<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><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 style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>8/25/2006</B></FONT><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">************************************<O:P style=""></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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">TABLE OF CONTENTS</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">News from Sue Weiler's Office:</FONT> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Ruth Ladderud has just joined the DISCCRS staff and will be taking over the newsletter and program logistics previously handled by Susan Bennett. Congratulations to </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Susan Bennett, who has moved up in the world and is now assistant to Whitman's Dean of Faculty. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">RESOURCES</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Warm Words: How Are We Telling the Climate Story and Can We Tell it Better?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> U.K. Institute for Public Policy Research</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ippr.org.uk/ecomm/files/warm_words.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.ippr.org.uk/ecomm/files/warm_words.pdf</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">FORUM</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Improved rationale for state control of climate-changing pollutants <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">by James Hansen Section 10 (Abrupt Climate Change) argues that climate thresholds make moderate contributions important, i.e., the argument "we are only a small fraction of global emissions" is not a valid defense.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~dcain/recent_papers_proofs/vermont_14aug20061_textwfigs.pdf"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~dcain/recent_papers_proofs/vermont_14aug20061_textwfigs.pdf</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">SCIENCE NEWS</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Worst Is Yet to Come, US Hurricane Chief Says </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37825/story.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37825/story.htm</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Scientists Issue Second Coral Warning Due to High Caribbean Sea Temperatures</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11116"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11116</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">WWF Report: Water crisis hits rich countries</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/npomd"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://tinyurl.com/npomd</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Establishing a connection between global warming and hurricane intensity</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see NEWS 1 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Palm trees on Florida's west coast appear to be dying because of sea level rise tied to global warming.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see NEWS 2 below) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Greenland’s melting ice sheet may speed rise in sea level; study finds no boost in arctic snowfall to mitigate problem</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557.html?sub=AR"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557.html?sub=AR</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/810/3"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/810/3</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see NEWS 3 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Global warming is expected to heat up already toasty tourist spots</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/LIFESTYLE/608220383/1005"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/LIFESTYLE/608220383/1005</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see NEWS 4 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Dying Salt Marshes Puzzle Scientists</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/22/dying_salt_marshes_pu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/22/dying_salt_marshes_pu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">zzle_scientists/ Boston Globe (Registration Required </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/klt2b"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://tinyurl.com/klt2b</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> )</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see NEWS 5 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">13th Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy 27th/28th October 2006</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(</SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/index.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/index.htm</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see WORKSHOP 1 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Workshop on Communicating Climate Change, International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS), Washington DC (USA</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">) </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see WORKSHOP 2 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">JOBS</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Asst. professor - Env. studies - conservation biology. Ursinus College, PA (USA)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see JOB 1 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Tenure-track Assistant Prof. - Human Geography - University of California, Berkeley, CA (USA)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see JOB 2 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Post-doc - RA-PDF Positions in Arctic Troposphere Studies -</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> U Waterloo (Canada) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.wcas.uwaterloo.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.wcas.uwaterloo.ca</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 3 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Post-doc - Ice sheet and earth system modeling -Vrije Univ Brussel Belgium - Free University of Brussels, Belgium (VUB)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(see JOB 4 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Post-doc - Biosphere-atmosphere interactions - Univ of Georgia (USA) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.biometeorology.uga.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">www.biometeorology.uga.edu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 5 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Lecturer Atmospheric Science - Univ of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment Institute for Atmospheric Science (UK) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.leeds.ac.uk</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 6 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">SOLAS Project - Project Integrator - NERC (UK) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 7 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Tenure-track Asst. Prof - Phys. Geography - Univ of British Columbia (Canada) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.geog.ubc.ca/department/recruitment.