<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR></FONT><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; 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"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">DISCCRS News</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">12/1/2006</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">************************************</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" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">TABLE OF CONTENTS</FONT></B></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;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></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" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></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"> </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Hurricane Portal for Scientists, Students, and Applications Users: Open for Business</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://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/index.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/index.shtml</FONT></FONT></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 RESOURCES 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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</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">Marine Life Leaped From Simple to Complex After Greatest Mass Extinction</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.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28mari.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28mari.html</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/ydwtl8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/ydwtl8</FONT></FONT></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 1 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">[U.S. Supreme] Court Hears Global Warming Case</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.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900169.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900169.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> or:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ylflsz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/ylflsz</FONT></FONT></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"><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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</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">Second Call For Papers And Posters - 13th International Conference On The Environment - Interdisciplinary Environmental Association - June 30-July 3, 2007, Portland, Maine (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><A href="http://www.ieaonline.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.ieaonline.org</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">How to Get a Job and Develop an Undergraduate Research Program at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI) - Faculty Development Workshop at the Fall AGU Meeting – December 11-15, 2007 – 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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(see MEETING 1 below) </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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><I>JOBS</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">Asst./Assoc. Prof. tenure-track - Remote Sensing Oceanography - Department of Marine Science - University of Southern Mississippi – Stennis Space Center, MS (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><A href="http://www.usm.edu/marine"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.usm.edu/marine</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></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"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Assoc. Prof. tenure-trac - Climate Science and Ethics - Rock Ethics Institute - Penn State University, University Park, PA (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><A href="http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>(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">2007-08 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships - Call For Applications – Washington, DC (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><A href="http://fellowships.aaas.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://fellowships.aaas.org/</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 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">2007 Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Earth and Planetary Sciences - Harvard University – Cambridge, MA (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://www.eps.harvard.edu/daly.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.eps.harvard.edu/daly.php</FONT></FONT></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 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">Post-docs & Research Assoc’s - Atmosphere and/or Ocean Modelling and Data Assimilation - Dalhousie Univ. – Univ. Quebec at Montreal - Halifax (Canada)</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 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">Post-doc. - Improving Seasonal Forecasts - Univ of Reading – Reading, (UK)</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.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103</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 JOB 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">Faculty tenure-track - Marine Geology - San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN></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 JOB 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">Director, tenure-track - Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES) - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) - University of Colorado – Boulder, CO (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><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://cires.colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://cires.colorado.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 8 below)</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Prof.</FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">tenure-track - Climatologist/Geographer –Dept. of Geography - East Carolina University – Greenville, NC (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><A href="http://www.jobs.ecu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.jobs.ecu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 9 below)</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Scientist - Terrestrial Ecology Modeling - Woods Hole Research Center – Woods Hole, MA (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://whrc.org/about_us/jobs.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://whrc.org/about_us/jobs.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 10 below)</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Instructor - Physical Geography - Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green OH</FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(USA)</FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 11 below)</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Extension Specialist - Climate/Weather - University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK (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://www.cimms.ou.edu/employment.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.cimms.ou.edu/employment.