<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>2/8/2007</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="">************************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B><O:P></O:P></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> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Inter-Research Journal - Online archive now available - Back catalog of articles; full-text searchable PDF files.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.int-res.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.int-res.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Water Quality for Ecosystem and Human Health</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> is available in English in PDF <SPAN style="">and “Digital Atlas” formats at</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.gemswater.org/publications/index-e.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.gemswater.org/publications/index-e.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> and at<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.gemswater.org/freshwater_assessments/index-e.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.gemswater.org/freshwater_assessments/index-e.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Republican and Democratic US Congress members polled on climate change</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://syndication.nationaljournal.com/images/203Insiderspoll_NJlogo.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://syndication.nationaljournal.com/images/203Insiderspoll_NJlogo.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Global climate report gets final polish before release</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><B></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">see NEWS 1 below)</SPAN></SPAN> </B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Pew Center coverage of the IPCC Comprehensive Report on Science of Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate of Opinion: The latest U.N. report shows the "warming" debate is far from settled. The Wall Street Journal weighs in on IPCC</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009625"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009625</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><B>Game Over on Global Warming?</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-emissions5feb05,1,3200012.story"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-emissions5feb05,1,3200012.story</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yolsw6"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yolsw6</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""> (Registration Required) </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Branson Launches $25 Million Climate Bid</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6345557.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6345557.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2frvvu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2frvvu</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see NEWS 5 below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Nanoengineered Concrete Could Reduce CO2 Emissions</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">
<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2qo8rh"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2qo8rh</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Evangelical, Scientific Leaders Launch Effort to Protect Earth</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Unprecedented collaboration aims to instill sense of urgency on elected officials, advance sound environmental policies and practices</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.allgodspeople.com/madison/content/view/43403/16/">http://www.allgodspeople.com/madison/content/view/43403/16/</A> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Third Workshop: International Young Scholar Network for Earth Systems Science - June 2-5, 2007 - Bristol (UK)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see <SPAN style="">WORKSHOP 1<B> </B></SPAN>below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Director And Professor, Florida Sea Grant Program (FSG) - Sea Grant College - University Of Florida -Gainesville, FL (USA)</B><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><B> Position # 0001-3307</B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><B>Global Warming Scientist - Conservation Programs – National Wildlife Federation – Reston, VA (USA)</B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="file://localhost/careergateway/index.cfm"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">https://secure.nwf.org/careergateway/index.cfm?fuseAction=view&positionID=10288</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc Fellowship - Sea Ice Forecasting - U.S. National/Naval Ice Center - Washington, DC in Suitland, Maryland (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/07nic_open.html"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/07nic_open.html</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc - Modeling Marine Microbes at MIT: From Genomes to Biogeography – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Research Faculty (two) - Marine Science - Coastal and Marine Laboratory - Florida State University – St Teresa, FL (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/currentopenings.html">http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/currentopenings.html</A> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOBS 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc - Environmental Sciences Policy and Management Department - UC Berkeley (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>PostDoc - Interpret recent satellite observations to provide constraints on aerosol processes - Dalhousie University (Canada)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>3-5 Research Scientists - Land-Atmospheric Interaction - Beijing Normal University, Beijing (China)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 8 below)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Lecturship - Environmental Modelling and/or Earth Observation Science - Department of Geography - Kings College London (UK) </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 9 below)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Asst. Professor - Geoscience</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>(The position is currently held by a Climatologist, and continuation of this situation is encouraged!) - Meredith College, Raleigh, NC (USA) </B><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 10 below)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc - Dept. of Oceanography - University of Cape Town (Rep. of South Africa)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 11 below)</SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc - Numerical modelling of ice-ocean interactions in Antarctica - The Institute for Geophysics - Westfalische Wilhelms University (Germany)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 12 below)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B> Research Associate - Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory -Beltsville, MD (USA)<SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> (see JOB 13 below)</SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoctoral Researcher - Aquatic Microbial Ecology - Limnology section at the Department of Ecology & Evolution, Uppsala University (Sweden)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/205forsk_eng.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/205forsk_eng.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""> (see JOB 14 below)</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">***************************************************</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Science News</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>Global climate report gets final polish before release</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Margaret Munro - CanWest News Service - Thursday, February 01, 2007 The report on the state of Earth's climate, to be released Friday, is one of the most scrutinized, heavily edited and carefully coded documents ever written.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Climatologists hope it also will have the power to change the world, and what humans are doing to it.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Almost three years in the making, with input from hundreds of researchers, the report is now undergoing a last-minute, closed-door edit by high-level government delegates and scientists in Paris.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We'll be going over it line by line," says Francis Zwiers, a top Environment Canada scientist, and one of the researchers and government officials holed up near the Eiffel Tower negotiating how best to describe the remarkable changes underway as the planet warms.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Reports Wednesday suggested the experts are falling behind in their task of reaching consensus on the wording. All governments involved must agree on the language in the summary.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We are at 30 per cent (complete) and we have used 60 per cent of our time," said Arthur Petersen, who represents the Dutch Environment Ministry.