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.geog.ubc.ca/department/recruitment.html</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 8 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">SOLAS Project Integrator - SOLAS Project Office and British Oceanographic Data Center, Liverpool (UK)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 9 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">FRESHWATER POLICY ADVISOR, JOB NUMBER: 5106</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> The Nature Conservancy (USA)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 10 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Postdoc - Numerical modeling of ocean biochemistry - University of Minnesota Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, MN (USA) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="Http://www.geo.umn.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Http://www.geo.umn.edu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 11 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Tenure-track Assistant Professor - The Department of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University of Virginia (USA)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> (see JOB 12 below)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P style=""></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> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(NEWS 1) Establishing a connection between global warming and hurricane intensity</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WASHINGTON -- Climate change is affecting the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes, and hurricane damage will likely continue to increase because of greenhouse warming, according to a new study. It provides for the first time a direct relationship between climate change and hurricane intensity, unlike other studies that have linked warmer oceans to a likely increase in the number of hurricanes.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>James Elsner of Florida State University in Tallahassee examined the statistical connection between the average global near-surface air temperature and Atlantic sea surface temperature, comparing the two factors with hurricane intensities over the past 50 years. He found that average air temperatures during hurricane season between June and November are useful in predicting sea surface temperatures--a vital component in nourishing hurricane winds as they strengthen in warm waters--but not vice-versa. Elsner's paper is scheduled to be published 23 August in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Several recent studies have warned that human-induced climate warming has the potential to increase the number of tropical cyclones (hurricanes), and previous research and computer models suggest that hurricane intensity would increase with increasing global mean temperatures. Others, however, hypothesize that the relationship between sea surface temperatures and hurricanes can be attributed to natural causes, such as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, an ongoing series of long-term changes in the sea surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The large increases in powerful hurricanes over the past several decades, together with the results presented here, certainly suggest cause for concern," Elsner said. "These results have serious implications for life and property throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, and portions of the United States."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Using highly detailed data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor sea temperature anomalies over the past half-century, Elsner used a causality test to establish evidence in support of the climate change/hurricane intensity hypothesis. His analysis helps provide verification of a linkage between atmospheric warming caused largely by greenhouse gases and the recent upswing in frequency and intensity of Atlantic hurricanes, including Katrina and Rita, which devastated parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas in 2005.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I infer that future hurricane hazard mitigation efforts should reflect that hurricane damage will continue to increase, in part, due to greenhouse warming," Elsner said. "This research is important to the field of hurricane science by moving the debate away from trend analyses of hurricane counts and toward a physical mechanism that can account for the various observations."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Risk Prediction Initiative of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Citation:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Elsner, James B., (2006), Evidence in support of the climate change: Atlantic hurricane hypothesis, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, [TBD], doi: 10.1029/2006GL026869.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Author: James Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:jelsner@fsu.edu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jelsner@fsu.edu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> or +1 (850) 877-4039<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(NEWS 2) Palm trees on Florida's west coast appear to be dying because of sea level rise tied to global warming.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists who began monitoring a large coastal study area in North Florida in 1992 reported widespread deaths of palms and other trees in low-lying coastal areas in the past. But the latest survey of the waterfront area along the Gulf of Mexico reveals more new and unsettling numbers: Of 88 large, mature palms that died at the rural Levy County site between 1992 and 2005, 66 percent, or 58, have died since 2000.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a project led by UF botany Professor Jack Putz, researchers in 1992 tagged and counted all trees and seedlings on 13 nearby, 400-square-meter plots on forested islands on the coast at Waccasassa Bay State Preserve. They returned periodically to note changes to the tree populations, correlating them with measurements of local tidal flooding and salinity. The researchers reported not only dying palms, southern red cedars and other species, but also the lack of tree seedlings on the lowest plots in a 1999 paper in the journal Ecology. They studied the 1993 Storm of the Century and droughts but said rising sea level is the primary cause of the coastal forest decline....<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Studies by Kim Williams, an associate professor of biology at California State University in San Bernardino, linked the failure of new trees to grow to increasing salt levels. She said she suspects that increasing salt hastens the death of older trees as well.