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 12 below)</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Academic position / any rank - Climate Dynamics - University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA (USA)</FONT></B><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> (see JOB 13 below)</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B></B></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Resources and Funding Opportunities</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">(RESOURCES 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Hurricane Portal for Scientists, Students, and Applications Users: Open for Business</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"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/index.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/index.shtml</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">Scientists, students, and applications users seeking satellite data on hurricanes now have a new place to turn -- a web portal created by NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC). The new Hurricane web portal is designed for viewing and studying hurricanes with a variety of measurements from satellite-based NASA instruments.</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">This interactive website consists of several components, including:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(1) The 'Latest Generated 3 Hour Rainfall Total Images' (right on the home page)</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(2) The 'Image Gallery' showing the latest maps and profiles of pre-selected regions, updated daily. (3) Event-based data featuring pictures, animations and summaries of current and past tropical storms or hurricanes. (4) The 'Hurricane Viewer' (</FONT><A href="http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/HurricaneViewer.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/HurricaneViewer.shtml</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">which contains Flash animations (*very cool!*) of storms and hurricanes. (5) </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">- The 'Science Focus' which includes examples and stories describing the data used in hurricane monitoring and research.</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 'Tools' section (</FONT><A href="http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/tools.shtml"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/tools.shtml</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> ) connects to NASA satellite data from the TRMM, MODIS, and AIRS instruments via the easy to use online analysis and visualization software system called Giovanni.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Giovanni allows users to explore, visualize and analyze Earth sciences data interactively online without having to download any data.</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">Once data of interest is found, researchers can acquire hurricane-related data using the data retrieval tool, Mirador, which searches for data by date, parameter, instrument, or any keyword. Another ordering mechanism is the Web Hierarchical Ordering Mechanism (WHOM), which allows searching for data for a particular time and area. </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Both tools are also found from the 'Tools' section.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Science News</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">(NEWS 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Marine Life Leaped From Simple to Complex After Greatest Mass Extinction</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.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28mari.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28mari.html</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/ydwtl8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/ydwtl8</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">New York Times - At least five mass extinctions, most presumably caused by asteroids that struck the earth, have transformed global ecology in the half-billion years since the emergence of multicelled life, lopping entire branches from the evolutionary tree and causing others to flourish.</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 greatest "great dying," 251 million years ago, erased 95 percent of species in the oceans (and most vertebrates on land). But new research suggests that it was followed by an explosion of complexity in marine life, one that has persisted ever since.</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">Moreover, it happened quite suddenly, according to the study, which was led by scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and published in the current issue of the journal Science. The shift to complicated, interrelated ecosystems was more like a flip of a switch than a slow trend.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P> </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 2</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">) [U.S. Supreme] Court Hears Global Warming 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><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900169.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900169.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> or:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ylflsz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://tinyurl.com/ylflsz</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">Washington Post - The Supreme Court yesterday cautiously confronted for the first time the issue of global warming, hearing a challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases in new 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">Twelve states, led by Massachusetts and joined by the District of Columbia, are objecting to the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to decline to issue emissions standards for new cars and trucks. They and the environmental organizations that support them say the standards should be the first step in a broader effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other gases that they say are harming the atmosphere and leading to global warming and rising sea levels.</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">But they faced a court sometimes skeptical about whether the remedy they seek would make much difference in the long run, and whether they can even show they are facing the kind of imminent harm that is required before they can press their case. "I mean," asked Justice Antonin Scalia, "when is the predicted cataclysm?"</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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</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">How to Get a Job and Develop an Undergraduate Research Program at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI) - Faculty Development Workshop at the Fall AGU Meeting – December 11-15, 2007 – San Francisco, CA (USA)</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">Facilitators: Dr. Lydia K. Fox, University of the Pacific,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr. Pat Manley, Middlebury College,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr. Jeff Ryan, University of South Florida</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">Workshop includes CUR How-To publications and refreshments.</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">Early Registration Deadline: December 6</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">th</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> – Fee: $60.00</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">On-Site Registration: $75.</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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Location: San Francisco Marriott Hotel,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Willow Room, Monday, December 11</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">th</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">, 2:00-5:00 PM.