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Grigg. 2006. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace. </FONT></B><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">This paper is the result of a discussion at the </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">DIALOG VII</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> symposium.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/resources/balancing_priorities.pdf">http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/resources/balancing_priorities.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Grants.gov Application Guide - June 6, 2006</FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">State of the Arctic Report Released Online</FONT></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/rich2952/rich2952.pdf"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/rich2952/rich2952.pdf</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Information Unit for Conventions (IUC) Publications.</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">UNEP has published simplified guides to the IPCC Special Report on carbon capture & storage and the IPCC/TEAP Special Report on HFCs and PFCs. The first is available in all six UN languages and the second in English, French and Spanish. Hard copies can be ordered for no cost from <A href="mailto:iuc@unep.ch">iuc@unep.ch</A>.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.unep.org/dec/information/public_information.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.unep.org/dec/information/public_information.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">NSF Dear Colleague Letter for International Polar Year 07-08</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07008"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07008</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">NSF Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07527"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07527</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">FORUM</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Threat to the Planet -</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> by James Hansen - a 16-chart, 15-20 minute presentation</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/DukeEdin_21Nov2006_complete.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/DukeEdin_21Nov2006_complete.pdf</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The American Meteorological Society is soliciting comments on their new climate change statement. The deadline for comments is December 9, 2006.</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/draftstatements/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/draftstatements/index.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Inconvenient Truth - Science a la Joe Camel</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see FORUM 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">SCIENCE NEWS</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">S&E Doctorates Hit All-time High in 2005</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07301"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07301</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">United Nations Conference on Climate Change concludes</FONT></B></A><B><A href="http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/20061117_cop_12_closing-english.pdf"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><A href="http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/20061117_cop_12_closing-english.pdf"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/20061117_cop_12_closing-english.pdf</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">In Antarctica's Dry Valleys, worms offer clues to alarming changes in ecosystem</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/22/healthscience/snantar.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/22/healthscience/snantar.php</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Little Norway's Big Climate-Change Battle</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/little-norways-big-climate-change-battle/2006/11/27/1164476127752.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/little-norways-big-climate-change-battle/2006/11/27/1164476127752.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">California to Restrict Ocean Fishing</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-408793~California_to_Restrict_Ocean_Fishing.html"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.examiner.com/a-408793~California_to_Restrict_Ocean_Fishing.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/tgavz"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/tgavz</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see NEWS 1 below)</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Iceberg Off New Zealand Becomes Tourist Mecca</FONT></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15765149/"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15765149/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/y2dagu"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/y2dagu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Global Methane Rise Slowing Down</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6170736.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6170736.stm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/szdrz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/szdrz</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 3 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">James Hansen receives Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm?uNewsID=87400">http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm?uNewsID=87400</A> </SPAN> </FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 4 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Zogby Poll: Climate Concerns Influenced Midterm Electoral Vote</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.zogby.com/templates/printnews.cfm?id=1194"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.zogby.com/templates/printnews.cfm?id=1194</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 5 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Colorado Institutes First US Carbon Tax</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061101/a_carbontax01.art.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061101/a_carbontax01.art.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 6 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Global Warming Causes Species Extinctions Worldwide</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/11/biology14.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/11/biology14.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 7 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Weather Disasters Could Cost As Much As $1 Trillion In A Year</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Weather_Disasters_Could_Cost_One_Trillion_Dollars_In_A_Year_999.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Weather_Disasters_Could_Cost_One_Trillion_Dollars_In_A_Year_999.