<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>3/16<SPAN style="">/2007</SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></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" style="text-align: center;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></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>SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DISCCRS SYMPOSIUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">DISCCRS Interdisciplinary Climate Change Symposium, Hawaii, Sept. 10-17, 2007.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.disccrs.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0">http://www.disccrs.org</FONT></A> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> April 30th is the deadline for applications to DISCCRS III for new Ph.D. graduates (April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2007). Airfare, room & board are fully paid for 36 accepted candidates. Social scientists are especially encouraged to apply! </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN style=""><B>“State of the Ocean's Animals” - A New Episode of the PBS Series Journey To Planet Earth - March 28, 2007 AT 8 P.M. ON PBS</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Educational materials available at </SPAN><A href="http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Downloadable photos from past programs are available at <A href="http://www.pbs.org/pressroom">www.pbs.org/pressroom</A> <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>California Climate Forum – Live Webcast Monday, Mar 19, 2007 2 to 5pm PDT</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.bren.ucsb.edu/events/climate_forum.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/events/climate_forum.htm</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="">Directions for the webcast are at the bottom of the page.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anyone who is interested in what California is doing in the Climate Policy arena will want to watch a webcast involving top policymakers in the state. There will be an opportunity for posing questions directly to the panelists. The webcast will also be archived for viewing at a later time. Keep in mind that the US will be on daylight savings time (summer time) on March 19<SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>American Generations and adapting the educational system to the millenium generation</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submitted by Cecile Mioni - I have attended a conference for student success and retention few weeks ago and I really enjoyed the talk given by Neil Howe. I think that some DIALOG/DISCCRS participants that are presently teaching might be interested in his books about American generations and how that the educational system should adapt to the new millenium generation, Some information is available on this website: </SPAN><A href="http://www.lifecourse.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.lifecourse.com</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>California: The Energy Miser?</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003609253_california09.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003609253_california09.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39lsm5"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39lsm5</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Polluted air 'triggering drought' in northern China</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=3469&language=1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=3469&language=1</FONT></SPAN></A></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>Peru's Alarming Water Truth</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6412351.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6412351.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3689s2"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3689s2</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Getting Closer to the Mystery of Deep-Sea Life</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/13/CABLE.TMP"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/13/CABLE.TMP</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/23p5lx"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/23p5lx</FONT></SPAN></A></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>This Was World's Warmest Recorded Winter</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://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=D5EB74205AAD313DD6361A1089C4E424"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=D5EB74205AAD313DD6361A1089C4E424</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2mrrhp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2mrrhp</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html?referrer=emailarticle"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>Antarctic Glaciers' Sloughing Of Ice Has Scientists at a Loss</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> (registration required) </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 6 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>Ethnoecology and climate change symposium –12-13 April 2007
- Environmental Change Institute
- University of Oxford - Oxford (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/070412conference.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/070412conference.php</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>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>PhD and postdoc’s - mineral aerosols/biogeochemistry/climate interactions - Cornell University – Ithica NY (USA)</B></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></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Social Scientist – Economics - IIASA: Adaptation, Risk Management, Financial Instruments - Laxenburg (Austria)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2007-02-rav-rs.html">http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2007-02-rav-rs.html</A> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoctoral Positions - Ecological Genomics - Kansas State Univ./Yale/Colorado State Univ – (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 JOBS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Lecturer - Geography - School of Resources, Environment & Society - Australian National University, Canberra (Austrailia)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_FS3908.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_FS3908.asp</FONT></SPAN></A></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>Postdoc Research Fellow - Climate Change Ecology - Dept. of</B> <SPAN style=""><B>Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (USA)</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 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoc - Climate change/warming effects on arctic/alpine ecosystem vegetation and function - Florida International University – Miami, FL (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"><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>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>California: The Energy Miser?</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://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003609253_california09.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003609253_california09.