<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>3/9/2007</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>Call for IPY young climate researchers – World Climate Research Programme website</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 1 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>FORUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>American Meteorological Society just launched a climate policy blog </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.climatepolicy.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.climatepolicy.org</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"><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/us/03maple.html?th&emc=th"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>Warm Winters Upset Rhythms of Maple Sugar</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><B> </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">- Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New England’s maple forests. New York Times (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/us/03maple.html?th&emc=th"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/us/03maple.html?th&emc=th</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/opinion/04intro.html?th&emc=th"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>Cloudy, With a Chance of Climate Change</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> - The Op-Ed page asked four writers from different corners of the globe to report on the erratic weather they’ve been experiencing. Here are their dispatches. New York Times (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/opinion/04intro.html?th&emc=th"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/opinion/04intro.html?th&emc=th</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/science/03climate.html?ref=science"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/science/03climate.html?ref=science</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2ddqjv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2ddqjv</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Polar exhibition tackles climate change</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://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=lifestyle%20news&subclass=habitat&story_id=563271&category=environment">http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=lifestyle%20news&subclass=habitat&story_id=563271&category=environment</A> </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"><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>MEETINGS, </I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><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, OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives</B></FONT></SPAN></A><B> - </B><SPAN style=""><B>USF Law Review’s Spring Symposium - Saturday, March 31, 2007 - University of San Francisco (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN style=""> (see SYMPOSIUM 1 below)</SPAN></SPAN></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"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc research - Glaciology, glacial geomorphology and</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>quaternary geology - University of Zurich (Switzerland)</B><B></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 1 below)</SPAN><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Ph.D. and post-doc - mineral aerosols/biogeochemistry/climate interactions - Cornell University (USA)</B></SPAN></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"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc - Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) - Univ of Cape Town (Rep of South Africa)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csag.uct.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csag.uct.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc position - Global Aerosol Modelling studies - Institute for Research on Climate and Environment - Laboratoire des Science du Climat et de l’Environnement - CEA-CNRS/IPSL - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, (France)</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=""><SPAN style=""><B>PhD Studentship (3 year) - Responses of marine macroalgae to a high CO2 environment- Dept. of Biological Sciences – University of Essex – Colchester (UK)</B></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:msteinke@essex.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">msteinke@essex.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> - Dr. Michael Steinke (DIALOG III participant) - For informal enquiries </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOB 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>PostDoc - Storm Surge Modelling and Data Analysis - Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute - University of Bern (Switzerland)</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"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Resources and Funding Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 1) <B>Call for IPY young climate researchers – World Climate Research Programme website</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dear 'early-career' Colleague,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The World Climate Research Programme (</SPAN><A href="http://wcrp.wmo.int/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://wcrp.wmo.int</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) has set up an 'IPY Special' to promote climate-related research in the Arctic and Antarctic during the entire IPY period. This website (</SPAN><A href="http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) is especially designed for early career scientists to obtain valuable information on activities and opportunities in international climate research and to provide an effective outreach tool to them. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are a young climate researcher involved in IPY studies and are seeking a strong international climate research partner, please get in touch with us and contribute to the 'IPY Special' website by providing short (regular) updates on the progress of your project, photos/graphs, field work updates and/or a list of resulting publications – whatever appears 'newsworthy' and easy-to-understand to others. We count about 3000 page loads a day for our website and reach about twice as many people through our quarterly electronic newsletter (Ezine). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Be part of our large climate community- and share your IPY research with others in your field! Please get in touch with us through </SPAN><A href="mailto:wcrp@wmo.int"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">wcrp@wmo.int</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Best wishes,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The WCRP Team<SPAN style=""> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/science/03climate.html?ref=science"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/science/03climate.html?ref=science</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2ddqjv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2ddqjv</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (Registration Required) - The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long- delayed report being completed for the United Nations.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The document, the United States Climate Action Report, emphasizes that the projections show progress toward a goal Mr. Bush laid out in a 2002 speech: that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases grow at a slower rate than the economy. Since that speech, he has repeated his commitment to lessening "greenhouse gas intensity" without imposing formal limits on the gases.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kristen A. Hellmer, a spokeswoman for the White House on environmental matters, said on Friday, "The Climate Action Report will show that the president's portfolio of actions addressing climate change and his unparalleled financial commitments are working." But when shown the report, an assortment of experts on climate trends and policy described the projected emissions as unacceptable given the rising evidence of risks from unabated global warming.