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(NEWS 3) Greenland’s melting ice sheet may speed rise in sea level; study finds no boost in arctic snowfall to mitigate problem</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two new scientific studies measuring Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet and the pace of Antarctic snowfall suggest that the sea level may be rising faster than researchers previously assumed. The papers, both published in the journal Science, provide the latest evidence of how climate change is transforming the global landscape. JianLi. Chen and other University of Texas at Austin researchers, using twin satellites, determined that the Greenland ice sheet, Earth's second-largest reservoir of fresh water, is melting at three times the rate at which it had been melting over the previous five years. A separate study by Andrew J. Monaghan and 15 international scientists concluded that Antarctic snowfall accumulation has remained steady over the past 50 years, with no increases that might have mitigated the melting of the ice shelf, as some researchers had assumed would occur.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SOURCES: Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 11 August 2006<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557.html?sub=AR"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557.html?sub=AR</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Phil Berardelli, ScienceNOW Daily News, 10 August 2006<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/810/3"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/810/3</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CITATIONS: Chen, J. L., C. R. WIlson and B. D. Tapley. 2006. Satellite gravity measurements confirm accelerated melting of Greenland Ice Sheet. Science Express online August 10, 2006. Andrew J. Monaghan and 15 coauthors. 2006. Insignificant change in Antarctic snowfall since the International Geophysical Year. Science 313(5788): 827-831.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************** </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(NEWS 4) Global warming is expected to heat up already toasty tourist spots</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vancouver and Bangor are unlikely to replace Vera Cruz or the Bahamas as sun-and-fun destinations for international tourists.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But they just might -- thanks to global warming.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An international team of economists predicts that by the end of the century, the expected rise in temperature will make many current tourist hot spots a bit too toasty, while making some currently chilly places warm enough to entice fair-weather travelers.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The United States is predicted to be one of the tourism winners, with international tourism increasing an estimated 13.7 percent over what it would be if the atmosphere weren't warming up, says researchers Andrea Bigano of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in Milan, Jacqueline M. Hamilton of Hamburg University, and Richard S.J. Tol of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Climate change would shift patterns of tourism toward higher altitudes and latitudes," they wrote. "Tourism may double in colder countries and fall by 20 percent in warmer countries."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The biggest winners: Canada, which they predict will experience a 220 percent increase in international arrivals by 2100; Russia (174 percent); and Mongolia (122 percent).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The biggest losers: Mauritania, where they say international arrivals will drop by 60 percent; Mali (-59 percent); and Bahrain (-58 percent).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These researchers used a mathematical simulation model developed by Hamburg University researchers that predicts tourist flows to and from 207 countries based on characteristics known to affect leisure travel. The factors included population growth, the economy and temperature. Then they plugged in estimates that global warming will cause the world's temperature to rise about three degrees Celsius by 2100, or about five degrees Fahrenheit, to see its effect on tourism.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/LIFESTYLE/608220383/1005"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/LIFESTYLE/608220383/1005</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> *********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(NEWS 5) Dying Salt Marshes Puzzle Scientists</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WELLFLEET, Mass. - Pockmarked muck blots this formerly lush marsh on Cape Cod. Dead plant roots jut from barren mud once covered with wavy mats of marsh hay. New England scientists began noticing dead patches like this one near Lieutenant Island four years ago and called it sudden wetland dieback. Then more such spots were found.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ecologists warn that saltwater marshes from Maine to Connecticut are suddenly and inexplicably dying, leaving behind land resembling honeycombs, Swiss cheese or an eroded desert landscape. Few scientists can explain it or recommend what to do. Even skeptics concede something unusual is happening.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It's something that people who have spent their entire careers working in salt marshes have never seen before," said Stephen Smith, a plant ecologist for the National Park Service. "There's no precedent for it." <A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/22/dying_salt_marshes_pu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/22/dying_salt_marshes_pu</FONT></SPAN></A>zzle_scientists/ <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boston Globe (Registration Required <A href="http://tinyurl.com/klt2b"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/klt2b</FONT></SPAN></A> )</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P style=""></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 style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(WORKSHOP 1) 13th Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy 27th/28th October 2006 </B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The 13th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy of the independent scientific community the European Ph.D. Network on International Climate Policy is open to Ph.D. students and researchers from all disciplines working on different aspects of International Climate Policy. As a vital part of the network, the Ph.D. candidates meet twice a year for a workshop session which gives them the opportunity to present their theses and discuss them with other Ph.D. students and scientists working in the area of climate policy. The meeting will be hosted by the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (<A href="http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/index.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/index.htm</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Sustainability Research Institute is a dedicated team of more than 20 inter-disciplinary researchers working on the different dimensions of sustainability. Research within the SRI draws on aspects of geography, ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management, and our broader activities combine social and natural sciences in leading-edge, interdisciplinary research. As well as being a centre of excellence for inter-disciplinary research, the SRI is home to around 25 PhD students, and it teaches a range of postgraduate and undergraduate programmes on sustainability. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Our specialist areas are:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">· Sustainable development and environmental change<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">· Environmental policy, planning and governance<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">· Ecological and environmental economics<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">· Business, environment and corporate responsibility<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">· Sustainable production and consumption<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Through these areas of interest we explore a wide range of issues including climate change, energy, transport, water, resource use, land use, conservation, cities and industry. In all of these areas, we specialise in participatory, action-oriented research that brings together government, business, NGOs and local communities to enhance the relevance, quality and practical influence of our research.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You can qualify as a participant to the workshop if you:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Work as PhD students on a topic relevant to Climate Policy<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Are able to cover all expenses for travelling and during the stay<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Register before 15th September, 2006. Request the registration form from Karin Hufnagel (<A href="mailto:karin@env.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">karin@env.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you make a presentation, it should be sent to the organizer before 30th September to allow the discussant to prepare the response.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contributions to the following four streams are especially encouraged but not limited to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Adaptation to Climate Change<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Post 2012 climate negotiations<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Market based climate change policy instruments<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) Technology and innovation policy<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Practical information on accommodation and transportation can be found here: <A href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/regions/accommodation.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.leeds.ac.uk/regions/accommodation.htm</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/getting_here.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/getting_here.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For questions, please contact: Karin Hufnagel, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, LS2 9JT<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>email: <A href="mailto:Karin@env.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">karin@env.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: +44-113-3437432<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: +44-113-3436716<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(WORKSHOP 2) WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE, International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS), Washington DC (USA</B><SPAN style="">) </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Young American Scientists Invited to Apply for Fully-Funded Workshop at American University, Washington DC (USA)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The British Council USA, the UK's international organization for educational and cultural relations, in partnership with American University and SeaWeb/COMPASS, encourages early career scientists involved in climate change research to apply for the International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS) program in Washington, DC.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Designed to develop scientists' skills in communicating climate change science to the media, "Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media Networking for the Future" will bring prominent environmental journalists together with young researchers from the US and the UK to discuss issues in climate change communication and create a lasting collaborative network.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media Networking for the Future" will take place at American University November 15-18, 2006. The four-day workshop includes intensive, hands-on media training by SeaWeb/COMPASS; participants will also hear from several prominent journalists from US and UK publications, including Michelle Nijhuis, contributing editor for High Country News, and NPR science correspondent Christopher Joyce.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Approximately seven candidates from the US and seven candidates from the UK will be selected to participate in the program. Travel and expenses will be fully funded by the British Council USA. The competition is open to PhD students in their final year of research or early post-doctoral researchers in fields related to climate change; all applicants must be American or British scientists currently living and working in the US and UK.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Completed applications must be submitted to the British Council USA by no later than September 22, 2006</B><SPAN style="">. Successful candidates will be selected and notified by October 1, 2006. For more information or to download an application form, please visit <A href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science">www.britishcouncil.org/usa-science</A>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P style=""></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 style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><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><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><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><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Or, visit </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> and click on 'Join this group'</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 1) Asst. professor - Env. studies - conservation biology. Ursinus College, PA (USA)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ursinus College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of environmental studies with expertise in conservation biology to begin in fall 2007. This position will be housed in the Ursinus Environmental Studies Program. A Ph.D. in conservation biology is expected by the start of employment. We seek a broadly trained individual with expertise in both conservation science and environmental teaching and research. Prior experience teaching in an interdisciplinary environmental program is desirable. Teaching responsibilities will include courses and labs in biology (introductory, conservation biology, and topics within the candidate's field of expertise), and interdisciplinary environmental studies. The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts setting and will be expected to participate in the College's liberal studies freshman seminar, establish a research program that involves students, and participate fully in the continuing development of the Environmental Studies Program and its many extracurricular programs.