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39lsm5"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39lsm5</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>Seattle Times - At the height of the 1973 energy crisis, Arthur Rosenfeld had a revelation. Disturbed about having to spend half an hour in line at a gas station one Friday night, the particle physicist calculated that keeping his floor of offices brightly lit all weekend as usual would consume the equivalent of five gallons of gasoline. So Rosenfeld took what then seemed like a bold step: He turned off the lights.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For 30 years, Rosenfeld has been one of the forces guiding California on a mission of conservation. And today the state uses less energy per capita than any other state in the country, defying the international image of American energy gluttony. Since 1974, California has held its per-capita energy consumption essentially constant, while energy use per person for the United States overall has jumped 50 percent.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>California has managed that feat through a mixture of mandates, regulations and high prices. The state has been able to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, keep utility companies happy and maintain economic growth. Now California is pushing further in its effort to cut automobile pollution, spur use of solar energy and cap greenhouse gases.<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>Polluted air 'triggering drought' in northern China </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=3469&language=1"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=3469&language=1</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>Science 315, 1396 (2007) - Air pollution in the mountains of northern China is significantly reducing rainfall and causing drought, according to research published in Science this week (8 March).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Researchers, from Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, analysed long and short-term changes in precipitation using 50 years of rainfall records from the top of Mount Hua in China's northwestern Shaanxi province.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They found that on hazy days, precipitation in the region is cut by up to 50 per cent. There was also a smaller reduction in rainfall in the lowlands.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since 1950 the volume of rain and snow at the top of the mountain has decreased by 20 per cent.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The researchers suggest an increase in air pollution ― which affects the formation of cloud droplets ― has triggered the shift. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Data collected locally shows that average visibility in 1950 stood at 30 kilometres ― twice that of today. Daniel Rosenfield, lead researcher on the study, says this indicates the a greater presence of aerosols.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aerosols are tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere. Some occur naturally, but they are also generated by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this kind of high-altitude rainfall, known as orographic precipitation, moist air is deflected upwards by the mountain. This cools the air and causes the moisture in clouds to condense and form droplets, which then merge to create raindrops.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cloud droplets form around aerosols. According to Rosenfield, the higher number of aerosols in polluted air divide cloud droplets into smaller ones, which slows the formation and fall of rain. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This is the first time a direct link between increasing pollution and decreasing precipitation has been observed," he said. "The finding is important since precipitation is one of the main sources of water in northern China."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yao Zhanyu, co-author of the paper, told SciDev.Net that of all the natural disasters in China, droughts are the most serious. "In the western region, the annual average precipitation is about a fourth that of the world's average," he said. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yao and Rosenfeld may soon be collaborating in a similar study to be conducted in Mount Lu in East China's Jiangxi Province.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3) <B>Peru's Alarming Water Truth</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://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6412351.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6412351.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3689s2"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3689s2</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 - Oscar-winning Al Gore chose to call his film about global warming An Inconvenient Truth. But for Peru it is more like an alarming reality. Government officials, water experts and environmentalists agree the rapid melting of the spectacular Andean glaciers featured in the film is threatening the long-term economic and human development of what is South America's most "water-stressed" country. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Global warming for us is not just about the environment," warns Julio Garcia of Peru's National Council on the Environment, Conam. "It's more about how on earth we can develop Peru in a sustainable way over the coming years."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Peru's water problem lies in part in the peculiar geography of the country. Most of the Pacific coast would be desert if it were not for the water flowing down from the Andes. Seventy per cent of the population live along the coast, where less than 2% of the country's water resources are found. In contrast, the Atlantic side of the Andes has 98% of the water and about a quarter of the population.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4)<B> Getting Closer to the Mystery of Deep-Sea Life</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/13/CABLE.TMP"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/13/CABLE.TMP</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/23p5lx"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/23p5lx</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>San Francisco Chronicle - The first stage in building an undersea research observatory on the floor of Monterey Bay will begin today when a power cable 32 miles long is emplaced on and under the seabed, where scientists will deploy a set of unique oceanographic instruments to monitor the deep-water environment and study its varied marine life.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Long in planning and led by researchers and engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the project is due to start this morning when a 478-foot ship named the Global Sentinel will begin laying the cable from Moss Landing out to sea.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At completion -- researchers have a target date of March 31 -- the cable will circle in a wide loop around the deepest parts of Monterey Canyon, and its terminal will lie on Smooth Ridge, a broad plateau at a depth of about 3,000 feet 18 miles northwest of Monterey.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cable includes both copper wire to power the instruments planned for the project and fiber-optic strands to carry scientific data back to the research institute. It will also serve as a model for other observatories planned on both U.S. coasts, institute officials say.