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 8 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">US Ranks 53 Among 56 Countries On a Climate Change Performance Index</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see NEWS 9 below)</FONT></DIV><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">High Court to Weigh Climate Change Case</FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-420694~High_Court_to_Weigh_Climate_Change_Case.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.examiner.com/a-420694~High_Court_to_Weigh_Climate_Change_Case.html</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/us3et"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/us3et</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 10 below) </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Arctic Scientists Look to the Clouds for Clues to Climate Change</FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20061126-0929-mysteryintheclouds.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20061126-0929-mysteryintheclouds.html</A> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see NEWS 11 below)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Serve as mentor at December 2006 AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.msphds.usf.edu/ProgramInformation.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.msphds.usf.edu/ProgramInformation.html</FONT></FONT></A> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(note: this is a link to the 2005 site - you will have to search for current info or contact </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Ashanti J. Pyrtle</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><A href="mailto:apyrtle@marine.usf.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">apyrtle@marine.usf.edu</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">) </FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see MEETING 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">PACLIM 2007: Abrupt Climate Change – Causes and Ecosystem Responses </FONT></B><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">- May 13-16, 2007 – Asilomar, Monterey County, CA (USA)</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see MEETING 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The 2007 International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) - AUG 26-SEP 1, 2007 - University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (USA).</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">/ </FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see OPPORTUNITY 1) below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">JOBS</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Post-doc - Biological Oceanography - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Columbia University - Palisades NY (USA)</FONT></B></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></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="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see JOB 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Geographer/Senior Researcher - Sustainable Communities & Livelihoods - The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen (UK)</FONT></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see JOB 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Junior Professorship – Biogeographical Modelling – University Bayreuth – Bayreuth, (Germany)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see JOB 3 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Profs – tenure-track –Department of Geosciences - Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY (USA</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">www.stonybrook.edu/cjo</SPAN> </FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOB 4 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Forum</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(FORUM 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Inconvenient Truth - Science a la Joe Camel</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Laurie David - Washington Post - At hundreds of screenings this year of "An Inconvenient Truth," the first thing many viewers said after the lights came up was that every student in every school in the United States needed to see this movie.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The producers of former vice president Al Gore's film about global warming, myself included, certainly agreed. So the company that made the documentary decided to offer 50,000 free DVDs to the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) for educators to use in their classrooms. It seemed like a no-brainer.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The teachers had a different idea: Thanks but no thanks, they said.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">In their e-mail rejection, they expressed concern that other "special interests" might ask to distribute materials, too; they said they didn't want to offer "political" endorsement of the film; and they saw "little, if any, benefit to NSTA or its members" in accepting the free DVDs.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Gore, however, is not running for office, and the film's theatrical run is long since over. As for classroom benefits, the movie has been enthusiastically endorsed by leading climate scientists worldwide, and is required viewing for all students in Norway and Sweden.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Still, maybe the NSTA just being extra cautious. But there was one more curious argument in the e-mail: Accepting the DVDs, they wrote, would place "unnecessary risk upon the [NSTA] capital campaign, especially certain targeted supporters." One of those supporters, it turns out, is the Exxon Mobil Corp.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">That's the same Exxon Mobil that for more than a decade has done everything possible to muddle public understanding of global warming and stifle any serious effort to solve it. It has run ads in leading newspapers (including this one) questioning the role of manmade emissions in global warming, and financed the work of a small band of scientific skeptics who have tried to challenge the consensus that heat-trapping pollution is drastically altering our atmosphere. The company spends millions to support groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute that aggressively pressure lawmakers to oppose emission limits.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">It's bad enough when a company tries to sell junk science to a bunch of grown-ups. But, like a tobacco company using cartoons to peddle cigarettes, Exxon Mobil is going after our kids, too.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">And it has been doing so for longer than you may think. NSTA says it has received $6 million from the company since 1996, mostly for the association's "Building a Presence for Science" program, an electronic networking initiative intended to "bring standards-based teaching and learning" into schools, according to the NSTA Web site. Exxon Mobil has a representative on the group's corporate advisory board. And in 2003, NSTA gave the company an award for its commitment to science education.