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send a letter, c.v., undergraduate and graduate transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, a plan for research involving students, and three letters of recommendation (at least one of which must address teaching) to Dr. Richard L. Wallace, Director, Environmental Studies Program, Ursinus College, P.O. Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426. <B>Applications (no e-mail applications, please)</B><SPAN style=""> </SPAN><B>must be received by October 15, 2006</B><SPAN style="">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For inquiries contact Dr. Wallace at <A href="mailto:rwallace@ursinus.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">rwallace@ursinus.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>. Ursinus College, established in 1869, is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, residential liberal arts college of 1600 students located 25 miles northwest of center city Philadelphia. Ursinus College is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with the college's historic commitment to equality, women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 2) Tenure-track Assistant Prof. - Human Geography- University of California, Berkeley, CA (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are searching for a Human Geographer who studies problems of Geographical Vulnerability and Human Security. We are particularly interested in scholars with specializations in migration, health, and disease -- especially as they are shaped by forces like natural disasters, global climate change, war and civil conflict, economic dislocation, or agrarian upheaval. Topical interests might include, but are not limited to: international migration; health and disease among slum dwellers in megacities; environmental refugees from extreme events such as floods, droughts, and epidemics; displacement and impoverishment caused by war and violence; and vulnerability to agroecosystem changes caused by global warming. This is a social science position, but we would look with favor on a social scientist familiar with bio-physical systems and thus able to complement our strengths in the areas of human-environment relations and the geographic dimensions of global environmental change. Any regional, comparative, or transnational interest will be considered.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Position to start 1 July 2007, pending budgetary approval. Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, up to three reprints, and three letters of reference (please refer your referees to the University's statement on confidentiality at <A href="http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html</FONT></SPAN></A>) <B>Apply by December 1, 2006</B><SPAN style=""> to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Search Committee, Department of Geography, 507 McCone Hall #4740 Berkeley, CA 94720-4740</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 3) Post-doc - RA-PDF Positions in Arctic Troposphere Studies - U Waterloo (Canada):</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Arctic Troposphere Transport and Air Quality (ATTAQ) project of the Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC) has a new position at the Post Doctoral Level in field studies and modeling in the area of Arctic aerosol transport and chemistry.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The aims of the program are to investigate pollutant transport to the Arctic and to identify source regions as well as the chemical and physical processing that the particles undergo during transport.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this way, we hope to provide information about both the climate and health consequences of Arctic pollution.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The appointee will work from an office at the University of Waterloo and will coordinate and interpret measurements that are carried out at the Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory at Eureka (80N, 86W) in Nunavut, Canada.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The instruments available at the PEARL laboratory for this work include an aerosol mass spectrometer (Aerodyne, Inc.) for aerosol chemical composition and additional particle measurement equipment for ground level aerosol number and size distribution measurements.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, sun and star photometers will be available for aerosol optical thickness and water vapour column measurements and spectroscopic instruments (FTIR and UV-Visible) for column abundances and profiles of other gas phase species.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition to the field work, there will be a modelling program intended to identify source regions and explore chemical processes occurring during transport.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Both Eulerian chemical transport models and Lagrangian trajectory models will be used in this work. Candidates with experience in mass spectrometry of the condensed phase will be given preference.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further information on the technical aspects of the work may be obtained from Professor J.J. Sloan, Departments of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo (<A href="http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~sloanj"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~sloanj</FONT></SPAN></A>). <B>Applications, including a full CV, should be sent immediately</B><SPAN style=""> to: Mrs. Yoga Arumugam Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 CANADA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: +1 519 888 4567 Ext: 36667<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: +1 519 746 0435<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>e-mail: <A href="mailto:wcas@uwaterloo.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">wcas@uwaterloo.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.wcas.uwaterloo.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.wcas.uwaterloo.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P>********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 4) Post-doc - Ice sheet and earth system modeling -</B><B>Vrije Univ Brussel Belgium -</B><B> Free University of Brussels, Belgium </B><B>(VUB)</B><SPAN style=""> </SPAN><B>The Ice and Climate Group of the Department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) invites applications for a research position in ice sheet and earth system modeling in the framework of the project ASTER (Assessment of modelling uncertainties in long-term climate and sea-level change projections) funded by the Belgian Federal Government Science Policy Office.</B><O:P style=""></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The job entails numerical studies with LOVECLIM, a newly developed global Earth System Model of intermediate complexity including the atmosphere, oceans, and ice sheets, with the main objective to improve climate and sea level projections over the next millennia validated by a large number of ensemble simulations covering the whole Holocene. The project is part of a collaborative effort with groups at the Université catholique de Louvain (Thierry Fichefet) and the Université de Liège (Anne Mouchet).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the successful applicant will be responsible for the cryospheric component of LOVECLIM. This will entail (i) refinements of the ice-sheet model components and its coupling procedure, (ii) the conduct and analysis of numerical experiments focusing on the behaviour of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and (iii) the coupling of a northern hemisphere ice sheet model component to improve insight in the 8.2 kyr abrupt cooling event.