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Leaked drafts of Friday's report, widely quoted in the media in recent weeks, say the evidence of climate warming is "unequivocal." The change is visible in the air, oceans and melting ice and largely driven by ever-increasing human emissions of greenhouse gases.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The marathon session in Paris is massaging and tweaking the draft, which is just 12 to 15 pages long and summarizes the key findings of science teams that have produced an 11-chapter tome - more than 1,000 pages of eye-glazing detail to be published later this spring. Every word of the summary is being weighed with the kind of precision only scientists and bureaucrats could dream up.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For handy reference at the Paris meeting there is a 56-page technical summary, complete with a chart calibrating the meaning of loaded phrases - "virtually certain" means greater than 99 per cent probability, "likely" translates to more than 66 per cent, while "exceptionally unlikely" is less than one per cent probability.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The definitions are supposed to add precision to Friday's summary report. They also help counter last-minute attempts to water down or exaggerate the climate change underway.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Our job is only to accept changes consistent with our chapter's findings," says Ken Denman, another Canadian researcher burning the midnight oil in Paris.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, was established in 1988 to bring together climate scientists to assess the risks posed by the billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane gas that humans pump into the atmosphere each year.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists say there is little in IPCC reports that has not been widely reported in science journals and been the fodder of headlines for years.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What sets the reports apart, they say, is the way they pull all the pieces together, build consensus and command attention. As the IPCC delegation gathered in Paris this week there were already calls for a world summit on climate change from the United Nations Environment Programme.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Friday's report is based on the fourth assessment, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, and focuses on how greenhouse gases have locked the planet into a human-induced warming trend that will be felt for centuries to come. Two other IPCC reports, to be released in April and May, will describe how society needs to adapt to the coming change and lay out options for cutting emissions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The authors of this week's report say they have weighed all the evidence and theories about how and why temperatures are rising. They have also assessed 19 climate models from labs and meteorological services around the world, including one run by Environment Canada's supercomputer in Dorval, Que., that replicate past climates with uncanny accuracy and forecast big change in coming decades.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists from around the globe have been involved since 2004 - Denman's co-ordinated input from 14 lead authors and about 60 contributing authors for his chapter on how carbon moves between the land, ocean and atmosphere. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hundreds more have been writing and reviewing the other 10 chapters. Critics and skeptics were encouraged to get involved."I actually was a bit pushy about it because I think if people are going to complain, then let them complain in a constructive way," Denman said in a recent interview in his office at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis in Victoria, where he's on secondment from the Fisheries and Oceans Department. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His chapter attracted 3,000 individual comments. "And we had to respond in writing to every single one," Denman says flipping through the thick binder holding them all. "It's a brutal job," says Denman, an expert on the carbon cycle and IPCC veteran who helped write the 1995 report that helped focus international attention on the greenhouse gas problem.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Climatologist Andrew Weaver at the University of Victoria is also one of the nine Canadian researchers heavily involved in producing this year's report.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The debate between scientists has been right down to the wire. Two weeks ago Weaver says they were still arguing over the chance of an abrupt collapse of Atlantic currents that carry heat from the tropics to Europe. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it "unlikely" (less than 33 per cent probability) or "very unlikely" (less than 10 per cent probability). "It took many hours, with many people around the world for that one paragraph," says Weaver.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Negotiators in Paris this week can - and are - haggling over the wording in the summary. "But they can't change the science," says Weaver. It is already all laid out in the IPCC report, the final draft of which covers more than 1,000 pages. "It's an outstanding piece of scientific research, it covers all aspect of the climate," says Weaver, who is already using it for teaching and reference. "It's the go-to place for anything to do with climate science."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC has its critics. Toronto geologist and climate blogger Steve McIntyre is harshly critical of the IPCC for delaying publication of the full report until three months after Friday's summary is released at a carefully orchestrated press conference.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Unbelievable," says McIntyre, who has chastised the IPCC for having the "gall" to institutionalize a process that will generate enormous political pressure for action before the full details are made public. "Words fail me."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gordon McBean, a former Environment Canada official now at the University of Western Ontario, says the IPCC process could be more open and streamlined. "I think the process has actually become overly bureaucratic," says McBean. "But I don't think the present process is controlled by government as some people argue," says McBean. McBean headed the Canadian delegation to the 1995 IPCC negotiations that concluded the balance of evidence suggests "a discernable human influence" on the global climate. The line helped lead to the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement that aims to, but has so far failed, to curb total global emissions. This time around McBean is a reviewer for the upcoming IPCC assessment on the impacts of climate change and the need to adapt. He says the more than 180 countries in the United Nations are party to the IPCC process and have the right to comment on Friday's summary, as long as the document stays true to the science. "They all legitimately can participate," says McBean, who is unaware of any other documents that undergoes such intense review, debate and editing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Not that I know of," says McBean, who like many of his colleagues is hoping this week's report will jolt the world into making "significant" emission reductions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 2) <B>Pew Center coverage of the IPCC Comprehensive Report on Science of Climate Change</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On February 2, 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a summary of the current science of climate change. The summary, directed at policymakers, is based on six years of review of scientific literature by experts from around the world, convened under the auspices of the IPCC's Working Group I.