</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"> To Register: Contact</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr. Jeffrey Ryan, Chair CUR-Geosciences, Department of Geology,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">University of South Florida,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">4202 East Fowler Ave.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Tampa, FL 33620</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:ryan@shell.cas.usf.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">ryan@shell.cas.usf.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><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">phone: (813) 974-1598; FAX (813) 974-2654</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" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Jobs</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst./Assoc. Prof. tenure-track - Remote Sensing Oceanography - Department of Marine Science - University of Southern Mississippi – Stennis Space Center, MS (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><A href="http://www.usm.edu/marine"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.usm.edu/marine</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">The University of Southern Mississippi - Department of Marine Science seeks applicants for a tenure-track position at either the assistant or associate level, depending upon qualifications. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Review of applications will begin January 15, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and will continue until position is filled. Appointment date is July 1, 2007. </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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Minimum qualifications: Doctorate at time of appointment in aquatic remote sensing with a strong focus on coastal and oceanic remote sensing using various sensors and platforms (e.g., SeaWiFS, MODIS, hyperspectral sensors, LIDAR, satellite and airborne). Demonstrated expertise and familiarity with radiative transfer and optical theory are desirable. Opportunities exist to participate in the department's Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar project (</FONT><A href="http://www.czmil.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.czmil.org</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">). Individuals who can complement the department's existing strengths, collaborate with other research organizations at the Stennis Space Center and take advantage of the growing community of expertise on the Gulf Coast in applications of LIDAR remote sensing and LIDAR/Hyperspectral data fusion are especially encouraged to apply. </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">Teaching duties will include undergraduate and graduate teaching and course development in ocean remote sensing and related areas. DMS is a vibrant, rapidly developing, multidisciplinary academic unit with research and teaching programs in biological, geological, and physical oceanography; marine chemistry, and hydrographic science. The department is located at the John C. Stennis Space Center on the</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Mississippi Gulf Coast. In addition to NASA research activities, the Stennis Space Center is also home to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL-SSC), the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, the NOAA Coastal Data Development Center, and the Maury Oceanographic Library, one of the country's premier oceanographic libraries</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applicants must submit, preferably by electronic mail, a curriculum vitae with a research plan; a statement of teaching philosophy; and names, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses of four references to Dr. Stephan D. Howden, The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, 1020 Balch Boulevard, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529; </FONT><A href="mailto:Stephan.Howden@usm.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Stephan.Howden@usm.edu</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"><O:P></O:P>********************</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">(JOB 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Assoc. Prof. tenure-trac - Climate Science and Ethics - Rock Ethics Institute - Penn State University, University Park, PA (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><A href="http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate</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"><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">The College of the Liberal Arts invites applications for a tenure track position in the area of environmental science and ethics, with special interest in scholars who work in the area of environmental science and public policy.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">We are most interested in applications from individuals who would qualify for a position at the Associate or Full Professor level, but are also open to applicants who would qualify for a position as an advanced Assistant Professor.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The tenure-line for this position will be in Science, Technology, and Society, with opportunities for joint appointments in other departments. This position is being co-funded by the Penn State Institutes of the Environment, an interdisciplinary research consortium at Penn State, whose mission is the discovery and transfer of knowledge in the use and management of environmental resources.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The PSIE (</FONT><A href="http://www.environment.psu.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.environment.psu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">) is dedicated to research, information dissemination and public education, and the training of graduate students.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A portion of the position will be situated in the Rock Ethics Institute (</FONT><A href="http://rockethics.psu.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://rockethics.psu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">/) with concomitant released time to ensure and enhance interactions with colleagues from the PSIE, participation in collaborative research projects, and development of research and outreach activities that create rich links between the Rock Ethics Institute and the Penn State Institutes of the Environment.</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 successful candidate must be able to work knowledgeably and effectively with scientists and social scientists in environmental research, particularly in the areas of research that are central for the work of the Institutes for the Environment (air quality, biodiversity and ecosystems, global change, health and the environment, industrial ecology and green engineering, and water resources).</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Highly desirable for the appointee is an active grants record, particularly research grants funding projects with environmental scientists.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><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">This position is part of Penn State's, and the College of the Liberal Arts’, commitment to research, teaching, and outreach in the areas of science and technology policy, public health and environmental policy, and ethical inquiry in these fields.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The successful candidate will play a central role in the expansion and development of a robust intercollege program designed to augment Penn State's strengths in basic and applied fields of science and technology.