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 2)<B> Polar exhibition tackles climate change </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://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=lifestyle%20news&subclass=habitat&story_id=563271&category=environment">http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=lifestyle%20news&subclass=habitat&story_id=563271&category=environment</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CANBERRA - <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As International Polar Year was launched in Paris last Friday, Questacon in Canberra launched Project IGLO or International Action on Global Warming in the Asia-Pacific Region.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project is an initiative of the Association of Science-Technology Centres, an international body that represents 436 science centres and museums in 43 countries and aims to raise awareness of climate change and encourage individuals to take steps to address the problem.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project at Questacon will include an Antarctic photographic display, polar-themed science shows, public events and the coordination of a new website.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Questacon director Professor Graham Durant launched the project to an audience of representatives from government departments and agencies, diplomatic representation from Antarctic Treaty Consultative and Non-Consultative parties and guests from across the territory with an interest in the topic of climate change.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Professor Durant said the program at Questacon and similar initiatives in science centres around the world would hopefully raise awareness of the issues surrounding climate change and inspire individuals to make a difference.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Project IGLO is a project involving world science centres to promote awareness of the science of climate change and to encourage individuals to make some changes to their lifestyles that will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions," he said. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"There is a problem with the build-up of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere and the solution lies in a lot of people doing a little bit each. Science centres connect with a lot of people around the world and so we can encourage people to make a change."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said there were about 500 science centres across the world with the ability to connect with more than 1.4 billion people.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The new website to be launched is called climateXchange and will provide a global view of climate change from local perspectives, with the website gathering a cross-section of stories on climate change from schools, youth groups and community members from around the world.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>International Polar Year is a large scientific program focused on the Antarctic and the Arctic from March 2007 to March 2009. It will cover two full polar research seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres and involve more than 200 projects and thousands of scientists from more than 60 nations who will examine a range of physical, biological and social research topics.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Malcom Turnbull also recognised the importance of the launch of International Polar Year.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The International Polar Year, the largest international polar research program for 50 years, could not be better timed, with global climate a key issue around the world," he said yesterday. "Australia, with a very strong program of Antarctic research, looks forward to making a significant contribution to the International Polar Year particularly through the large marine science research program that will run through 2007-2008."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><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>Meetings, </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">(SYMPOSIUM 1) <A href="http://www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives</B></FONT></SPAN></A><B> - </B><SPAN style=""><B>USF Law Review’s Spring Symposium - Saturday, March 31, 2007 - University of San Francisco (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.usfca.edu/lawreview/symposium.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For those interested in US climate responses from legal and policy perspectives...<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In light of the United States' decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, multiple federal, state, and litigation initiatives have emerged as the domestic response to global climate change. The symposium will provide a forum for evaluating, from diverse perspectives, how well these approaches will achieve a meaningful and appropriate reduction in the United States' greenhouse gas <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><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>Jobs</B></SPAN></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"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1) <B>Postdoc research - Glaciology, glacial geomorphology and</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>quaternary geology - University of Zurich (Switzerland)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We offer a postdoctoral research position to explore factors and processes involved with linearly concentrated erosion/incision by subglacial meltwater as connected with the formation of deep channels in glacially sculpt landscapes. Specifically, quantitative knowledge must be built up from literature search, documentation of field evidence and numerical modeling concerning effects of ice loading on subglacial hydraulics, thermal fields and erosion beneath polythermal ice caps and large piedmont glaciers under Ice Age conditions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate has a strong background in quantitative glaciology/glacial geomorphology or quaternary geology. He or she is expected to investigate the processes and governing factors driving fluvial incision beneath large polythermal ice bodies at various conditions of ice loads, thermal fields and water flux in the Alps and the Alpine foreland. The planned interdisciplinary research activity involves, during an initial stage, the compilation and critical analysis of the available knowledge and understanding about deep subglacial erosion. During the second stage, successful candidates are expected to develop a better understanding of the physical processes involved in subglacial erosion and to perform numerical tests. He or she will develop an international network for cooperated research in this topic.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project funded by the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) is for a postdoctoral research fellow during one year with the possibility for a second-year-extension.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact Prof. Dr. Wilfried Haeberli (</SPAN><A href="mailto:haeberli@geo.unizh.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">haeberli@geo.unizh.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With kind regards<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perscheng Assef, Department of Geography / University Zurich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190 / CH - 8057 Zurich, Tel.: +41/(0)1/635 51 21 e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:assef@geo.unizh.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">assef@geo.unizh.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 2) <B>Ph.D. and post-doc - mineral aerosols/biogeochemistry/climate interactions - Cornell University (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Multiple funded PhD and postdoctoral positions are available focusing on understanding the exciting and quickly evolving area of aerosol interactions with biogeochemistry and climate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful applicants will work on projects with interdisciplinary interactions that are relavant for predicting human impacts on biogeochemistry and climate, and improved predictions of future climate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The work will involve naturally and anthropogenically emitted desert dust aerosols, and other aerosols carrying important micronutrients.