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5) <B>This Was World's Warmest Recorded Winter</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://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=D5EB74205AAD313DD6361A1089C4E424"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=D5EB74205AAD313DD6361A1089C4E424</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2mrrhp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2mrrhp</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>Scientific American - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This has been the world's warmest winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the U.S. government agency that tracks weather reported on Thursday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the combined global land and ocean surface temperature from December through February was at its highest since records began in 1880. A record-warm January was responsible for pushing up the combined winter temperature, according to the agency's Web site, </SPAN><A href="http://www.noaa.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.noaa.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Contributing factors were the long-term trend toward warmer temperatures as well as a moderate El Nino in the Pacific," Jay Lawrimore of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center said in a telephone interview from Asheville, North Carolina.<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="">(NEWS 6) </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html?referrer=emailarticle"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>Antarctic Glaciers' Sloughing Of Ice Has Scientists at a Loss</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501063.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> (registration required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington Post (registration required) - Some of the largest glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland are moving in unusual ways and are losing increased amounts of ice to the sea, researchers said yesterday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although the changes in Greenland appear to be related to global warming, it remains unclear what is causing the glaciers of frigid Antarctica and their "ice streams" to lose ice to the ocean in recent years, the researchers said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><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" 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="">(JOBS 1) <B>PhD and postdoc’s - mineral aerosols/biogeochemistry/climate interactions - Cornell University – Ithica NY (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><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. The work will involve naturally and anthropogenically emitted desert dust aerosols, and other aerosols carrying important micronutrients. In addition, there is one position available in fire interactions with the carbon cycle through atmospheric feedbacks of aerosols and chemistry.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><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. The projects involve researchers at multiple institutions and disciplines, and will have the possibility of travel for collaborations and field work.<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=""> by March 20, 2007 for preferential consideration. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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>********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2)<B> Social Scientist – Economics - IIASA: Adaptation, Risk Management, Financial Instruments - Laxenburg (Austria)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2007-02-rav-rs.html">http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2007-02-rav-rs.html</A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>IIASA is seeking a scientist for conducting socio-economic research on adaptation to climate change, disaster risk management and financial instruments. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Closing date for applications: 30 March 2007.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contact person: Reinhard Mechler: </SPAN><A href="mailto:mechler@iiasa.ac.at"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">mechler@iiasa.ac.at</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">More information on research on risk and adaptation at IIASA: </SPAN><A href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/RAV/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/RAV/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tasks 1) Develop models and interactive tools for assessing vulnerability, risk and the benefits of adaptation, involving economic modeling and statistical analysis; 2) Carry out quantitative risk and vulnerability assessments; 3) Publish in relevant journals/books and other media (e.g., press, internet); 4) Present research results in international fora; 5) Prepare research proposals.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a master's degree (or PhD or equivalent) in the social sciences, preferably economics, as well as exposure to international research projects and fora. Knowledge of both quantitative (e.g., statistics, modeling, risk analysis, stochastic simulation) and qualitative research methods is essential. Also desirable is an understanding of the current literature and issues related to disaster risk management, development economics and vulnerability to climate and global change. Strong English communication and writing skills are necessary. Refereed publications relevant to risk and vulnerability will greatly enhance the application.<SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="">********************</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 3) <B>Postdoctoral Positions - Ecological Genomics - Kansas State Univ./Yale/Colorado State Univ – (USA).</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three positions at the postdoctoral research associate level are currently available. The postdoctoral research associates will work as part of an interdisciplinary team in an exciting research initiative, "Bridging the Divide: Linking Genomics to Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change." This DOE-funded project focuses on the linked study of gene expression and physiological responses in two dominant tallgrass prairie plant species to simulated climate change.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The postdoctoral research associates will be responsible for screening DNA libraries for candidate genes, gene expression analyses using microarrays and real-time PCR, and for gene characterization (including AFLP analyses) in natural populations of the two grasses Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a collaborative project between Yale University, Kansas State University, and Colorado State University. The postdoctoral research associates will interact with a team of researchers with expertise in ecology, physiology, and genomics. The field component of the research is conducted at Konza Prairie Biological Station, a NSF Long Term Ecological Research site (</SPAN><A href="http://www.konza.ksu.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.konza.ksu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">). Genetic and gene expression analyses will be conducted at the KSU Gene Expression Facility (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ksu.edu/gene-exp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ksu.edu/gene-exp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) or at Yale University. This project benefits from interactions with a community of researchers working in ecological genomics as part of the Kansas Ecological Genomics Initiative (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ksu.edu/ecogen"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ksu.edu/ecogen</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A Ph.D. degree in plant molecular biology or a related field is a requirement for the positions. Experience in recombinant DNA techniques is required and experience in gene expression analysis, AFLP analysis, plant physiology or biochemistry, and an interest in ecology are desirable. Salary will be commensurate with experience.