</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">Ph.D. required along with evidence of research strength and ability to offer a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in the program in science, technology, medicine, and ethics in society.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Please send application letter, full curriculum vitae, sample publications, and letters of reference to: Ethics and the Environmental Sciences Search Committee, Science, Technology and Society Program, 102 Old Botany, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">16823.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Review of applications begins on January 15</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and will continue until the position is filled.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">AA/EOE.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></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">(JOB 3) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">2007-08 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships - Call For Applications – Washington, DC (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><A href="http://fellowships.aaas.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://fellowships.aaas.org/</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"> Plug The Power Of Science Into Public Policy - Become a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow. There’s no better way to serve society with your scientific expertise! For more than 30 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique public policy learning experience and an opportunity to apply their knowledge and analytical skills to national and international issues in the policy realm. Career-advancing opportunities are available with Congress and nearly a dozen federal agencies. The six fellowship areas are: (1) Congressional, (2) Diplomacy, (3) Energy, Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources, (4) Global Stewardship, (5) Health, Education & Human Services, (6) National Defense & Global Security</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Eligibility & Criteria: AAAS seeks candidates from a broad array of backgrounds and a diversity of geographic, disciplinary, gender, and ethnic perspectives. Fellows come from a range of sectors, including academia, industry and non-profits, representing a spectrum of career stages, from recent PhD graduates to faculty on sabbatical to retired scientists and engineers. Fellows also have ranged in age from late twenties to early seventies.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Regardless of background, career stage or age, successful applicants must: (1) Hold a doctoral-level degree (PhD, MD, DVM, DSc, PharmD, and other terminal degrees), in any physical, biological, medical, or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant interdisciplinary field. Applicants with a master’s degree in engineering and at least three years of post-degree professional experience also qualify. NOTE: All requirements for the terminal degree must be completed by the application deadline; (2) Have solid scientific and technical credentials and the endorsement of three references; (3) Hold U.S. citizenship; (4) Show a commitment to applying their scientific or technical expertise to serve society; (5) Be good communicators, both verbally and in writing, to decision-makers and non-scientific audiences; and (6) Demonstrate integrity and good judgment and display leadership qualities. NOTE: Some program areas and agencies seek additional qualifications. See the website for details.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Placements: Placements are available in Congressional offices and more than ten federal agencies. The fellowships are year-long opportunities, beginning 1 September and ending 31 August. Extension or renewal of fellowships is sometimes possible, depending upon the program, approval of the host office, and availability of funding.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Support: Annual stipends will begin at approximately $67,000 for the 2007-2008 fellowship year. Fellows also receive a relocation allowance (for some agencies), health insurance reimbursement, a travel allowance, support for placement, an eight-day intensive orientation, and a year-long program of professional development activities that include monthly seminars, training workshops, networking gatherings, and a year-end retreat.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Apply: AAAS accepts only online applications. Please visit the AAAS Fellowships website for full details on criteria, guidelines, program areas, application instructions, and to access the online application. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The deadline is 20 December 2006</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="font-weight: normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOBS 4</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">) 2007 Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Earth and Planetary Sciences - Harvard University – Cambridge, MA (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://www.eps.harvard.edu/daly.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.eps.harvard.edu/daly.php</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">Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences seeks fellowship candidates who are pursuing field observations, lab-based science, and theory, and interested in geology, geochemistry, ocean, atmosphere and climate dynamics and chemistry, seismology, geophysics, planetary sciences, and other related fields. </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for a one-year period, with an anticipated extension for a second year. Daly fellows carry out independent research, yet are encouraged to interact with one or more research groups in the department. Applicants are welcome to contact members of the department before applying. The annual salary is $52,000 with additional funds of $15,000 available for research support over a two-year period. Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. or should be 2007 degree candidates. Completion of the Ph.D. is required by time of appointment.</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">To Apply: Applications should include curriculum vitae, names and affiliation of three references, a one-page statement of the applicant's doctoral research, and a 1-2 page postdoctoral research proposal. Applicants are responsible for contacting the references to have their letters arrive directly at the address below by the January 15 deadline. Send applications (email preferred) to: Daly Postdoctoral Search Committee, c/o Rady Rogers (</FONT><A href="mailto:rady@eps.harvard.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">rady@eps.harvard.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">), Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">02138</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Deadline: </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applications are due January 15, 2007.</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">********************</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOBS 5) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Post-docs & Research Assoc’s - Atmosphere and/or Ocean Modelling and Data Assimilation - Dalhousie Univ. – Univ. Quebec at Montreal - Halifax (Canada)</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">Dalhousie University and the Universite du Quebec - Montreal (UQAM) are searching for Postdoctoral Fellows and/or Research Associates to join a network recently funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences entitled “Prediction and Predictability of the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System from Days to Decades”.