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, there is one position available in fire interactions with the carbon cycle through atmospheric feedbacks of aerosols and chemistry.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These positions will start Fall, 2007 in Natalie Mahowald's group at Cornell. PhD positions require undergraduate coursework in math and physics and an interest in using models and data to understand earth system interactions, while postdoctoral positions require a PhD in a relevant area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The projects involve researchers at multiple institutions and disciplines, and will have the possibility of travel for collaborations and field work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information on Dr. Mahowald's research, please see: </SPAN><A href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/tss/staff/mahowald"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/tss/staff/mahowald</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants for graduate study should apply for PhD program at Cornell: </SPAN><A href="http://www.eas.cornell.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eas.cornell.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">/<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>by March 20, 2007 for preferential consideration. Applicants for postdoctoral positions should send an email directly to </SPAN><A href="mailto:Mahowald@ucar.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Mahowald@ucar.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 3) <B>Post-doc - Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) - Univ of Cape Town (Rep of South Africa)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csag.uct.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csag.uct.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Duration: 1-2 years, with possible extension.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>tart date: As soon as available, preferably by mid-2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Climate System Analysis Group is leading a flagship project for the new South Africa Centre for High Performance Computing, focused on climate modeling for seasonal forecasting. The CHPC is a new supercomputing centre, the first in southern Africa, with an initial capacity of a ~600 CPU cluster as well as SMP computing capacity.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project focuses on ensemble simulations with 2 Global Climate Models (GCMs), and 2 Regional Climate Models (RCMs) to develop probabilistic seasonal forecasts for southern Africa.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This builds on existing operational seasonal forecasting activities. We seek a post-doc to join our expanding research team.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You should have some experience running a GCM or RCM, be literate in UNIX, and have a working knowledge of C or Fortran.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As part of the CSAG team you will work on refining the research program, implementing ensemble simulations, and undertaking research on methods for assessing probabilistic forecasts from multi-model ensembles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Within the project you will have scope to develop your own specific foci while supporting the broader project objectives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will also work with the graduate students engaged on the project.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CSAG is a leading climate research group in southern Africa, active in applied modeling activities in climate change, seasonal forecasting, and climate system processes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The group has a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary integration and in engaging with stakeholders in the water, agricultural, and policy communities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications should be submitted electronically, include a full CV, a brief letter of interest, and the names and contact details for three referees.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closing Date: The position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful candidates will be contacted within 3 weeks of receipt of your application.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, or to enquire on any further details: Email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:barnard@csag.uct.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">barnard@csag.uct.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, Ph: +27 21 650 2784<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Relevant web links: CSAG: </SPAN><A href="http://www.csag.uct.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csag.uct.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CHPC: </SPAN><A href="http://www.chpc.ac.za"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.chpc.ac.za</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GFCSA: </SPAN><A href="http://www.gfcsa.net"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.gfcsa.net</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4) <B>Postdoc position - Global Aerosol Modelling studies - Institute for Research on Climate and Environment - Laboratoire des Science du Climat et de l’Environnement - CEA-CNRS/IPSL - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, (France)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A postdoc position is open to study feedback processes between climate and aerosols and to help reducing current uncertainties in aerosol radiative forcing. The work involves a reanalysis of the evolution of the aerosol between 1980 and 2005. It also involves the design, carry-through and analysis of snapshot and transient aerosol climate runs with the IPSL coupled model and the evaluation of runs from an ensemble of models. The analysis shall be based to an important part on the incorporation of aerosol observations. The candidate should be interested to explore and develop benchmark tests for models for important aerosol properties such as aerosol size distribution, hygroscopic growth, composition, temporal trends and forcing parameters.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our group takes an active part in joint international research on the role of aerosol particles and air chemistry for climate change. The major tool will be the interactive aerosol-chemistry module INCA, coupled to the IPSL climate model. The position is opened up in the framework of the new European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality (EUCAARI) and the AeroCom initiative on aerosol comparisons of models and data.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is open for a 2-4 year term. The position will be in the Biogeochemical Cycles Modelling Group at the LSCE in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris. To obtain more information and apply, please send electronically a CV to the head of the Biogeochemical Cycles Modelling Group at the LSCE,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Michael Schulz (</SPAN><A href="mailto:michael.schulz@cea.fr"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">michael.schulz@cea.fr</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further Project information:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">EU-EUCAARI - </SPAN><A href="http://www.atm.helsinki.fi/eucaari/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.atm.helsinki.fi/eucaari/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">AeroCom<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- </SPAN><A href="http://nansen.ipsl.jussieu.fr/AEROCOM/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://nansen.ipsl.jussieu.fr/AEROCOM/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">INCA model<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- </SPAN><A href="http://www-lsceinca.cea.fr/index_UK.