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, please email a letter of application, CV, contact information for three professional references, and information about timing of availability to the following three addresses: Dr. Karen Garrett (</SPAN><A href="mailto:kgarrett@ksu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">kgarrett@ksu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">), Dr. Melinda Smith (</SPAN><A href="mailto:Melinda.Smith@yale.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> Melinda.Smith@yale.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">), and Shauna Dendy (</SPAN><A href="mailto:sdendy@ksu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sdendy@ksu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">). Please include 'Job Application: Ecological Genomics' in the subject of your e-mail to make sure your application is received. <B>Review of applications will begin immediately</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and continue until the position has been filled.<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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(JOB 4) <B>Lecturer - Geography - School of Resources, Environment & Society - Australian National University, Canberra (Austrailia)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_FS3908.asp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_FS3908.asp</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The School of Resources, Environment and Society is seeking to make an appointment in Asia-Pacific geography. The successful applicant is expected to focus their teaching and research on the relationship between people and environment, and the associated issues of resource use and sustainable development.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will be committed to establishing a strong research program, to the supervision of research students, and to delivering high-quality teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. The appointees’ undergraduate teaching will involve delivering a first-year introductory human geography course with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific and a successor later year course on people-environment relationships in the context of sustainable development in Asia-Pacific.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <SPAN style=""><B>Closing Date: 30 March 2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 5) <B>Postdoc Research Fellow - Climate Change Ecology - Dept. of<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (USA)</SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We anticipate hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to integrate data from a large-scale snow manipulation experiment with Life Table Response Experiment models (LTREs), and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs). The overall goal of the project is to better understand how climate change will impact plant recruitment and ecotonal shifts for snow-dominated arid ecosystems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Michael E. Loik (UC Santa Cruz), Daniel F. Doak (Univ. Wyoming) and Ronald P. Neilson (US Forest Service, PNW Research Station).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The succesful candidate will be based in Santa Cruz, CA; the position will require extensive travel between Santa Cruz, Mammoth Lakes CA, Laramie WY, and Corvallis OR. Experience with programming in C required.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prior experience in population biology, biogeographic modeling, or climate change ecophysiology would be valuable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The earliest anticipated start date is 1 July 2007, and could potentially continue for 2.5 years.<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 an application letter with professional interests, research experience and goals, CV, reprints, and names, addresses, and E-mail addresses of three references to Dr. Michael E. Loik, Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. The position is contingent upon final approval of funding.<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="font-family:Helvetica"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Postdoc - Climate change/warming effects on arctic/alpine ecosystem vegetation and function - Florida International University – Miami, FL (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are seeking a full time postdoctoral research associate with interests and expertise in biogeochemical cycling, isotope analysis, plant ecology, or plot level remote sensing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position will focus on cross-site comparisons of ecosystem function and vegetation change at ongoing International Tundra Experiment (ITEX, </SPAN><A href="http://www.geog.ubc.ca/itex/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.geog.ubc.ca/itex/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) warming sites as part of a NSF funded International Polar Year project.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant must be capable of working independently with good time management, communication, and organization skills.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Specific responsibilities will include collecting and processing trace gas samples for isotope analysis, collecting and processing samples for nutrient analysis, conducting plot-level remote sensing measurements, assisting in organization of synthesis workshops, and taking the lead in key project publications.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position will be based at Florida International University, the public university in Miami, Florida, but will involve extensive interaction with collaborators from participating ITEX sites and intensive fieldwork during the short growing seasons.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in botany, ecology, biology, earth sciences, or a related field and have a strong record of scientific publication.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This position may entail moderately strenuous fieldwork. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Application review has begun</B> and will continue until a suitable candidate is identified and the position filled.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications and inquiries should be sent to Steve Oberbauer (</SPAN><A href="http://us.f583.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=oberbaue@fiu.edu&YY=84473&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">oberbaue@fiu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and expertise, and full contact information for three references. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<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=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">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.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to </FONT><A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">phd@whitman.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> Moving? 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