</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 successful candidates will collaborate with researchers at Dalhousie University, UQAM other universities in the network, and with scientists from Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, on numerical modelling and data assimilation involving both ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean models.</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 overall goal of the network is to improve forecasts of the ocean and atmosphere on time-scales of days to decades, and space scales of tens of km (e.g., ocean eddies) to global.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The successful applicants will focus on time-scales of days to seasons.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The project involves the assimilation of a wide range of data types, including relatively new data streams such as temperature and salinity profiles from Argo floats, into ocean and coupled models using novel assimilation schemes. Specific research activities include: enhancing ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling and data assimilation capabilities; identifying the sources of, and limits to, predictability in the ocean and coupled system; and undertaking and physically interpreting decadal scale reanalyses.</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 successful applicants will have a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Physical Oceanography or related discipline.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Experience in running and developing state-of-the-art ocean and/or atmosphere models is required. </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Knowledge of data assimilation is desirable.</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">Appointments will begin as soon as possible after January 1, 2007 and will initially be for a 12 month period. Extensions may be granted for up to three more years subject to performance. The annual salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.</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">All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons and women.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The same conditions are true for UQAM.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">UQAM is a francophone university based in Montreal, Canada.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The competition will remain open until suitable candidates are found.</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">Applicants should send a statement of interest, curriculum vitae including a list of publications, and the names and addresses of three references to:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Ms. Susan Woodbury, ACM, FCMOS,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Acting Network Manager,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Global Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction and Predictability (GOAPP),</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Department of Oceanography, Room 5660A</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">LSC,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dalhousie University,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">1355 Oxford Street,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Halifax, NS</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">B3H 4J1 Canada</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Email: </FONT><A href="mailto:susan.woodbury@phys.ocean.dal.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">susan.woodbury@phys.ocean.dal.ca</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> Submission by e-mail is encouraged.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Fax:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(902) 494-2885</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">(JOB 6) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Post-doc. - Improving Seasonal Forecasts - Univ of Reading – Reading, (UK)</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.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103</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">This post involves carrying out research aimed at improving operational seasonal forecasts of the Atlantic Climate and Europe. It will involve analysis and use of Met Office seasonal forecast models.</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 successful candidate will work in the Walker Institute for Climate System Research which is based in the 5* Department of Meteorology. There will be close collaboration with the seasonal forecasting group at the Met Office. The project offers a unique opportunity to apply the latest climate science to improve operational seasonal forecasting.</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">You will have: A Ph.D. or equivalent experience in the physical or mathematical sciences.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Good IT skills, especially Unix and programming in Fortran, IDL, or similar.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Some experience in ocean, atmosphere or climate research is highly desirable, but not essential.</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><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Closing Date: 15/12/2006</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Post Type: Full-time, fixed-term for 2 years</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Payscale: New Grade 6, from 24,161 to 29,716 pounds per annum.</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Application forms and further particulars are available from </FONT><A href="http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R06103</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> or</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">telephone (0118) 378 6771 (voicemail).</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">Informal enquiries to Project Manager: Dr Warwick Norton telephone 0118 378 5584 or email </FONT><A href="mailto:w.a.norton@reading.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">w.a.norton@reading.ac.uk</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">(JOB 7) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Faculty tenure-track - Marine Geology - San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><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 Department of Geosciences at San Francisco State University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level in marine geology, beginning August 2007. The position requires a Ph.D. in geology or a closely related field, and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The ideal candidate will have an interdisciplinary background and be able to teach courses relevant to all our degree programs (B.S. in Geology, B.A. in Earth Sciences, B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and MS in Applied Geosciences).</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 prefer a marine geoscientist with expertise in the general area of coastal processes. Possible areas of focus include coastal response to changes in sediment transport patterns caused by human activities or natural events such as sea-level change or storms, coastal and marine slope stability and landslides, wetland and estuarine processes, and hazards caused by tsunami or earthquakes. A background in geophysics, physical oceanography, and/or paleoclimatology would be desirable. The successful applicant will need to maintain an externally funded research program that involves graduate and undergraduate students. Salary for this position is to be negotiated and is commensurate with experience.