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report calls the evidence of climate warming "unequivocal." The report finds that rates of both observed warming and sea level rise have accelerated over the past century, and discusses other important changes being observed, including more intense precipitation in some regions, prolonged droughts in others, and intensification of hurricanes in some tropical regions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Read the Pew Center's coverage of the report:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136622"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136622</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pew Center's summary of the report (93 KB pdf):<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136623"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136623</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pew Center statement on the report:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136624"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136624</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Facts and Figures:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136625"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136625</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Sea Level Rise - The State of the Science", a new Pew Center fact sheet:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136626"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136626</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hurricanes and Global Warming Q&A:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136627"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ealert.pewclimate.org/ctt.asp?u=436458&l=136627</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3)<B> Climate of Opinion: The latest U.N. report shows the "warming" debate is far from settled. The Wall Street Journal weighs in on IPCC</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009625"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009625</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Wall Street Journal (Editorial page) - February 5, 2007 - Last week's headlines about the United Nations' latest report on global warming were typically breathless, predicting doom and human damnation like the most fervent religious evangelical. Yet the real news in the fourth assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may be how far it is backpedaling on some key issues. Beware claims that the science of global warming is settled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The document that caused such a stir was only a short policy report, a summary of the full scientific report due in May. Written mainly by policymakers (not scientists) who have a stake in the issue, the summary was long on dire predictions. The press reported the bullet points, noting that this latest summary pronounced with more than "90% confidence" that humans have been the main drivers of warming since the 1950s, and that higher temperatures and rising sea levels would result.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More pertinent is the underlying scientific report. And according to people who have seen that draft, it contains startling revisions of previous U.N. predictions. For example, the Center for Science and Public Policy has just released an illuminating analysis written by Lord Christopher Monckton, a one-time adviser to Margaret Thatcher who has become a voice of sanity on global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Take rising sea levels. In its 2001 report, the U.N.'s best high-end estimate of the rise in sea levels by 2100 was three feet. Lord Monckton notes that the upcoming report's high-end best estimate is 17 inches, or half the previous prediction. Similarly, the new report shows that the 2001 assessment had overestimated the human influence on climate change since the Industrial Revolution by at least one-third.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such reversals (and there are more) are remarkable, given that the IPCC's previous reports, in 1990, 1995 and 2001, have been steadily more urgent in their scientific claims and political tone. It's worth noting that many of the policymakers who tinker with the IPCC reports work for governments that have promoted climate fears as a way of justifying carbon-restriction policies. More skeptical scientists are routinely vetoed from contributing to the panel's work. The Pasteur Institute's Paul Reiter, a malaria expert who thinks global warming would have little impact on the spread of that disease, is one example.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>U.N. scientists have relied heavily on computer models to predict future climate change, and these crystal balls are notoriously inaccurate. According to the models, for instance, global temperatures were supposed to have risen in recent years. Yet according to the U.S. National Climate Data Center, the world in 2006 was only 0.03 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in 2001--in the range of measurement error and thus not statistically significant.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The models also predicted that sea levels would rise much faster than they actually have. The models didn't predict the significant cooling the oceans have undergone since 2003--which is the opposite of what you'd expect with global warming. Cooler oceans have also put a damper on claims that global warming is the cause of more frequent or intense hurricanes. The models also failed to predict falling concentrations of methane in the atmosphere, another surprise.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meanwhile, new scientific evidence keeps challenging previous assumptions. The latest report, for instance, takes greater note of the role of pollutant particles, which are thought to reflect sunlight back to space, supplying a cooling effect. More scientists are also studying the effect of solar activity on climate, and some believe it alone is responsible for recent warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All this appears to be resulting in a more cautious scientific approach, which is largely good news. We're told that the upcoming report is also missing any reference to the infamous "hockey stick," a study by Michael Mann that purported to show 900 years of minor fluctuations in temperature, followed by a dramatic spike over the past century. The IPCC featured the graph in 2001, but it has since been widely rebutted.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While everyone concedes that the Earth is about a degree Celsius warmer than it was a century ago, the debate continues over the cause and consequences. We don't deny that carbon emissions may play a role, but we don't believe that the case is sufficiently proven to justify a revolution in global energy use. The economic dislocations of such an abrupt policy change could be far more severe than warming itself, especially if it reduces the growth and innovation that would help the world cope with, say, rising sea levels. There are also other problems--AIDS, malaria and clean drinking water, for example—whose claims on scarce resources are at least as urgent as climate change. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IPCC report should be understood as one more contribution to the warming debate, not some definitive last word that justifies radical policy change. It can be hard to keep one's head when everyone else is predicting the Apocalypse, but that's all the more reason to keep cool and focus on the actual science.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"></A><A name="OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4)<B> Game Over on Global Warming?</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-emissions5feb05,1,3200012.story"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-emissions5feb05,1,3200012.story</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yolsw6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yolsw6</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""> (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) - Everybody in the United States could switch from cars to bicycles. The Chinese could close all their factories. Europe could give up electricity and return to the age of the lantern. But all those steps together would not come close to stopping global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A landmark report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released last Friday, warns that there is so much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that even if concentrations held at current levels, the effects of global warming would continue for centuries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is still hope. The report notes that a concerted world effort could stave off the direst consequences of global warming, such as widespread flooding, drought and extreme weather. Ultimately eliminating the global warming threat, however, would require radical action.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5) <B>Branson Launches $25 Million Climate Bid</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6345557.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6345557.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2frvvu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2frvvu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BBC News Online - Millions of pounds are on offer for the person who comes up with the best way of removing significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson launched the competition today in London alongside former US vice-president Al Gore.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A panel of judges will oversee the prize, including James Lovelock and Nasa scientist James Hansen. Sir Richard said humankind must realise the scale of the crisis it faced. "The Earth cannot wait 60 years," he said at the news conference. "I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said if the planet was to survive, it was vital to find a way of getting rid of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. He said he believed offering the $25 million (12.5 million pounds) Earth Challenge Prize was the best way of finding a solution.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 6)