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">So much for special interests and implicit endorsements.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">In the past year alone, according to its Web site, Exxon Mobil's foundation gave $42 million to key organizations that influence the way children learn about science, from kindergarten until they graduate from high school.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">And Exxon Mobil isn't the only one getting in on the action. Through textbooks, classroom posters and teacher seminars, the oil industry, the coal industry and other corporate interests are exploiting shortfalls in education funding by using a small slice of their record profits to buy themselves a classroom soapbox.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">NSTA's list of corporate donors also includes Shell Oil and the American Petroleum Institute (API), which funds NSTA's Web site on the science of energy. There, students can find a section called "Running on Oil" and read a page that touts the industry's environmental track record -- citing improvements mostly attributable to laws that the companies fought tooth and nail, by the way -- but makes only vague references to spills or pollution. NSTA has distributed a video produced by API called "You Can't Be Cool Without Fuel," a shameless pitch for oil dependence.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The education organization also hosts an annual convention -- which is described on Exxon Mobil's Web site as featuring "more than 450 companies and organizations displaying the most current textbooks, lab equipment, computer hardware and software, and teaching enhancements." The company "regularly displays" its "many . . . education materials" at the exhibition. John Borowski, a science teacher at North Salem High School in Salem, Ore., was dismayed by NSTA's partnerships with industrial polluters when he attended the association's annual convention this year and witnessed hundreds of teachers and school administrators walk away with armloads of free corporate lesson plans.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Along with propaganda challenging global warming from Exxon Mobil, the curricular offerings included lessons on forestry provided by Weyerhaeuser and International Paper, Borowski says, and the benefits of genetic engineering courtesy of biotech giant Monsanto.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">"The materials from the American Petroleum Institute and the other corporate interests are the worst form of a lie: omission," Borowski says. "The oil and coal guys won't address global warming, and the timber industry papers over clear-cuts."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">An API memo leaked to the media as long ago as 1998 succinctly explains why the association is angling to infiltrate the classroom: "Informing teachers/students about uncertainties in climate science will begin to erect barriers against further efforts to impose Kyoto-like measures in the future."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">So, how is any of this different from showing Gore's movie in the classroom? The answer is that neither Gore nor Participant Productions, which made the movie, stands to profit a nickel from giving away DVDs, and we aren't facing millions of dollars in lost business from limits on global-warming pollution and a shift to cleaner, renewable energy.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">It's hard to say whether NSTA is a bad guy here or just a sorry victim of tight education budgets. And we don't pretend that a two-hour movie is a substitute for a rigorous science curriculum. Students should expect, and parents should demand, that educators present an honest and unbiased look at the true state of knowledge about the challenges of the day.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">As for Exxon Mobil -- which just began a fuzzy advertising campaign that trumpets clean energy and low emissions -- this story shows that slapping green stripes on a corporate tiger doesn't change the beast within. The company is still playing the same cynical game it has for years.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">While NSTA and Exxon Mobil ponder the moral lesson they're teaching with all this, there are 50,000 DVDs sitting in a Los Angeles warehouse, waiting to be distributed. In the meantime, Mom and Dad may want to keep a sharp eye on their kids' science homework.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Laurie David is a Natural Resources Defense Council trustee and founder of StopGlobalWarming.org.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Science News</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">California to Restrict Ocean Fishing</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-408793~California_to_Restrict_Ocean_Fishing.html"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.examiner.com/a-408793~California_to_Restrict_Ocean_Fishing.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/tgavz"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/tgavz</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">MONTEREY, Calif. - Flying over California's rugged Central Coast, Mike Sutton pointed to kelp forests and rocky reefs just below the water's surface that will soon be off-limits to fishing under one of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life. "We're trying to make sure our oceans are [as] protected as our land," said Sutton, a marine expert at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Despite intense opposition from many fishermen, California wildlife regulators are creating the nation's most extensive network of "marine protected areas" - stretches of ocean where fishing will be banned or severely restricted.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The first chain of refuges, covering some 200 square miles and stretching from Santa Barbara to Half Moon Bay, just south of San Francisco, is due to take effect early next year. The state plans similar protected zones along the more intensely fished coasts of northern and southern California.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Iceberg Off New Zealand Becomes Tourist Mecca</FONT></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15765149/"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15765149/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/y2dagu"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/y2dagu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An iceberg has been spotted from the New Zealand shore for the first time in living memory, drawing tourists via helicopter and scientists who are trying to determine where it and several other giant chunks drifting in the country's waters originated from.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Last year, icebergs were seen in New Zealand water for the first time in 56 years, but couldn't be seen from the shore. This year one was visible from Dunedin on South Island on Thursday.