</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 includes programs in geology, meteorology, and oceanography and currently has approximately 50 undergraduate majors, 20 MS students and 11 tenured/tenure track faculty members. Department of Geosciences faculty and</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">students have full access to the facilities of Romberg Tiburon Center (RTC), the University's marine field station located 30 minutes north of San Francisco. RTC is the only academic research facility situated on San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the west coast of the United States.</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 Francisco State University, a large urban university, is part of the 23-campus California State University system and serves a diverse student body in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs. SFSU faculty are expected to be effective in teaching; to demonstrate professional achievement and growth through continued research, publications, and/or creative activities; and to contribute their academic expertise and leadership to the campus and community.</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">To apply, send a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching and research interests, and three letters of reference to: Dr. Oswaldo Garcia, Chair, Dept. of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">94132.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr. Garcia can be contacted by phone at 415-338-1778 and by email at: </FONT><A href="mailto:ogarcia@sfsu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">ogarcia@sfsu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applications should be received before December 22, 2006.</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">San Francisco State University </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"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 8) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Director, tenure-track - Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES) - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) - University of Colorado – Boulder, CO (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"> </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><A href="http://cires.colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://cires.colorado.edu</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><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The director position is rostered in CIRES, with tenure track and teaching responsibilities in a relevant disciplinary department.</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 focus of CSES is Integrated Earth System Science Remote Sensing. Research and teaching areas of special interest include polar climatology, ecology, geology, seismology, volcanology hyperspectral imaging, hydrology, radiative transfer, and remote sensing technology. Land-atmosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles involving vegetation and water budgets and cryospheric change are particularly important themes, as is a consistent emphasis on human-induced change. Examples of applications include: drought monitoring in the west; aerosol and cloud remote sensing; surface minerals, sea level change; plate boundary processes; and global ice and fresh water</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">Interdisciplinary research is particularly valued in CIRES.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A major commitment to and demonstrated excellence in research and the ability to secure external research funding are expected, as well as commitment to excellence in teaching.</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">Required qualifications are a PhD in a cognate field, substantial experience in remote sensing applications and experience in the administration of a scientific institution.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Review of the applications will begin December 1, 2006</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send current curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and three names for letters of reference to</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Karen Dempsey, CIRES Human Resources via email: </FONT><A href="mailto:jobs@cires.colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">jobs@cires.colorado.edu</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">Questions can be sent to Prof. Roger Barry, Chair, CSES Director Search Committee: </FONT><A href="mailto:rbarry@kryos.colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">rbarry@kryos.colorado.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">*******************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 9) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Prof</FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">tenure-track - Climatologist/Geographer –Dept. of Geography - East Carolina University – Greenville, NC (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><A href="http://www.jobs.ecu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">www.jobs.ecu.edu</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">The Department of Geography at East Carolina University invites applications for a tenure-track position in atmospheric science at the assistant professor level to begin August 20, 2007. Competitive salary and teaching load in a progressive department with a developing program in atmospheric science. The successful candidate is expected to teach courses in synoptic meteorology and weather forecasting. Preference will be given to candidates with research expertise in mesoscale to synoptic-scale meteorology, who can contribute to the continued development of the Center for Geographic Information Science and the Center for Natural Hazards Research. PhD in geography, meteorology, or related field is required at the time of appointment. The successful candidate will demonstrate commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and exhibit a strong potential for external funding in support of instructional and research programs. Appropriate service to the university, community, and profession is also expected.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Screening of applicants will begin February 15, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and will continue until the position has been filled.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applicants must complete a candidate profile and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and the names and contact information (including email addresses) for three current references. </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"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 10) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Asst. Scientist - Terrestrial Ecology Modeling - Woods Hole Research Center – Woods Hole, MA (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"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://whrc.org/about_us/jobs.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://whrc.org/about_us/jobs.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><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The Woods Hole Research Center seeks to expand its scientific staff in the field of terrestrial ecology to complement existing programs in land-use change, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrologic cycles, and vegetation dynamics. Candidates with experience in biogeochemical modeling, including recent advances in data/model fusion techniques, are particularly sought.