<B>Nanoengineered Concrete Could Reduce CO2 Emissions</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2qo8rh"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2qo8rh</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In an effort to find ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a group of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on the nanostructure of concrete, the world's most widely used material. The production of cement, the primary component of concrete, accounts for 5 to 10 percent of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions; the process is an important contributor to global warming, the MIT researchers said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">...The researchers said if they can find -- or nanoengineer -- a different mineral to use in cement paste, one that has the same packing density but does not require the high temperatures during production, they could conceivably cut world carbon dioxide emissions by up to 10 percent. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Franz-Josef Ulm: </SPAN><A href="http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?id=2381&isa=Category&op=show"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://cee.mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 7) <B>Evangelical, Scientific Leaders Launch Effort to Protect Earth</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Unprecedented collaboration aims to instill sense of urgency on elected officials, advance sound environmental policies and practices</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.allgodspeople.com/madison/content/view/43403/16/">http://www.allgodspeople.com/madison/content/view/43403/16/</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, evangelical and scientific leaders announced a collaborative effort to protect the environment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Speaking at a news conference in Washington, DC, a dozen leaders of the effort shared concerns about human-caused threats to creation – including climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, species extinction, the spread of human infectious diseases, and other dangers to the well-being of societies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“More than takers, we are care-takers," said University of Wisconsin professor Cal DeWitt, a member of the coalition. "By returning Creation’s service with service of our own, we care for Creation, we restore what has been spoiled, we preserve the species, and care for the climate system we hold in trust.”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The coalition released an “Urgent Call to Action” statement signed by 28 evangelical and scientific leaders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The statement – sent to President George W. Bush, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, bipartisan Congressional leaders, and national evangelical and scientific organizations – urges “fundamental change in values, lifestyles and public policies required to address these worsening problems before it is too late.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Business as usual cannot continue yet one more day.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The group pledged to “work together toward a responsible care for creation and call with one voice” to the religious, scientific, business, political and educational arenas to join them in this historic initiative.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“There is no such thing as a Republican or Democrat, a liberal or conservative, a religious or secular environment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We all breathe the same air and drink the same water.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists and evangelicals share a deep moral commitment to preserve this precious gift we have all been given,” said Dr. Eric Chivian, Nobel laureate and Director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Great scientists are people of imagination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So are people of great faith.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We dare to imagine a world in which science and religion cooperate, minimizing our differences about how Creation got started, to work together to reverse its degradation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will not allow it to be progressively destroyed by human folly,” added Rev. Rich Cizik, Vice President for Government Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">***************************************************</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(WORKSHOP 1)<B> Third Workshop: International Young Scholar Network for Earth Systems Science - June 2-5, 2007 - Bristol (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.aimes.ucar.edu/activities/YSN/2007_UK/YSN_BRISTOL.shtml">http://www.aimes.ucar.edu/activities/YSN/2007_UK/YSN_BRISTOL.shtml</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This small workshop will focus on understanding decision making on land-use issues, in order to move towards modelling these processes in Earth System Models. We encourage interdisciplinary applicants from the natural and social sciences, economics, engineers and scholars from the humanities with research interests in the Earth system. The goal of the YSN workshop will be a manuscript reviewing the state-of-art in decision-making in land-use modelling and its impacts on biogeochemistry and climate from an Earth's System perspective, and prioritise future research topics. Participants will be expected to write whitepapers before the workshop, and continue finalizing the manuscript after the workshop.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>AIMES is a Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Project (IGBP). Approximately, 25 young scholars (within 10 years of Ph.D.) will be supported to attend the YSN meeting, pending funding. To apply, send your CV, statement of research interests and a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or department head to </SPAN><A href="mailto:marko.scholze@bristol.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">marko.scholze@bristol.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>.<SPAN style=""> <B>Applications are due by February 28, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. -- Marko Scholze, QUEST, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BS8 1RJ, UK<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5132<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: +44 (0)117 925 3385<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://QUEST.bris.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://QUEST.bris.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> Quantifying earth system processes and feedbacks for better informed assessments of alternative futures of the global environment</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">***************************************************</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Jobs</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Or, visit <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></A> and click on 'Join this group'<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"></A><A name="OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">(JOB 1) <B>Director And Professor, Florida Sea Grant Program (FSG) - Sea Grant College - University Of Florida -Gainesville, FL (USA)</B></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><B> Position # 0001-3307</B></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Review of candidates will begin on March 22, 2007 and continue until position is filled</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are seeking an innovative unit leader with broad programmatic vision and enthusiasm for leadership.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Director is the administrative head of the Sea Grant College and provides leadership and support for research, education, communications, and extension in the Florida Sea Grant programs (FSG).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Director provides vision in planning, develops and implements FSG programs, and acquires extramural funds with private support. The Director plays an active role in overseeing a diverse set of programs and leading strategic planning initiatives to design effective programs for the state, universities and stakeholders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Current Sea Grant program areas emphasize marine biotechnology, fisheries, aquaculture, seafood safety, boating and waterways, waterfront communities, ecosystem health, coastal hazards, graduate education and marine education.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The federal Sea Grant portion of the program covers about 50% of the funding for 100+ faculty and students who conduct research, education, communications, and extension programs. Approximately 12 staff are managed at the Sea Grant College located on the Gainesville campus while the remaining staff are located at various locations throughout the state of Florida.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Director is actively engaged with stakeholders such as the National Sea Grant College Program Office located within the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Silver Springs, MD.