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">It has since moved away, driven by winds and ocean currents. The floating ice blocks have become a tourist attraction, as sightseers pay up to $330 each to fly over the icebergs - first spotted headed toward southern New Zealand several weeks ago.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 3) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Global Methane Rise Slowing Down</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6170736.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6170736.stm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/szdrz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/szdrz</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">BBC News Online - The rise in concentrations of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere has slowed down considerably in recent years, research suggests. Scientists say levels have been stable for about seven years following a steep rise during the last century.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Researchers believe the slowdown may be due to measures aimed at reducing the release of methane from gas pipelines, paddy fields and landfill sites. The findings are published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The study also found that major forest fires, such as occurred in Indonesia in 1997 and 1998, produce significant quantities of methane.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 4) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">James Hansen receives Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm?uNewsID=87400">http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm?uNewsID=87400</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr James Hansen is this year's recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal, WWF's highest award for outstanding service to the environment. Dr Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, was presented with his medal by the Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony at St James's Palace in London. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 5) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Zogby Poll: Climate Concerns Influenced Midterm Electoral Vote</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.zogby.com/templates/printnews.cfm?id=1194"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.zogby.com/templates/printnews.cfm?id=1194</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">According to a recent Zogby International post-election survey, half of Americans who voted in the mid-term elections said concern about global warming made a difference in who they voted for on Election Day 2006. Eighty-five percent of these voters who felt global warming was important cast their votes for Democratic Congressional candidates, including 48 percent of Independents and 7 percent of Republicans.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">In the post-election survey, a solid majority (58 percent) of voters agreed their elected officials "should make combating global warming a high priority." Three-quarters (75 percent) of Americans who voted in the mid-term elections say the "U.S. Congress should pass legislation promoting renewable and alternative energy sources as an effective way to reduce global warming pollution."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The national Zogby Interactive poll, commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation, surveyed 19,356 adults between November 7 and November 10.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">*********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 6) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Colorado Institutes First US Carbon Tax</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061101/a_carbontax01.art.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061101/a_carbontax01.art.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">USA Today - Voters of Boulder, Colorado have approved the Climate Action Plan Tax, making it the first municipal government to impose a carbon tax on residents' electricity usage to tackle global warming. The average household will pay $1.33 per month and an average business will pay $3.80 per month towards the tax. The carbon tax will generate about $1 million annually through 2012, when it is set to expire. The proceeds from the tax collected by the local electric utility company will be used to fund the city's Climate Action Plan approved earlier this year.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The city gets most of its electricity from coal-based power plants. Residents opting for wind power will not be required to pay the tax. The carbon tax measure won about 58 percent of the votes, according to Sarah Van Pelt, Boulder's environmental sustainability coordinator. Yael Gichon of Boulder's environmental affairs office said that the tax would fund energy efficiency efforts, energy audits and enhance the use of wind and solar power.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 7) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Global Warming Causes Species Extinctions Worldwide</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/11/biology14.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/11/biology14.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A synthesis study by Dr. Camille Parmesan of University of Texas shows that global warming has already caused species extinctions in the most sensitive habitats and that the trend will continue over the next 50 to 100 years. She reviewed more than 800 scientific studies on climate change impacts on thousands of wild species across the world. "Earlier syntheses were hampered from drawing broad conclusions by the relative lack of studies. Because there are now so many papers on this subject, we can start pulling together some patterns that we weren't able to before," said Parmesan, associate professor of integrative biology, and co-author of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2001 report.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The University's press release says that stronger responses are now being observed in species that are adapted to very cold areas and where these areas have experienced strong global warming trends such as the Antarctic and Arctic regions. The most sensitive species are becoming extinct and/or shifting their ranges with original habitats becoming inhospitable. "Some species that are adapted to a wide array of environments—globally common, or what we call weedy or urban species—will be most likely to persist. Rare species that live in fragile or extreme habitats are already being affected, and we expect that to continue." Pests and diseases are also shifting northwards like other wild animals, according to the review published online in the December 2006 issue of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Another report by WWF based on a review of over 200 scientific articles finds a "clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world." Bird groups such as migratory, mountain, island, wetland, Arctic and Antarctic, and seabirds are at a high risk due to climate change. Declines of up to 90 percent have been observed in some populations. The WWF report points out that bird extinction rates could be as high as 38 percent in Europe, and 72 percent in northeastern Australia, if global warming exceeds 2ºC above pre-industrial levels (currently, the value is 0.8ºC above pre-industrial levels). </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">*******************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 8) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Weather Disasters Could Cost As Much As $1 Trillion In A Year</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Weather_Disasters_Could_Cost_One_Trillion_Dollars_In_A_Year_999.