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The desired qualifications are a PhD in earth or physical sciences, excellent programming skills in a Fortran/Unix-type of environment including familiarity with graphics tools (e.g. GMT), and good communication skills, both orally and in writing. Previous experience with the operation of large-scale ice-sheet and/or climate models would be beneficial. Candidates at the postdoctoral level are preferred, but experienced researchers at PhD level with the right qualifications will also be considered.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is funded until the end of 2009 subject to a mid-project review in the autumn of 2007 and forms part of a long-term research effort by the Belgian Federal Government Science Policy Office under their Global Change/ Plan for Sustainable Development Research Programme.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The preferential starting date is 1 October 2006<SPAN style=""> or as soon thereafter as possible. Renumeration depends on qualification and age and starts at about 3600 € gross per month for a Postdoc with 3 years of experience.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should email a cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae to Philippe Huybrechts at the E-mail address to: Prof. Dr. Philippe Huybrechts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:phuybrec@vub.ac.be"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">phuybrec@vub.ac.be</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~phuybrec/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~phuybrec/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>tel: +32-2-6293593 <B>Review of the applications will begin 15 September 2006</B><SPAN style=""> and will continue until the position is filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 5) Post-doc - Biosphere-atmosphere interactions - Univ of Georgia (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">Ph.D. in Atmospheric sciences /meteorology/environmental sciences or related fields with experience in micrometeorological and eddy covariance measurements and data analysis. We are also looking for a graduate student at the Master' or Ph.D. level to work in some of the above related problems. The successful candidates are expected to work in close association with other members of the group in designing and implementing micrometeorological experiments, tracer experiment, PBL observation with Sodar and Lidar, large eddy simulation, Lagrangian modeling, mesoscale modeling, data analysis and interpretation. The candidates will have to travel from time to time to different sites nationwide to carry out the measurements. The major part of an ongoing field experiment is being carried out at several sites throughout the Southeast of the US and the candidates are expected to participate fully in the research activities at the sites for field campaigns, signal processing data analysis and publications. </SPAN><B>This position is available immediately.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact M. Y. Leclerc, Professor at email: <A href="mailto:MLeclerc@griffin.uga.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">MLeclerc@griffin.uga.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> and check out the web page <A href="http://www.biometeorology.uga.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.biometeorology.uga.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>. Expect approximately two weeks for a reply.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************** </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 6) Lecturer Atmospheric Science - Univ of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment Institute for Atmospheric Science (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Available immediately for a fixed term of 2 years, with the possibility of further funding. The Institute for Atmospheric Science (IAS) is a leading research centre with research interests in atmospheric composition, clouds and aerosols, and atmospheric dynamics. You will be expected to contribute to the teaching profile of IAS across overarching themes of climate change and air quality. You will have research interests complimentary to those of IAS and will be developing, or have developed, a research profile in one of these key research areas. Research support and mentoring will be provided.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You will have a PhD or expect to be awarded shortly)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University Grade 7 (?26,402 ? ?30,606p.a.)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further details concerning the School, its research activities and structure are available on our Web site: <A href="http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/">http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/</A> Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Steven Dobbie, email: <A href="mailto:s.dobbie@see.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">s.dobbie@see.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>tel 0113 343 6725 or Professor Stephen Mobbs email: <A href="mailto:stephen@env.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">stephen@env.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>tel 0113 343 5158.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply on line please visit <A href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A> and click on ?jobs?.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application packs are also available via email: <A href="mailto:recruitment@adm.leeds.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">recruitment@adm.leeds.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A> or tel 0113 343 5771.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job ref 315041 <B>Closing date 8 September 2006 </B><SPAN style="">Possible date for Interviews week commencing 18 September 2006<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 7) SOLAS Project - Project Integrator - NERC (UK)</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NERC has awarded funds through the UK SOLAS (Surface Ocean * Lower Atmosphere Study) programme for the appointment of a Project Integrator to coordinate the UK and International community to produce air-sea flux products from data generated by SOLAS worldwide (<A href="http://www.solas-int.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.solas-int.org</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The post will be located either at the University of East Anglia (<A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env</FONT></SPAN></A>) or at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (<A href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bodc.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>), Liverpool, and will spend significant time at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research, Exeter. <B>Closing date 22 September 2006 </B><SPAN style="">Interviews will be held on 10 October 2006 For more information visit: <A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 8) Tenure-track Asst. Prof - Phys. Geography - Univ of British Columbia (Canada)</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia invites applications for a tenure-track position in Physical Geography at the level of Assistant Professor.