic chemistry.
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Equivalent education and experience may substitute for stated requirements. Desired: Master of Science degree and/or 5 years experience in a scientific laboratory; experience making inorganic carbon measurements; have coauthored scientific publication; experience designing, building and maintaining scientific equipment; programming experience. Condition of Employment: The applicant will be expected to work a standard 40 hour work week in an inorganic chemistry laboratory setting. Office and laboratory space will be located at NOAA/PMEL on Sand Point Way. Applicant will be expected to participate in oceanographic cruises and equipment deployments on ships of opportunity.
<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application Instructions:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Part of the application process for this position includes completing an on-line cover
letter assessment as well as the Employment Eligibility Assessment to obtain additional
information that will be used in the evaluation process. The assessment(s) will appear on
your screen for you to complete as soon as you select "Apply to this Position" on this job
announcement. Once you begin the assessment, it must be completed at that time. If you select
to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please
note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this
position until the assessment is complete.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/eoo/EOO_policy_01.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.</FONT></SPAN></A> To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 / 206.543.6452 (tty) or <A href="mailto:dso@u.washington.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">dso@u.washington.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>. </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Post-doc: Cloud modelling research using CloudSat data - NCAR (USA)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Post-doctoral Fellowship in Cloud observations and modeling.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek a postdoctoral fellow to conduct analyses of cloud and precipitation processes in models and observations. The fellow is expected to focus on new global satellite observations from CloudSat and atmospheric simulations from a state of the art global climate model, the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM). We are particularly interested in research regarding the vertical structure of cloud fields, cloud condensate, precipitation, and deep convection.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant will analyze observed and simulated cloud properties and evaluate the model with observations using advanced analytical tools. It is expected that the position will focus on specific areas and cloud types of scientific interest. These areas include high latitude cloud processes, tropical or continental deep convection and drizzle. We seek an individual who is interested in<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>global or cloud-resolving modeling and/or satellite remote sensing of clouds.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Postdoctoral Fellow will work jointly with the CloudSat team at Colorado State University (CSU) and the Climate and Global Dynamics Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The position will be physically based at NCAR in Boulder, CO.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CloudSat home page: <A href="http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>/<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CAM home page: <A href="http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/atm-cam"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/atm-cam</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><B>Assistant Professorship (Tenure-track) in Paleoecology, University of Bern</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Faculty of Science of the University of Berne invites applications for a position of a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Palaeoecology from 1 March 2007 at the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Berne, Switzerland. Candidates should have a strong research record in palaeoecology or vegetation history. The position lasts for four years with the possibility of promotion to an associate professorship, depending on performance. The successful candidate is most welcome to participate in the National Center of Excellence in Research on "Climate" (NCCR Climate) in Berne, and he or she will be required to contribute to the teaching in B Sc Biology (Plant Sciences) and in the M Sc "Ecology and Evolution", and the Graduate School of Climate Sciences (M Sc and Ph D).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The climate research group at U Bern has been built on a long tradition of an excellent network of units and faculty (biology, physics, geography, geology, statistics, environmental economy, climate and social history, <A href="http://www.climatestudies.unibe.ch/content/faculty/index_eng.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.climatestudies.unibe.ch/content/faculty/index_eng.html</FONT></SPAN></A>), and on outstanding research facilities. Bern is a focal point for international networks and hosts the IGBP-PAGES (Past Global Changes) Project Office (<A href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.pages.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A>). U Bern is the leading house of the National Center of Excellence in Research on "Climate" (<A href="http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A>/), and hosts the Graduate School of Climate Sciences (MSc and PhD), University of Bern (<A href="http://www.climatestudies.unibe.ch/content/index_eng.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.climatestudies.unibe.ch/content/index_eng.html</FONT></SPAN></A>). Contact regarding collaboration with NCCR Climate and Graduate School of Climate Sciences: Prof Martin Grosjean <A href="mailto:grosjean@giub.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">grosjean@giub.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Berne strongly encourages women to apply.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications, including curriculum vitae, publication list, record of external funding and copies of the most important publications, together with an outline of research plans, should be sent to the address below by <B>15 September 2006</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prof Dr Paul Messerli,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dean, Faculty of Science,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University of Berne,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information please contact Prof Cris Kuhlemeier, Institute of Plant Sciences (tel +41-31-631 49 13; email: <A href="mailto:cris.kuhlemeier@ips.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">cris.kuhlemeier@ips.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A>)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Print Ref: W86337R : Assistant Professorship<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Don't forget to mention naturejobs when replying to this advert.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">**************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><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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