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Weather_Disasters_Could_Cost_One_Trillion_Dollars_In_A_Year_999.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">TerraDaily - A UNEP Finance Initiative report issued at the annual UN climate conference in Nairobi forecasts annual losses to the tune of $800 billion by 2041 (at 2005 values) due to weather disasters driven by climate change. Moreover, the report says, "....it seems very likely that there will be a "peak" year that will record costs of over 1 trillion USD before 2040. In fact, since so much development is taking place in coastal zones, the figure may arrive considerably before 2040." The $1 trillion losses, which include economic, societal and opportunity costs, take into account the trend that great disasters appear in clusters every three years, resulting in 50 percent higher costs. In general, costs double every 12 years. Thomas Loster, Munich Re, said that in 2005 weather-related damage cost $210 billion, out of which $120 billion was attributed to Hurricane Katrina.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">*******************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 9) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">US Ranks 53 Among 56 Countries On a Climate Change Performance Index</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">According to a study by Germanwatch, the United States is among the bottom five in a list of 56 industrialized and rapidly industrializing countries, which together put out more than 90 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. US greenhouse gas emissions grew 0.6 percent last year according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The rankings, based on a Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), show Sweden at the top, with the UK closely following at number 3. However, Christoph Bals, political director of Germanwatch, emphasized, "There is no winner. The leader, Sweden, is only the one-eyed king among the blind." India is ranked 9th, but China is placed immediately after the US. The comprehensive index analyzes emission trends and assesses climate policies at both domestic and international levels besides looking at emission volumes of each country. "If the USA....were to exercise an international climate policy stance as progressive as the UK, it would move up more than 30 places," said Bals.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 10) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">High Court to Weigh Climate Change Case</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-420694~High_Court_to_Weigh_Climate_Change_Case.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.examiner.com/a-420694~High_Court_to_Weigh_Climate_Change_Case.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/us3et"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/us3et</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">San Francisco Examiner - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A dozen states as well as environmental groups and large cities are trying to convince the court that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate, as a matter of public health, the amount of carbon dioxide that comes from vehicles.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Carbon dioxide is produced when fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas are burned. It is the principal "greenhouse" gas that many scientists believe is flowing into the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate, leading to a warming of the earth and widespread ecological changes. One way to reduce those emissions is to have cleaner-burning cars.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">*********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(NEWS 11) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Arctic Scientists Look to the Clouds for Clues to Climate Change</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20061126-0929-mysteryintheclouds.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20061126-0929-mysteryintheclouds.html</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">San Diego Union-Tribune - EUREKA, Nunavut Territory - Scientists are peering into the clouds near the top of the world, trying to solve a mystery and learn something new about global warming.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The mystery is the droplets of water in the clouds. With the North Pole just 685 miles away, they should be frozen, yet more of them are liquid than anyone expected.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">So the scientists working out of a converted blue cargo container are trying to determine whether the clouds are one of the causes - or effects - of Earth's warming atmosphere.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(MEETING 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Serve as mentor at December 2006 AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.msphds.usf.edu/ProgramInformation.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.msphds.usf.edu/ProgramInformation.html</FONT></FONT></A> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(note: this is a link to the 2005 site - you will have to search for current info or contact Ashanti J. Pyrtle<FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </FONT><A href="mailto:apyrtle@marine.usf.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">apyrtle@marine.usf.edu</FONT></A>) </FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Please consider serving as a meeting mentor for a student participating in Phase I of the 2006-2007 MS PHD'S (Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science) Professional Development Program during the 2006 Fall AGU meeting.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">As a science meeting mentor, you will interact with an undergraduate or graduate student interested in pursuing an earth/ocean science-related career. If you agree to serve as a meeting mentor you will be asked to:</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">* Communicate with one student before the 2006 Fall AGU meeting (an opportunity to introduce yourselves, discover common academic interests, etc.) if possible</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">* Participate in a mentor orientation/reception and Mentor-Mentee pair introductions at the California Academy of Science on Sunday, Dec. 10th from</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">7:00PM-8:00PM</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">* Discuss a minimum of four presentations with your assigned mentee during the 2006 Fall AGU meeting</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">* Facilitate networking (introduce your mentee to other scientists with similar interests) during and after the 2006 Fall AGU meeting</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">* Offer academic and career advice during and after the 2006 Fall AGU meeting</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">If you are interested in serving as a mentor, please complete the brief on-line survey found at </FONT><A href="http://www.msphds.usf.edu/survey/mentor_survey.