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition the Director interacts with the 31 Sea Grant Programs across the U.S. to conduct regional and national programs. The current annual budget, including federal Sea Grant Funds, non-federal matching funds, and extramural funds is approximately five million dollars.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: An earned Ph.D. with a record of excellence in research and scholarship in marine, coastal, natural resources, or related areas is required. A sustained record of publications and grants sufficient for academic appointment as Professor with tenure in a UF academic department is required. The applicant’s record must document a commitment to the Sea Grant concept of research, education, communication, and extension.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Strong written and verbal communication skills are required. Extensive knowledge of ocean and coastal resources issues is preferred along with a proven record of innovative leadership and sound management. Experience working in a university environment, work with multiple external constituencies, writing interdisciplinary grant proposals, and an understanding of the federal funding process is required. Demonstrated competency in working with federal, state, and private groups involved in research, education, communications, and extension programs in the marine, coastal or natural resources area also is required.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS: This position is available July 1, 2007, and will be filled as soon thereafter as the successful candidate is available. The salary will be commensurate with the experience and qualifications of the selected applicant.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>APPLICATION PROCEDURES:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">Interested individuals should provide -- as PDF or Word file attached to an email – (1) a formal letter of application which includes a brief statement of the applicant’s leadership skills and vision, administrative philosophy, and ideas on the role of the Sea Grant College, and (2) current curriculum vitae which includes a biographical sketch, leadership roles, service, consultant roles, and a complete list of publications. Under separate cover, letters of reference must be received from at least three individuals qualified to comment on the applicant’s competencies in the areas identified above. Items (1) and (2) should be sent to </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:ewallace@ufl.edu"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ewallace@ufl.edu</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">. The mailing address for letters of reference is listed below. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>REFERENCE LETTERS SHOULD BE SENT TO: Director and Professor, Florida Sea Grant Program – Search Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, IFAS Office of Human Resources, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110281, 2038 McCarty Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-0130<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PLEASE SEND NOMINATIONS AND INQUIRIES ABOUT POSITION TO: Position # 0001-3307, Karl E. Havens, Chair of Search and Screen Committee, 7922 NW 71st Street, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32653. Telephone: 352-392-9617 x 232<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:khavens@ufl.edu"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">khavens@ufl.edu</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Individuals wishing to nominate candidates should do so by contacting the Search Committee Chair at the address listed above, by e-mail or by telephone no later than February 23, 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">********************<SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2)<B> Global Warming Scientist - Conservation Programs – National Wildlife Federation – Reston, VA (USA)</B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="file://localhost/careergateway/index.cfm"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">https://secure.nwf.org/careergateway/index.cfm?fuseAction=view&positionID=10288</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>National Wildlife Federation is seeking an individual with a doctoral degree and experience directly related to global warming climate science, energy use and water use to join its global warming team in its program to reduce global warming pollution and protect wildlife. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Primary responsibilities will include: (1) Enabling NWF to stay current on the latest scientific research on energy use, alternative and renewable energy, and energy related technologies that can contribute to reducing global warming pollution. (2) Enabling NWF's global warming team and field staff to understand the nexus between global warming and water use, availability as impacted by climate change and potential shifts in distribution and timing of water (rainfall and in stream flow) across the United States. (3) Staying current on the latest research and implementation of renewable energy options, especially ethanol fuel production methods and impacts, wind generated electricity and advances in solar technology. (4) Cooperating closely with NWF's wildlife protection staff and Senior Science Advisor to provide information needed to ensure global warming pollution reduction policies and programs benefiting wildlife. (5) Working closely with NWF's communications and media team to provide expert commentary to journalists and electronic media outlets on the science behind NWF's global warming initiatives. (6)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Being an active member of the national and international community of climate scientists studying global warming, projecting impacts of global warming and developing technical solutions to reduce emissions. (7)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Support NWF's national policy development work on global warming, renewable energy, and related issues, including developing expert testimony.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Full-Time. Salary Range:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Commensurate with experience and market <O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualifications: (1) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PhD in climate science, or related field with demonstrated knowledge of global warming and renewable energy solutions that reduce emissions. Knowledge of global warming and water highly desirable. (2) Five years post-doctorial experience. (3) Demonstrated ability to communicate science to lay audiences, both through media and written and verbal communications. (4) Willingness and ability to travel and to be an active member of the global warming climate science community.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A name="OLE_LINK1"></A><A name="OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="">(JOB 3)<B> Postdoc Fellowship - Sea Ice Forecasting - U.S. National/Naval Ice Center - Washington, DC in Suitland, Maryland (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/07nic_open.html"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/07nic_open.html</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The U.S. National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) seeks to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position, through the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Visiting Scientist Programs, to assist in the development and implementation of new sea ice forecasting techniques. NIC is a primary source of ice charts for U.S. agencies in support of assets that include ice-breaking ships, submarines, and commercial shipping and scientific research vessels.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position involves analysis of new observations from ice mass balance buoys and other remote sensing and in-situ sea ice observations to validate the Gerson and Perchal (1973) ice thickness model, and to exploit the significant lag correlations found between variations in atmospheric circulation and sea ice concentration to produce long range forecasts of arctic sea ice conditions. This project involves collaborative research between the NIC and the Polar Science Center, University of Washington. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a recent PhD in meteorology, oceanography, or a related discipline. Strong working knowledge of statistical analysis, remote sensing, ice physics, and ice modeling is required. The NIC Science and Applied Technology Department currently works in a Linux and Windows development environment. Preference will be given to individuals with prior data assimilation experience. The position lasts for up to two years, and the successful candidate will be an employee of UCAR.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>The application review process has begun and the position will remain open until filled.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4) <B>Post-doc - Modeling Marine Microbes at MIT: From Genomes to Biogeography – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Earth Systems Initiative at MIT seeks post-doctoral scientists to develop and explore cross-scale models of marine microbial communities, ocean biogeochemical cycles and climate. Through the development and application of novel modeling approaches we seek to understand and simulate the ecological, biogeochemical and physical regulators of marine microbial communities from the genomic and cellular scales, through metabolic networks, to emergent, global biogeography.