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a PhD degree in Geography or a closely related discipline with research and teaching interests in climatology.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek a colleague who will develop productive linkages with one or more of the following departmental strengths (land surface and boundary layer processes, hydrology, biogeography and human impacts on the environment, including climate change).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The appointment will be effective July 1, 2007 and is subject to final budgetary approval. Details about the Department, position and application procedure can be found online at: <A href="http://www.geog.ubc.ca/department/recruitment.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geog.ubc.ca/department/recruitment.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr Ian G. McKendry, Professor Geography/Atmospheric Science, The University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z2<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Canada<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ph: 604-822 4929<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: 604 822 6150<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 9) SOLAS Project Integrator - SOLAS Project Office and British Oceanographic Data Center, Liverpool (UK)</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The SOLAS International Project Office, in collaboration with the British Oceanographic Data Center (BODC; <A href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bodc.ac.uk/</FONT></SPAN></A>) is seeking an exceptional individual for the unique position of "SOLAS Project Integrator".<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The UK Natural Environment Reseach Council (NERC) has awarded funds through UK-SOLAS for the appointment of a Project Integrator to help the UK and International community produce air-sea flux products from data being generated by SOLAS worldwide (<A href="http://www.solas-int.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.solas-int.org</FONT></SPAN></A>). You will prepare, sort, calibrate, compare and analyse data sets for providing air-sea flux products.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The post will be located either in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (<A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env</FONT></SPAN></A>) or at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (<A href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bodc.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>), Liverpool, and will spend significant time at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research, Exeter. This full time post is available immediately for a fixed term period of 3 years.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information: <A href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/vacancies/env_vac.shtml</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************* </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 10) FRESHWATER POLICY ADVISOR, JOB NUMBER: 5106</B><SPAN style=""> The Nature Conservancy (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The External Affairs Freshwater Policy Position is focused on providing direction and support on freshwater conservation for The Nature Conservancy and its freshwater related programs. The Advisor is responsible for working with the Senior Advisor to ensure that TNC’s approaches and strategies on freshwater conservation are coordinated by External Affairs and TNC freshwater related programs. The Advisor supports efforts to establish the Conservancy as a major conservation player and partner on freshwater conservation internationally.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS POSITION:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Research funding and projects of multilaterals and analyze potential role of TNC freshwater programs. Develop relationships with multi-lateral and bilateral institutions to help secure funding for TNC’s freshwater programs. Potential partners include the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and European bilaterals (e.g., EU, Dutch, Swedish, and UK).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Help define and advance implementation of TNC freshwater strategies to achieve the 2015 goal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Provide WO support to TNC freshwater programs (e.g., GRP, SWP, Great Lakes) in maintaining relations with partners and others in Washington DC (e.g., NGOs, institutes, associations, U.S. State Department, MCC).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) Lead on the development and writing of documents (e.g., concept notes, proposals) and presentations to multilaterals, bilaterals and corporate partners to help secure funding for TNC freshwater programs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(5) Identify and assess the major public-funded projects currently in development for river basins where TNC works and develop strategies for influencing the design and implementation of priority projects. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(6) Maintain on-going communications among TNC freshwater programs (e.g., listserv). Work with international freshwater project teams (i.e. Brazil, China) to identify opportunities for government agency funding for their projects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(7) Develop policy statements and documents for global water and related conferences and lead coordination of TNC freshwater participation in priority conferences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(8) Participate in committees and working groups among TNC initiatives and programs to help advance freshwater component of other sectors (e.g., agriculture, marine, protected areas).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(9) Help filter external requests for partnerships with TNC on freshwater.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(10) Participate in TNC freshwater program meetings and retreats.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(11) Coordinate with XA MRC and freshwater program MRCs to help develop consistent messages for external audiences and to help ensure that TNC freshwater programs (SWP, GRP) are producing materials in language appropriate to XA audiences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(12) Work closely with Senior Freshwater Policy Advisor, External Affairs, and U.S. Government Affairs to coordinate global, North American, and U.S. freshwater policy approaches.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Bachelor’s degree in political science, environmental policy or other relevant field and 3 or more year’s related experience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Experience with water policy development and implementation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Knowledge of operations of multilateral and bilateral institutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) Work experience in developing countries preferred,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(5) Experience researching information from divergent sources and compiling it into a cohesive reporting structure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(6) Capacity to develop proposals, including funding proposals, to multilateral and other institutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(7) Ability to organize time and manage diverse activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meet deadlines.