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.msphds.usf.edu/survey/mentor_survey.php</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> as soon as possible. If you have previously served as a mentor in the MS PHD'S Professional Development Program you do not need to complete a new survey. However, you will need to send an email to </FONT><A href="mailto:msphds@marine.usf.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">msphds@marine.usf.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> indicating your willingness to serve as a mentor during the 2006 Fall AGU Meeting.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Thanks in advance for considering participating in this worthwhile endeavor!</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(MEETING 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">PACLIM 2007: Abrupt Climate Change – Causes and Ecosystem Responses </FONT></B><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">- May 13-16, 2007 – Asilomar, Monterey County, CA (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The purpose of the 2007 Pacific Climate Workshop is to place the atmospheric and oceanic mechanisms that drive abrupt climate change in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western North America into the context of ecosystem response. Using records of cold-climate abrupt change such as the Younger Dryas and Holocene and historic records of "warm-climate surprises", what is the possible range of response in marine and terrestrial ecosystems? Because abrupt climate change is inevitable, how predicable is it and what evidence exists for an anthropogenic component in recent abrupt changes?</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">As usual, about half of the program will be organized around this theme and the remainder will be open to other climate-related topics. There will also be a poster session which will be open for the entire meeting.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The registration information should be available on the PACLIM website by the end of the year. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">PACLIM 2006 Proceedings Volume: A total of thirteen manuscripts have been received or promised for the 2006 PACLIM Proceedings volume to be published in Quaternary International. The Elsevier site for submission of manuscripts (</FONT><A href="http://ees.elsevier.com/quatint/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://ees.elsevier.com/quatint/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> ) will be open for a couple more weeks so there is still time for those who have something to contribute, but manuscripts should be submitted ASAP. Disregard the statement on the submission site that tells authors to submit manuscripts for special issues directly to the guest editors.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">We are still looking for reviewers for manuscripts on topics ranging from rock glaciers to diatoms.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Scott W. Starratt, Ph.D.,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Research Geologist,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">MS 910 Volcanic Hazards Team,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">U.S. Geological Survey,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">345 Middlefield Road,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Menlo Park, CA 94025.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">650-329-4990 (voice)</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">650-329-5203 (fax) </FONT><A href="mailto:sstarrat@usgs.gov"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">sstarrat@usgs.gov</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(OPPORTUNITY 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The 2007 International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) - AUG 26-SEP 1, 2007 - University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (USA).</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">/</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">If anyone is interested in participating in the session for "Polar Education and Outreach Initiatives" please contact: Michele Zebich-Knos (Kennesaw State University) at </FONT><A href="mailto:mzebich@kennesaw.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">mzebich@kennesaw.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> or 770.423.6499.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Since 2007 marks the start of the International Polar Year, this conference will be a good place to connect with scientists who conduct research on Antarctica.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Jobs</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></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"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Or, visit </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and click on 'Join this group'</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Post-doc - Biological Oceanography - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Columbia University - Palisades NY (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">We are seeking qualified applicants for a post-doctoral position, to participate in a 3-year NSF-sponsored study of the role of light and nutrients in controlling phytoplankton photosynthesis in the ocean. This position will be supported for 2 years, future pending upon funding and performance. Duties include participating in research cruises, processing and analysis of data, and publication of results in peer- reviewed journals. Applicants should have demonstrated experience using both field and laboratory approaches to studying phytoplankton physiology, including: variable fluorescence, spectral fluorescence, photosynthetic rate determination, light absorption by phytoplankton cells, and analysis of HPLC pigments. Strong consideration will be given to applicants who have prior experience designing field experiments and sampling strategies to best link meso-scale ocean physics with phytoplankton photosynthesis.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Position can begin as soon as February 1, 2007. Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to Ms. M. Mokhtari, Manager of Human Resources, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964 or email to: </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:personnel@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">personnel@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> with Search Number LD 670 06 024 in the subject line. Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Minorities and Women are encouraged to apply.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Geographer/Senior Researcher - Sustainable Communities & Livelihoods - The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen (UK)</FONT></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">We are seeking a senior researcher to work on factors affecting rural communities and land use, particularly in relation to one or more of the following issues: climate change, biodiversity conservation, or sustainable development policies. Candidates with relevant UK and/or international research experience in any of these areas are encouraged to apply. The position also involves coordinating a new interdisciplinary project involving geographers, social scientists, economists, natural scientists, and modellers working on the protection and enhancement of landscapes and rural communities in Scotland.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A post-graduate degree in geography or a related subject, a strong track record in peer-reviewed publications and grant-winning, and a commitment to collaborative, inter-disciplinary approaches to research, are essential. Experience in project coordination is highly desirable, and knowledge of spatial analysis techniques would also be advantageous.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Starting salary within the range £32,000 - £42,000 per annum with excellent employee benefits.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Quote Ref MA49/06 Further information and application forms can be obtained from: Human Resources, </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">T:01224-498200 - Email: </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:hr@macaulay.ac.uk"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">hr@macaulay.ac.uk</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/jobs</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Completed application forms must be returned By 1 December 2006</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 3)</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Junior Professorship – Biogeographical Modelling – University Bayreuth – Bayreuth, (Germany)</FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The position will be filled as soon as possible, initially for a period of three years, with the possibility of an extension for another three years subject to a positive evaluation.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Candidates for this Junior Professorship have received a Ph.D. degree in Biology, Ecology, Geoecology, Geography or any related field during the last three years.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The candidate is expected to engage in own independent research programs. Specifically he/she should have experience in biogeographical research. The candidate should be familiar with dispersal models, explorative multivariate statistics and rule based spatially explicit models.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">This position will contribute to the research focus on Ecology and Environmental Science at the University of Bayreuth.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Integration into existing research groups at the University of Bayreuth is required (e.g. Bayreuth Centre for Ecology and Environmental Research, BayCEER).</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Documented activities in the acquisition of third-party funding are desired.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The teaching will concentrate on the Elite Study Program “Global Change Ecology” (within the Elite Network of Bavaria) but courses for studies in Geography, Geoecology and Biology are expected as well. Teaching is mainly English.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The successful candidate must hold a university degree, prove his/her potential for scientific work (e.g. by excellent Ph.D.) and teaching skills.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Physically handicapped persons will be favoured, if they are equally qualified. To increase the number of women in science, women are explicitly encouraged to apply. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applications including CV, university certificates and list of publications should be sent before December 31</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">st</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> 2006</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> to the: Dean of Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences; University of Bayreuth; D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOBS 4) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Profs – tenure-track –Department of Geosciences - Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY (USA</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">www.stonybrook.edu/cjo</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University invites applications for tenure track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level. Preference will be given to candidates who compliment existing research strengths including planetary sciences and computational geosciences. A Ph.D. in Geoscience or closely related field and significant past research accomplishments based on quality and originality in published work or manuscripts in preparation are required.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels and to develop a vigorous research program. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Evaluation of applicants will begin December 15, 2006</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, names and complete contact information of three references to:
Professor John B. Parise, Chair
Faculty Search Committee,
Department of Geosciences,
Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100
Email address for applicants: </FONT><A href="mailto:Geosciences_Search@notes.cc.sunysb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Geosciences_Search@notes.cc.sunysb.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">**************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">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.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to <A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">phd@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. 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Send address changes to <A href="mailto:dialog@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">dialog@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> or <A href="mailto:disccrs@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">disccrs@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">**********</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D. </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948 </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Walla Walla, WA 99362</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:weiler@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; 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