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful candidates will join a new, interdisciplinary effort which links several departments at MIT (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computational and Systems Biology) under the<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">auspices of the Earth Systems Initiative (</SPAN><A href="http://esi.mit.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://esi.mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This interdisciplinary project provides an opportunity for motivated candidates to drive forward and explore cutting-edge and novel approaches to modeling marine microbes and their interactions with global biogeochemical cycles.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>please email<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>call<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Mick Follows<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(</SPAN><A href="mailto:mick@mit.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mick@mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">; 617 253 5939), Prof. Penny Chisholm (</SPAN><A href="mailto:chisholm@mit.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">chisholm@mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) or Prof. Bruce Tidor (</SPAN><A href="mailto:tidor@mit.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">tidor@mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, please send a CV and one-page statement of your research interests to Dr. Mick Follows, preferably by e-mail (</SPAN><A href="mailto:mick@mit.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mick@mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requirements: Candidates must have, or must be close to completing a doctoral degree in arelevant scientific discipline. Pre-doctoral candidates must complete their doctoral degree prior to commencing employment. Candidates should have a background in one or more of the following fields: environmental genomics, ecology, systems biology or marine biogeochemistry with experience and interest in mathematical and/or numerical modeling.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 5) <B>Research Faculty (two) - Marine Science - Coastal and Marine Laboratory - Florida State University – St Teresa, FL (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/currentopenings.html">http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/currentopenings.html</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (FSUCML) (<A href="http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu">http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu</A>) invites applications for two research faculty positions (12 month renewable appointments) in Marine Science.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek highly motivated individuals with notable research achievements, the ability to develop well-funded independent research programs, and a commitment to excellence in outreach. Salary is provided at 100% for the first two years, 75% in the 3rd year, and 50% from the 4th year forward, with the expectation that the 100% salary is met through external funding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The background of the candidates may be in any area, but it is expected that successful candidates would emphasize either ecological or physical processes related to the local environments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a Ph. D. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, please submit electronic copies (PDF files preferred) of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chair, FSUCML Search Committee, email:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:mmarxsen@mailer.fsu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mmarxsen@mailer.fsu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Informal enquiries about the position may be addressed to Dr. Felicia Coleman, Director (</SPAN><A href="mailto:coleman@bio.fsu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">coleman@bio.fsu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Review of applicants will begin February 15 and continue until successful candidates are identified.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Coastal and Marine Laboratory is committed to building a research program focused on coastal and marine issues of ecological importance that provides the scientific basis for policy decisions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, predator-prey interactions, benthic-pelagic trophic coupling, and nearshore/oceanic physical transport mechanisms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The developing program is interdisciplinary in nature, based on an ecosystem level approach, and thus requires the interaction of scientists from a number of different fields.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Opportunities for collaboration are encouraged between resident FSUCML scientists and faculty on the FSU campus in Tallahassee.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Postdoc - Environmental Sciences Policy and Management Department - UC Berkeley (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A postdoc is sought for a NSF funded project in the Kelly Lab at UC Berkeley examining methane cycling in the Sacramento Bay Delta area in California. The position is appointed for one year, with a likely extension to two years. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates with degrees in Geography, Ecology, Environmental Engineering or related fields with experience in remote sensing, spatial modeling, web programming, and biogeochemistry will be considered.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful candidate will help with remote sensing imagery analysis and scaling of field biophysical measurements to regional-scale.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some web and database experience a plus. Salary range: $36,732 – $43,632 depending on qualifications.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Position is open immediately until filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To learn more about the Kelly Lab, see </SPAN><A href="http://kellylab.berkeley.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://kellylab.berkeley.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project description: Temperate peatlands are hotposts of soil carbon storage and biological diversity, and they provide key economic (grazing, peat production) and ecosystem (pollutant filters, carbon sequestration) services. They likely plan an important role in climate change. This project seeks to use experimental and modeling approaches to determine the biophysical processes that control coupled flues of carbon dioxide, water and methane in temperate peatlands. We will quantify the land-atmosphere exchange of carbon and water, and integrate these fluxes across a spectrum of time and space through field-based measurements, remote sensing and spatial modeling. For more information, see: </SPAN><A href="http://kellylab.berkeley.edu/research_methane.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://kellylab.berkeley.edu/research_methane.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send vitae with name of three references to Maggi Kelly </SPAN><A href="mailto:mkelly@nature.berkeley.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mkelly@nature.berkeley.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, with POSTDOC in the subject line. Maggi Kelly, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <B>PostDoc - Interpret recent satellite observations to provide constraints on aerosol processes - Dalhousie University (Canada)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have an opening for a postdoc to interpret recent satellite observations to provide constraints on aerosol processes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project will include the CALIPSO lidar, the Canadian global climate model, and the GEOS-Chem model of atmospheric chemistry.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contact Randall Martin, Assistant Professor, </SPAN><A href="mailto:randall.martin@dal.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">randall.martin@dal.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://fizz.phys.dal.ca/~atmos"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://fizz.phys.dal.ca/~atmos</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 8)<B> 3-5 Research Scientists - Land-Atmospheric Interaction - Beijing Normal University, Beijing (China)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Climate Modelling and Analysis Program at the Beijing Normal University invites applicants to apply for 3-5 postdoctoral research positions in the area of climate system modeling and analysis. We seek highly motivated individuals who are willing to take an active role in promoting research, education, and interdisciplinary interactions. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. and an established or emerging research program of international prominence. We are seeking individuals in four areas:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Climate Modeling - Regional to global scale climate modeling. Ability to link atmosphere with surface processes. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) Surface Hydrology - Process-based studies and/or modeling of surface hydrology or land surface-atmosphere interactions at the watershed, regional, or continental scale. (3) Satellite Remote Sensing - Using remote sensing data to characterize climate model land surface processes and the impact of land use/cover change on surface hydrological processes. (4) Terrestrial Carbon Processes - the effects on carbon sources and sinks of past, present, and future land-use change and resource management practices at local, regional, and global scales. 5£(r)Aerosols, their direct and indirect effects.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should specify which position they are applying for and submit a vita, description of research interests, and the names of at least three references to: Yongjiu Dai, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, No.19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Questions regarding the positions can be directed to Professor Yongjiu Dai (</SPAN><A href="mailto:yongjiudai@bnu.edu.cn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">yongjiudai@bnu.edu.cn</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, +86-10-5880-5436, Fax: 86-10-5880-5274).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Consideration of candidates will begin on April 1, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, and continue until the positions are filled. Further information about the university is available on the web at </SPAN><A href="http://www.bnu.edu.cn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bnu.edu.cn</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Beijing Normal University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 9) <B>Lecturship - Environmental Modelling and/or Earth Observation Science - Department of Geography - Kings College London (UK) </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Geography, King's College London seeks to appoint a new Lecturer within the Environmental Monitoring & Modelling Research Group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Details of the EMM Research Group can be found on the 'research' pages at </SPAN><A href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/geography"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.kcl.ac.uk/geography</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. We are seeking a person to further strengthen existing group collaborative expertise in earth observation science and/or modelling of land or atmospheric processes, and ideally the links between these.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates with research interests that relate to the carbon and hydrological cycles are particularly welcomed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will be expected to build an international research profile and contribute to teaching and learning at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and encouraged to build working relations with the other three Departmental Research Groups.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The post will be appointed at Lecturer A/B level within the salary range £25,334-£38,449 per annum plus London Allowance of £2,323 per annum.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants wishing to discuss the post informally may contact Professor Tim Butler, Head of Department (</SPAN><A href="mailto:tim.butler@kcl.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">tim.butler@kcl.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) or Professor Martin Wooster (</SPAN><A href="mailto:martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from Strand Human Resources Office, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS (fax: 020 7848 1352; e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, quoting reference A2/DAR/15/07 on all correspondence. <B>The closing date is 9 March 2007.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Background<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1) Despite the relatively junior nature of the posts, we would endeavour to recruit a candidate with excellent research potential. We would require an existing publication record, with the expectation that over time the selected candidate would be able to build a research council (and other) income stream. We would be looking for evidence of these in any selected candidate.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) We must consolidate and build on our existing (many) strengths and not try to waste energy (perhaps unrealistically) competing unnecessarily with other already existing centres of excellence. Thus we wish to complement existing expertise by adding more depth and additional skills, but not opening up completely new areas of study (i.e. the EMM Group requires sufficient but manageable diversity but must possess strength in depth in the modelling/EO/other areas it focuses on).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) We have proposals for new Masters courses in "Carbon Science & Policy" and "Water Science and Policy" (exact names to be confirmed). These will require significant development and any new recruit would very likely be asked to contribute to the former, and potentially the latter.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4) We ideally want to recruit a numerate scientist working in the area of Earth Observation and/or environmental modelling to further strengthen and ideally further link these areas, and to link with the existing work of the Group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An ideal candidate may cross the EO/modelling divide, or at least show proven willingness to do so. In terms of modelling we suggest we preferentially focus on large-scale modelling work of the sort that EO can actually link with (either of land surface or atmosphere), with a careful view to the potential links between this new staff member and existing strengths. In terms of EO we would very likely have preference for a candidate who already works in a recognisable and successful niche area rather than a generalist. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 10) <B>Asst. Professor - Geoscience</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>(The position is currently held by a Climatologist, and continuation of this situation is encouraged!) - Meredith College, Raleigh, NC (USA) </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meredith College seeks qualified candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geoscience with expertise in areas of Earth Systems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must have a Ph.D. in one of the following areas: atmospheric science, oceanography, or geology; and have some coursework or experience in the other listed areas, as well as in Geographic Information Systems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Responsibilities will include teaching courses and other involvement with the Department, participation in college-wide committees and initiatives, mentoring undergraduate research students, student advising and professional development. Excellence in teaching and research potential at the undergraduate level are important factors in the selection process. Teaching experience is desired.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meredith College is a private comprehensive college for women with 2140 students and offers both liberal arts and professional programs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The College is located in Raleigh, North Carolina near the world-renowned Research Triangle area.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Applications will be reviewed beginning February 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and continue until the position is filled.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The online submission process is preferred.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants may go to </SPAN><A href="http://www.meredith.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.meredith.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> and select "employment."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submit a letter of application, resume, statements of teaching philosophy and professional goals, copies of transcripts and three recent letters of support. Application materials may also be sent to Dr. Carol Hazard, Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geoscience, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 11) <B>Post-doc - Dept. of Oceanography - University of Cape Town (Rep. of South Africa)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We would like to advertise<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>honours (R25 000),<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>masters (R40 000), doctoral (R65 000) and postdoctoral (negotiable) positions at the Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, South Africa.