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www-lsceinca.cea.fr/index_UK.htm</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">(JOB 5) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><B>PhD Studentship (3 year) - Responses of marine macroalgae to a high CO2 environment- Dept. of Biological Sciences – University of Essex – Colchester (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:msteinke@essex.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">msteinke@essex.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> - Dr. Michael Steinke (DIALOG III participant) - For informal enquiries <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project Description: We study the ecophysiology of marine algae and their role in microbial food webs. The oceans absorb CO2 and this process results in a phenomenon called ‘ocean acidification’. Ocean acidification affects the physiological performance of phytoplankton including their ability to photosynthesise, calcify, and produce the climate-relevant trace gas dimethyl sulphide (DMS). It is likely that it will also be detrimental to the rate of calcification in marine calcifying macroalgae. A reduction in calcification will have important implications for global marine ecosystems including the structure and functioning of subtropical coral reefs. Furthermore, seaweeds are an important source of DMS along temperate coasts and changes in DMS production may significantly affect atmospheric processes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You will establish laboratory cultures of calcifying macroalgae and non-calcifying seaweeds. You will incubate these at various CO2 levels and quantify their physiological performance using gas chromatography, and a combination of imaging and spectroscopic techniques (chlorophyll-a fluorometry coupled to Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>During the project there may be opportunities to conduct fieldwork at the Mediterranean island of Ischia or at one of our coral reef fieldsites in Indonesia.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You will be an enthusiastic team player with strong scientific interests and self-motivation. You will have at least a 2.1 honours degree in biology, chemistry or a branch of environmental science. Good numerical ability and some experience in chemical analysis are an advantage. You will be trained in chemical analyses and biological incubation experiments, while addressing a problem of global significance. You will acquire some highly useful and transferable skills such as: project planning, handling and visualization of data, execution of fieldwork, effective collaboration, scientific writing, and oral communication.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>References: Raven J. et al. 2005. Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Royal Society, London. 1-60. - <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Available at <A href="http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?id=3249">http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?id=3249</A>)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Subject areas: Marine Biology, Botany/Plant Science, Environ Science/Ecology<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicant background: BSc, better MSc degree or similar in Biological Sciences or a branch of Environmental Sciences – best if they’d know something about algae or biological calcification.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Funding: Available only for UK and EU citizens<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Supervisors: Dr. Michael Steinke (DIALOG III participant), Dr. Leanne Hepburn, Dr. Dave Suggett<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further information:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University of Essex: </SPAN><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.essex.ac.uk/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Department of Biological Sciences: </SPAN><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/bs/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.essex.ac.uk/bs/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Research Studentships and Application Materials: </SPAN><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/bs/pgrad/index.shtm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.essex.ac.uk/bs/pgrad/index.shtm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Michael Steinke </SPAN><A href="mailto:msteinke@essex.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">msteinke@essex.ac.uk</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"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Closing date of applications: 12th March 2007</B><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="">(JOB 6) <B>PostDoc - Storm Surge Modelling and Data Analysis - Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute - University of Bern (Switzerland) </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">In the framework of the National Center of Competence in Research on Climate (NCCR-Climate) the candidate will investigate storm surges and their connection with large scale atmospheric patterns, as well as possible changes in storm surge characteristics related to future climate change. The focus is set on the European region. The results from a surge model will be linked to a loss model in order to estimate potential losses of the European property portfolio, which are related to internal atmospheric variability and climate change. The work will be done in close collaboration with the Swiss Reinsurance Company.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tasks: Setup and support of model simulations using a storm surge model on a local Linux cluster and on supercomputing platforms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Develop appropriate analysis tools to investigate changes in internal variability and storm surge characteristics. Work with the Swiss Re loss model and link climate model results to this model to estimate potential losses in the European region.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requirements: 1) PhD in physics, meteorology, or environmental sciences. 2) Experience in publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals. 3) A profound knowledge in storm surge models and statistical and/or dynamical downscaling approaches are essential. 4) Computer skills in some or all of FORTRAN, MATLAB, R/S-Plus, NCL, and shell-programming on Unix and Linux platforms. 5) Experiences in handling large data sets. 6) Fluency in English (written and spoken). 7) Strong motivation and ability to carry out research in an interdisciplinary environment. 8) Interactive personality. 9) Strong reporting skills.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project place and start: Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. Regular visits at the Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, Switzerland. As soon as possible.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Employment: The position will be funded for two years. The employment and salary are subject to the conditions of the Swiss National Science Foundation.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application: The application documents contain your Curriculum Vitae, copies of your PhD and your Diploma/Master marks/certificate and thesis, as well as statement of interest (1 page). Please attach three names of referees (including their addresses and emails). <B>The application must reach us no later than Thursday March 15th 2007.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send your detailed application to: Prof. Thomas Stocker or Dr. Christoph Raible, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:raible@climate.unibe.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">raible@climate.unibe.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to <A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">phd@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> Moving? Send address changes to <A href="mailto:dialog@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">dialog@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> or <A href="mailto:disccrs@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">disccrs@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">**********</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">C. 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