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(8) Demonstrated experience in MS Office, Word, and Excel.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May require database management skills with ability to produce reports. Ability to use advanced computer functions including navigating the Internet. Ability to manipulate, analyze and interpret data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(9) Proven organizational skills and attention to detail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(10) Strong writing and analytical skills. Written and oral communications skills in English and Spanish preferred. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>COMPLEXITY/PROBLEM SOLVING:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Analyze situations, evaluate alternatives, and implement solutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Coordinate multiple projects with several variables, set and meet deadlines, and manage a timeline.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Resolve routine problems independently; consult with supervisor to develop plans for resolution of unusual or complex problems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) May act as a resource to others to solve problems.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DISCRETION/LATITUDE/DECISION-MAKING:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Perform duties under general supervision and established guidelines.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Prioritize work independently, working with supervisor as needed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Make day to day decisions within the scope of work assignments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Consult with supervisor to address any issues that affect the work of others or the program as a whole.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RESPONSIBILITY/OVERSIGHT –FINANCIAL & SUPERVISORY:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Supervises no staff but may help plan and direct the work of volunteers or interns.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Limited financial responsibility which may include processing check requests, travel expense reports, and petty cash.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) May purchase equipment and supplies as provided for in budget and in consultation with supervisor.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) May assist with program budget preparation and monitoring.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(5) May organize meetings and conference with TNC programs and partners.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to persuasively convey the mission of TNC to diverse groups.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Work and communicate with a diverse group of people, including government officials, board of directors, government and legislative staff, partner organizations, the public, program leadership and other staff.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(3) Consistently demonstrate professional, positive, and approachable attitude/demeanor and discretion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(4) Writes and edits promotional and informational material.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(5) Good team-playing skills, including diligence, creativity, good personality, and a healthy sense of humor.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Work requires only minor physical exertion and/or strain. Work environment involves only infrequent exposure to disagreeable elements.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Work requires willingness to travel on short notice (domestic and international).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, <B>please submit résumé and cover later no later than August 31, 2006</B><SPAN style=""> to <A href="mailto:wojobs@tnc.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">wojobs@tnc.org</FONT></SPAN></A>. You must include the complete job title in the subject line of your email.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> *******************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 11) Postdoc - Numerical modeling of ocean biochemistry - University of Minnesota Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, MN (USA) </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Research topics include response of ocean carbon cycle to anthropogenic and natural forcings, and nutrient and isotope dynamics. A PhD in oceanography, biogeosciences, or related field, and familiarity with numerical models are required. Funding is available for two years initially and may be extended. To apply, send your CV, brief statement of interest, names of three references, and one reprint to Prof. Katsumi Matsumoto (<A href="mailto:katsumi@umn.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">katsumi@umn.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>). The position will remain opened until filled. <SPAN style=""><A href="Http://www.geo.umn.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Http://www.geo.umn.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>(JOB 12) Tenure-track Assistant Professor - The Department of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University of Virginia (USA)</B><SPAN style=""> seeks to hire an Assistant Professor with research and teaching experience in science, technology and society studies and/or technology policy. This is a tenure-track position beginning in Fall of 2007. STS is an interdisciplinary unit that provides undergraduate courses for engineering students, undertakes research focused on science, technology, society, ethics, and policy, and is planning a graduate program. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in a social science or policy. The teaching load will be two courses per semester. All undergraduate courses have STS, communications, and ethics components. A Ph.D. in STS or a related field is required. Please submit a letter of application, CV, three letters of reference, teaching evaluations, and samples of written work to: Professor W. Bernard Carlson, Department of STS, SEAS, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400744, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4744. We will begin reviewing applications on September 30, 2006; the position will remain open until filled. The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">**************************************************</FONT><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><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. Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</SPAN></FONT><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">phd@whitman.edu</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.</SPAN></FONT><O:P style=""></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Moving? 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