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program and to interact with other staff scientists in developing and applying models of the terrestrial C, N, water, and energy cycles to understand processes of global change.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">To facilitate interaction, half of the first two years of the appointment will involve development and testing of a carbon model for US forests.</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">Candidates should have a Ph.D., a demonstrated ability to work with colleagues from other disciplines, and a proven track record in publishing, securing research funding, and developing research programs. </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">This position is expected to be filled at the Assistant Scientist level, but Associate and Senior Scientist candidates will be considered. The position will remain open until filled.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Application deadline: January 15, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><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">Start date: Winter 2007</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Qualifications:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A Ph.D. in ecology, forestry, environmental science, or related field is required.</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">Application Instructions:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">E-mail cover letter, résumé, and three references to: </FONT><A href="mailto:jobsearch@whrc.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">jobsearch@whrc.org</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The Woods Hole Research Center's emphasis in research is on ecosystems and includes such global issues as biotic impoverishment, climatic change, sustainable development, the role of biotic resources in support of contemporary civilization, and the interactions of science and public affairs.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A smoke-free, pet-free institution. Equal Opportunity Employer.</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">(JOB 11) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Instructor - Physical Geography - Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green OH</FONT></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(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><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">Initial two-year appointment for an Instructor in Physical Geography beginning June 15, 2007. Appointment extensions possible, based on performance evaluations. Minimum qualifications are an M.A., with a Ph.D. preferred. Teaching expertise required in undergraduate atmospheric science courses including weather and climate, meteorology, and climatology. Specialization in geospatial techniques with an emphasis in one or more of the following: global change, natural hazards, water resources, and land use is desirable. Responsibilities include teaching of undergraduate classes and active participation in departmental programs. </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">Send cover letter, vita, three current letters of reference, and a transcript showing the highest degree </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">by February 15, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> to Dr. Arthur N. Samel, Chair, Department of Geography, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0187. Voice 419-372-2925. Fax 419-372-0588. </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"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(JOB 12) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Extension Specialist - Climate/Weather - University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK (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://www.cimms.ou.edu/employment.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.cimms.ou.edu/employment.html</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The University of Oklahoma is seeking a Sea Grant National Climate/Weather Extension Specialist to be located at the National Severe Storms Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, on the research campus of The University of Oklahoma, Norman.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">An MS or PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Geosciences, or related scientific field with climate/weather-related experience required.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">A combination of a scientific background and a science policy or communications background is acceptable.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Computer and strong communication skills (written and oral) required.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Experience in public outreach work and an interest in communicating scientific information to non-scientists is essential.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">An interest in policy and extending science to help develop policy is highly desirable.</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">(JOB 13) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Academic position / any rank - Climate Dynamics - University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><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 University of Southern California is extending its research and educational programs through a cross-cutting initiative that focuses on Energy, Societies and the Environment in the 21st century. The goal of this initiative is to create a research and educational environment that fosters collaborations between disciplines and promotes an interactive exchange of knowledge. An initial appointment at any rank will be made in the area of climate dynamics. Individuals with established expertise in climate dynamics and who use computer models to study Earth's climate behavior and the factors that influence that behavior are encouraged to apply. This individual will hold a primary appointment in the Department of Earth Sciences and a joint appointment in one other department in the College of Arts and Sciences. We anticipate additional appointments will be made in other closely aligned fields and expect this initial hire to take an active role in the programmatic development.</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 of Southern California supports advanced computational activities through the Center for High-Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), which is among the nations top research computing centers.</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><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Review of applications will begin January 1, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> and continue until the position is filled. The appointment will begin August 16, 2007. Applications should include curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, statement of teaching experience and interests, and the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of at least three references.</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><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Applications should be submitted to:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Dr. Lowell D. Stott,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Climate Dynamics Search Committee Chair,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">c/o Dana Coyle,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Department of Earth Sciences,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">University of Southern California,</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0740.</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"><SPAN style="">This newsletter has been developed by C. 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