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project, entitled "Antarctic impacts on South African climate"<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>will be run by Prof. Chris Reason and Dr. Juliet Hermes. The overall goal of the project is to better understand variability in the Southern Ocean and the impacts this has on South African rainfall, addressing an area of oceanography that is both significant and topical. Depending on the student's interests, the project offers a chance to develop essential modelling skills and the training needed to run a regional ocean model. These types of skills are becoming increasingly important for a career in oceanography and climate studies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As well as computer based skills, the students will be able to gain observational/field work skills as there will be cruise opportunities to the Antarctic as well as the Prince Edward Islands. Students will also have the chance to present at both national and international conferences.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, please send your c.v. and a brief summary of your research interests to Juliet Hermes, </SPAN><A href="mailto:jhermes@ocean.uct.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jhermes@ocean.uct.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A>, <SPAN style="">Department of Oceanography University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">South Africa<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel +27 21 6503625<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax +27 21 6503979<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 12) <B>Post-doc - Numerical modelling of ice-ocean interactions in Antarctica - The Institute for Geophysics - Westfalische Wilhelms University (Germany) </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We aim to elucidate the influence of small-scale grounding regions within ice shelves on their dynamics and mass budget in the framework of a DFG-funded (German Research Society) research project Ice Rumples (Ice shelf – ocean dynamics and their interaction in the vicinity of ice rumples. A coupled 3D-model and application to selected Antarctic regions). Ice rises and ice rumples as anchor points of ice shelf flow and because of their limited spatial extent are of particular importance given the climate induced changes in the Cryosphere. We envision improvement and coupling of three already existing models for grounded ice, ice shelf and ocean. The main task of the prospective researcher will lie in the coupled modelling of ice shelf-ocean interactions. We expect applications of PhDs in physical oceanography/geophysics/physics, solid expertise in numerical modelling and the application of numerical models to the Polar Regions. Experiences in polar research would be an advantage.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is limited to a total of two-years (with possible extension by one year). The salary amounts to the German TV-L 13 (previously BAT IIa) for a full-time position.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>We intend to fill the position at the earliest possible date.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster encourages applications from women and will give preference to applicants with disabilities. Please send your application (also via Email) no later than 20.02.2007 to :Institute for Geophysics, University of Muenster, Prof. Dr. Manfred Lange, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Muenster, Germany<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:langema@uni-muenster.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">langema@uni-muenster.de</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Tel.: +49 251 8333591<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: +49 251 8336100<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 13)<B> Research Associate - Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory -Beltsville, MD (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Description of duties: The position is located in the Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The incumbent will be involved in one or more of the following research areas: 1) validate and refine algorithms and models for estimating land surface states and fluxes using various remote sensing methods in combination with conventional and operational meteorological forcing data, 2) determine the spatial scaling (point, network, and sensor footprint) relationships of soil moisture, surface temperature and other hydrologic states and resulting impact of land surface model predicted fluxes, 3) determine fundamental linkages between the land surface hydrologic processes and the atmospheric boundary layer through observational data and atmospheric model simulations, and 4) develop methods, including data assimilation, for incorporating soil moisture and surface temperature observations in hydrologic and agricultural applications such as routine large area evapotranspiration monitoring and drought assessment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualification requirements: Recent Ph.D. in hydrology, meteorology, atmospheric science, biometeorology or closely related field is required.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience with soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer modeling and satellite image processing is desirable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The incumbent should be knowledgeable in several of the following areas:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>radiative transfer modeling, micro and macro meteorology, atmospheric boundary layer processes, environmental biophysics, soil physics, photosynthesis, and remote sensing of land surfaces.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Information on salary is available at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.opm.gov/oca/07tables/html/dcb.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.opm.gov/oca/07tables/html/dcb.asp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Information on employee benefits is available at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For specific information on the duties and responsibilities of this position or to submit an application, contact: Dr. William Kustas, USDA/ARS, Building 007, Room 104, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Phone: 301-504-8498<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: 301-504-8931<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:bkustas@hydrolab.arsusda.gov"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">bkustas@hydrolab.arsusda.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(JOB 14)<B> Postdoctoral Researcher - Aquatic Microbial Ecology - Limnology section at the Department of Ecology & Evolution, Uppsala University (Sweden)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/205forsk_eng.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/205forsk_eng.html</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Limnology section at the Department of Ecology & Evolution, Uppsala University, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to contribute to a project on the ecology, and diversity of microorganisms involved in degradation of organic compounds in freshwater ecosystems. The position is a 2-year appointment linked to Uppsala Microbiomics Center (UMC) funded by Formas (</SPAN><A href="http://www.microbiomics.se/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.microbiomics.se</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate must have documented experience in microbial ecology and bioinformatics. Skills in advanced microscopic and nucleic acid-based methods are highly desirable but not essential for the position. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information about the project and the position, please contact Dr. Stefan Bertilsson, Limnology/Department of Ecology & Evolution, Uppsala University, Box 573, SE-75123, Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:stebe@ebc.uu.se"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">stebe@ebc.uu.se</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, phone: +46-18-471 2712. Information about the group and our current research can be found at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.ebc.uu.se/limno/research/mirco/microbial.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ebc.uu.se/limno/research/mirco/microbial.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Union representatives are Anders Grundström, SACO-rådet, phone: +46 18-471 5380, Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST, phone: +46 18-471 1996, and Stefan Djurström, SEKO, phone: +46 18-471 3315. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, send a cover letter with a brief description of research interests and past research experience, the name and contact information of three personal references and a Curriculum vitae including a complete publication list to the Registrars office at Uppsala University, Box 256, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden, or e-mail; </SPAN><A href="mailto:registrator@uu.se"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">registrator@uu.se</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <B>before March 1, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. Representative publications can be attached to the application. 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